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INDEX. 



Costorphino Plane, 48. 

 Cotton from Willow-tree, 308. 

 Cotton-tree, 290 ; see Plane. 

 Crab, 139; Siberian, 133. 

 Crack Willow, 305, 312. 

 Crata?gus, 96 ; see Hawthorn. 

 Crayons, 248. 

 Crowhurst, Yew at, 343. 

 Cuckoo, 117. 

 Cudbear, 107. 

 Currack, 309. 



Cynips, 18, 20 ; see Gall-flies. 

 Cypress, 302, 312, 406. 



Damascus Plum, 112. 



Damson, 112. 



Dartmoor, 5, 139. 



Darwin, singular custom de- 

 scribed by, 83 ; his account of 

 Apple-trees in S. America, 

 ]40 ; fungus described by, 

 156. 



Dean, Forest of, Chestnuts in, 

 173. 



Devonshire, Cherries in, 117; 

 custom in, 139, 346. 



Diomede, tomb of, 282. 



Divining rod, 240. 



Dogwood, 277, 279 ; spiral 

 vessels in, 281. 



Dowsing-rod, 240. 



Drip of Beech injurious, 151. 



Druids, 4, 138 ; see Oak. 



Durmast Oak, 29, 185. 



Dutch Myrtle, 272. 



Eddystone Lighthouse, 10. 



Edinburgh, Chestnut timber in, 

 172. 



Egypt, Willows in, 316. 



Elah, 7. 



Elder, described, 30 ; Evelyn's 

 praises of, ib.\ why called 

 Bore -tree, 132 ; uses of, ib. ; 

 emblematical of sorrow, 323 ; 

 tradition respecting, ib. ; me- 

 dicinal virtues, 324. 



Electricity, conducting power of 

 Firs, 355. 



Elijah, the Juniper of, 419. 



Elm, described, 218 ; early in 

 shedding their seeds, 221 ; 

 small-leaved, ib, ; Cornish, 



222, 224 ; Wych, 224 ; Cork- 

 barked, 224, 234 ; ancient 

 history, 225 ; what species 

 are indigenous, 226 ; pictu- 

 resque character, 227; propa- 

 gation, ib. ; uses of, ib. ; treat- 

 ment of, by the Chinese, ib. ; 

 insects which prey on, 229 ; 

 decay of leaf, 231; remarkable 

 specimens, 234 ; Wych Elm 

 described, 231. 



Enys, Elm at, 234. 



Ericacea?, 274. 



Etna, Mount, Chestnuts on, 180. 



Euouymus, see Spindle-tree. 



Euphorbiaceae, 70. 



Evaporation, effects of, 351, 353. 



Evelyn, derivation of the name, 

 240. 



Evergreen Oak, see Ilex. 



Fagopyrus, 152. 



Fagus, 143, 145, 176 ; see Chest- 

 nut. 



Faust, John, 79 note. 



Filbert,- 240, 249. 



Fir tribe, remarks, 350 ; habit 

 and place of growth, 330, 351 ; 

 why said to attract moisture, 

 353 ; effects of snow, ib. ; 

 terminal buds, ib. ; electrical 

 agency, 355 ; flowers, cones, 

 and seeds, 355, 356 ; geogra- 

 phical distribution, 357 ; no- 

 tice in Scripture, ib. ; and in 

 profane history, 358 ; Pine 

 forests in the north of Europe, 

 359 ; effects of fire on Pine 

 forests, ib. ; ice-storm in a 

 Pine forest, 360 ; methods of 

 conveying timber, ib. ; slide 

 of Alpnach, 361 ; timber in 

 Russia, 362 ; rafts on the 

 Rhine, 364 ; see Scotch Fir, 

 Pinaster, Silver Fir, &c. 



Folio, etymology of the word, 

 153. 



Forest of Dean, 175. 



Forest, New, 17, 37, 349. 



France, Chestnuts as food in, 

 182. 



Frangula, see Buckthorn. 



Fraxinus, see Ash. 



