422 



INDKX. 



Aspen, 167. 



Athole, Duke of, his Larch plan- 

 tations, 407, 408. 

 Atinian Elm, 225. 

 Aucuparia, see Ash, Mountain. 

 Augustine in Britain, 345. 

 Avellana, 339 ; see Hazel. 

 Avelon, Isle of, 85. 

 Avenues of Lime, 262. 



Babylon, boats used at, 309. 



Babylonian Willow, see Willow. 



Balaninus, 242. 



Baltic, Spruce-Firs of the, 377, 

 395 ; deal, 396. 



Barberry, described, 265 ; irrita- 

 bility of stamens, ib.; falsely 

 said to cause mildew in corn, 

 267. 



Bark, Jesuits', 108 ; of Plane-tree, 

 285, 287 ; bread made of, 378, 

 38*0. 



Barnacle-goose, 14, 73. 



Bartholomew's day, 85. 



Basilicon, see Walnut. 



Beam, Quick, 127 ; White, 132. 



Bedford Willow, 311. 



Beech, described, 143 ; not a na- 

 tive of Britain, 144 ; how con- 

 nected with the origin of print- 

 ing, 145 ; grafted on Chestnut, 

 ib.; where indigenous, 147 ; 

 picturesque character, 147, 

 151 ; Beech- wood in winter, 

 147; knurs on Beech,! 50 ; drip 

 injurious to other vegetables, 

 151 ; foliage and fruit, ib.; cool- 

 ness of woods, ib. ; mast, 153 ; 

 etymology, 152, 153 ; ancient 

 writing materials, ib. ; uses 

 of, 153 ; succeeds Oak, 154 ; 

 leaves, ib. ; uses of wood, 155 ; 

 Purple, ib. ; morells and truf- 

 fles, 156 ; fungi growing on, 

 ib. ; Purley Beeches, 144 ; 

 singular, 158. 



Beech, Water, see Plane. 



Beetle infesting the Apple, 142; 

 the Elm, 229 ; the nut, 243. 



Berberis, Berberidse, 265 ; see 

 Barberry. 



Beroth, 357 ; see Fir. 



Betula, see Birch. 



Betulus, see Hornbeam. 



Bewick, 79. 



Bible, Poor Preachers', 78. 



Biblia Pauperum, 78. 



Birch, described, 204 ; of what 

 countries a native, 206 ; resin 

 from, 207 ; weeping, 208 ; du- 

 rability of bark, ib. ; canoe, 

 209; wine, r t7>.; other uses, 210; 

 dwarf, 212; insects, ib. 



Bird-catcher's Service, see Ash, 

 Mountain. 



Black Poplar, 164, 166. 



Blackthorn, described, 103 ; 

 in winter, 104 ; used to 

 adulterate tea and port-wine, 

 107 ; pickled sloes, 108 ; 

 bark, ib. ; quinine, ib.; Thorns 

 and Thistles, 109; Bullace- 

 tree, ib. ; Myrobalan plum, 

 110 ; Magnum-bonum, ib. ; 

 Green-gage, ib. ; Brignoles, 

 111 ; Damsons, 112. 



Blight, American, 141. 



Bog Fir, 374. 



Boldre Church, Maple at, 54. 



Bolts in ship-building, 300. 



Book, etymology of, 153 ; an- 

 cient, 258. 



Borrera, 142. 



Bows, 268, 308 ; made of Yew, 

 342. 



Box, description of, 70 ; where 

 indigenous, ib. ; in gardens, 

 72 ; virtues of, 73 ; uses of 

 wood, 74 ; history of wood- 

 engraving, 78. 



Box, Dwarf, 81. 



Boxhill, 70, 81. 



Boxley, 70. 



Brignoles, 111. 



Broom, the Juniper of Scripture, 

 418 ; Yellow, useful as shelter 

 for Pines, 385 ; Butcher's, 203. 



Brundusium, ancient Oak-tim- 

 ber at, 28. 



Bruscum, 56. 



Buck, see Beech. 



Buckthorn, described, 292 ; use 

 of berries, 294. 



Bud of Plane-tree, 288. 



Bullace-tree, 109. 



Burgundy pitch, 396. . 



