INDEX. 



ABELE, see Poplar. 



Abies, 390 ; see Spruce Fir ; said 

 by Caesar to be not a native of 

 Britain, 144, 365. 



Acacia, 108. 



Acacia, False, described, 297 ; 

 why called Locust-tree, ib. ; 

 picturesque character, ib. ; 

 timber, 299 ; uses in ship- 

 building, 300 ; extensively 

 planted by Mr. Cobbett, ib. 



Acer, 49 ; see Sycamore and 

 Maple. 



Acerina?, 42, 52. 



Acorn,edible, 3, 24,41 ; see Oak. 



JSsculus, see Horse Chestnut. 



Age of trees, how ascertained, 31. 



Agricultural maxims, 254. 



Ain Saffaf, 317. 



Albert Durer, 78. 



Alder, described, 212 ; a widely 

 diffused tree, 213 ; picturesque 

 character, 214; uses of, 216, 

 218. 



Alder Buckthorn, see Buckthorn. 



Aleppo, Willows at, 316, 319. 



Alhagi, see Manna. 



Allhallow Eve, nut burning on, 

 246. 



Allon, 2. 



Alnus, see Alder. 



Alpnach, Slide of, 361. 



Alps, Spruce Fir of, 392 ; Larch 

 of, 406. 



Alum, 63. 



Amentacese, 1, 39, 143, 159, 

 170, 204, 212, 231, 239, 302. 

 America, South, treatment of 

 Apple-trees in, 140. 



American Blight, 141. 



Lime, 264. 



Plane, 287, 292. 



Andrew Undershaft, St., 91. 



Apple-tree, described, 137 ; an- 

 cient history, 138 ; supersti- 

 tions, ib. ; Crab, 139 ; Poma- 

 tum, ib. ; varieties, ib. ; treat- 

 ment of, in S. America, 140 ; 

 in China, 141; insects, ib.; 

 American blight, ib. parasites, 

 142 ; Mistletoe thrush, ib. 



Apple- John, 140. 



Aquifolium, 194, 198. 



Araliacea3, 332. 



Arbela, 161. 



Arbutus, described, 274, etymo- 

 logy of Unedo, ib. ; of Avhat 

 countries a native, ib. ; at 

 Killarney, ib. 



Aria, see Beam, White. 



Arn-tree, 323 ; see Elder. 



Arthur's Round Table, 27. 



Ash, described, 57 ; known to 

 the ancients, ib. ; superstitions 

 respecting, 58 ; etymology, 

 60 ; picturesque character, 

 63 ; seeds of, 64 ; singular 

 place of growth, 65 ; Manna, 

 66 ; uses of timber, 67 ; used 

 as fodder, 69 ; Woodpeckers, 

 ib. ; Weeping, ib. 



Ash, Mountain, described, 125 ; 

 why rarely seen large, ib.; 

 various names, 127; supersti- 

 tions respecting, ib. ; of what 

 countries a native, 128; yellow 

 berried variety, 131 ; fruit, ib. ; 

 timber, ib. 



