INDEX. 



423 



Burning Forest, 359. 



Bury St. Edmunds, Poplar at, 



166. 



Butcher's Broom, 203. 

 Butterflies on Ivy-blossom, 339. 

 Buttomvood, 292 ; see Plane. 

 Buxus, see Box. 

 Buyukdere, largest tree in the 



world at, 284. 



Caesar, Julius, his statement re- 

 specting the Beech, 144. 



Cairn, 4. 



Calaf, 259. 



Candleberry Myrtle, 273. 



Canoe, 209. 



Caprifoliacese, 320, 326, 328. 



Caprifolium, 328 ; see Honey- 

 suckle. 



Carclew, Pinaster at, 387. 



Cards, Playing, 75, 77. 



Carlsruhe, Willow at, 314. 



Carpinus, 234 ; see Hornbeam. 



Carrickfergus, fossil nuts at, 247. 



Carshalton, Ivy at, 325. 



Carving in wood, 74. 



Castanea, 176, 181 ; see Chest- 

 nut. 



Catechu, 108. 



Caxton, 78. 



Cedar of Lebanon, described, 

 410 ; story of first introduc- 

 tion into France, ib. ; intro- 

 duced into England, 413 ; no- 

 tice of, in the Bible, ib.; 

 durabilit} r of timber, 415 ; 

 superstition connected with, 

 ib. ; Cedars on Mount Leba- 

 non, 416. 



Celastracese, 277. 



Cerasus, 117, 123 ; see Cherry. 



, Pado ; see Bud-Cherry. 



Chaffinch, 142. 



Charles I. anecdote of, 14, 89. 



Chelsea, Thorns at, 98 ; Cedars 

 at, 413. 



Cherry, described, 112 ; black 

 and red fruited, 115, 117 ; 

 etymology, ib. ; whence and 

 by whom introduced, ib. ; 

 Cornel, 116 ; when brought 

 to Britain, ib. ; varieties, 117 ; 

 in America, 118; fruit, ib.; 



gum, 119 ; wood, 120 ; double- 

 flowered, ib. ; insects, 121. 



Cherry, Bird, described, 121 ; 

 various names, ib. ; Laurel, 

 123 ; Bay-tree, 124 ; Portugal 

 Laurel, ib. 



Chestnut, described, 170 ; claims 

 to be considered a native, ib. ; 

 timber in old houses, ib. ; 

 early use in Normandy, 171 ; 

 Parliament-house, Edinburgh, 

 places named from, 172 ; an- 

 cient forest, Spanish Chest- 

 nuts, originally brought from 

 Asia to Italy, 173 ; resem- 

 blance of Oak and Chestnut 

 timber, ib. ; Milton Forest, 

 Forest of Dean, ib. ; various 

 names, 174 ; of what coun- 

 tries a native, 175 ; mention 

 in the Bible, 176 ; picturesque 

 character, 177 ; soil, 178 ; 

 description of flower, 179 ; 

 nuts, 180 ; used as food, 181 ; 

 modes of cooking, 183 ; tim- 

 ber, 184 ; see Horse Chestnut. 



China, treatment of trees in, 

 141, 228. 



Christiania Deal, 396. 



Christmas, 89 ; decorations of 

 churches at, 196, 334. 



Christopher, St., 76, 77. 



Citron-wood, 138. 



Clontarf Castle, yellow-berried 

 Yews at, 349. 



Cluster Pine, see Pinaster. 



Cobbett, Mr., anecdote of, 300. 



Cobnuts, 249. 



Cocoa-nuts, uses of, 325. 



Coker-nut, see Cocoa-nut. 



Coiiiferse, 350. 



Conveyance of timber, 360, 361. 



Coolness of woods, 153. 



Coomb-Martin, Yews at, 346. 



Coracle, 309. 



Cork Elm, 224, 234. 



Cornese, 279. 



Cornel, 116. 



Cornish Elm, 224, 234. 



Cornwall, etymology of, 255. 



Corone, 117. 



Corylus, 239 ; see Hazel. 



Cos, Plane-tree at, 284. 



