CONTENTS. XI 



Chap. Page 



3. The acorn oak. The civic crown 34 L 



4. The origin of the presentation of crowns 342 



5. Persons presented with a crown of leaves ' 343 



6. Thirteen varieties of the acorn 345 



7. The beech 346 



8. The other acorns — wood for fuel ib* 



9. The gall-nut 350 



10. Other productions on these trees besides the acorn .. .. .. ib. 



11. Cachrys 351 



12. The kermes berry 353 



13. Agaric *'*• 



14. Trees of which the bark is used 354 



15. Shingles 355 



16. The pine .. .. •*• 



17. The pinaster 356 



18. The pitch-tree : the fir *'*• 



19. The larch : the torch-tree 357 



20. The yew .. .. 360 



21. Methods of making tar— how cedrium is made 361 



22. Methods by which thick pitch is prepared ib. 



23. How the resin called zopissa is prepared 363 



24. Trees the wood of which is highly valued. Four varieties of 



the ash 36a 



25. Two varieties of the linden-tree 366 



26. Ten varieties of the maple 367 



27. Bruscum : molluscum ; the staphylodendron -.368 



28. Three varieties of the box-tree ib. 



29. Four varieties of the elm 370 



30. The natures of the various trees according to their localities : the 



mountain trees, and the trees of the plain ib. 



31. Trees which grow on a dry soil : those which are found in wet 



localities : those which are found in both indifferently . . . . 372 



32. Division of trees into various species 373 



33. Trees which do not lose their foliage. The rhododendron. Trees 



which do not lose the whole of their foliage. Places in which 

 there are no trees *b. 



34. The nature of the leaves which wither and fall . . . . . . . . 374 



35. Trees which have leaves of various colours ; trees with leaves of 



various shapes. Three varieties of the poplar " 375 



36. Leaves which turn round every year 376 



37. The care bestowed on the leaves of the palm, and the uses to 



which they are applied » 377 



38. Remarkable facts connected with leaves ib. 



39. The natural order of the production of plants 379 



40. Trees which never blossom. The juniper 380 



41. The fecundation of trees. Germination : the appearance of the fruit 381 



42. In what order the trees blossom . . ,. 383 



43. At what period each tree bears fruit. The cornel 384 



44. Trees which bear the whole year. Trees which have on them 



the fruit of three fears 385 



