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INDEX. 



drooping leaves in spring, 190 ; 



use of nuts, 192 ; soil and 



growth, 194. 

 Hulver, see Holly. 

 Huntingdon Willow, 303, 311. 



Ice-storm, 360. 



Ilex, described, 39 ; Teil-tree, 

 40 ; when introduced, 41 ; 

 where it grows naturally, ib. ; 

 Holm Oak, ib. ; Quercus Gra- 

 muntia, ib. ; wood of Ilex, 

 42 ; see Holly. 



Ilicinese, 194. 



Invercauld, Forest of, 367. 



Irish Yew, 349. 



Irritability of stamens, 265. 



Isthmian games, 358. 



Ivy, described, 332 ; mytholo- 

 gical history, ib. ; not a gloomy 

 tree, 332, 338 ; picturesque 

 character, 333 ; used in the 

 decoration of churches, 334 ; 

 of what countries a native, 

 ib.; varieties of growth, 334, 

 335 ; compressing power of 

 stem, 335 ; whether injurious 

 to masonry, 336; lateness of 

 flowering, 338 ; berries not 

 injured by frost, 340 ; uses of 

 wood, ib. 



Jardin des Plantes, 299 ; Cedar 

 in, 412. 



Joseph of Arimathsea, 240 ; his 

 staff, 85, 89. 



Judas Iscariot, tradition respect- 

 ing, 323. 



Juglandaceae, Juglans, see Wal- 

 nut. 



Julius Caesar, coracles used by, 

 309 ; his testimony respecting 

 British trees, 143, 365. 



Juniper described, 418 ; the 

 Juniper of Scripture a kind 

 of Broom, 419 ; of what 

 countries a native, ib. ; use of 

 berries, 420. 



Kerasoun, 115. 

 Killaruey, Arbutus at, 274. 

 Kingly Bottom, Yews at, 346. 

 Kippencross, Sycamore at, 43. 



Kirschwasser, 119. 



Knee Holly, 203. 



Knee-timber, 13. 



Knees in ship-building, 300. 



Knurs on Beech, 150. 



Koster, Lawrence, 145. 



Labyrinths and mazes, 238. 



Lady of the Woods, see Birch. 



Lamp-black, how obtained, 386. 



Lampsacans, anecdote of, 358. 



Lantana, 328. 



Larch, described, 404 ; pic- 

 turesque character of, 405 ; 

 mention of, by the ancient 

 writers, 406 ; uses of timber, 

 407 ; extensively planted by 

 the Duke of Athole, ib. 

 value in ship -building, 408 ; 

 Venice turpentine, 409 ; 

 manna, 410. 



Larix, see Larch. 



Laurel, 123. 



Laurel, Portugal, 124. 



Laurus, 123. 



Laurustinus, 124. 



Leaves of a book, why so 

 called, 152 ; of trees used as 

 a bed, 154 ; used as fodder, 

 228. 



Legumiuosw, 297. 



Lepas, 16 ; see Barnacle Goose. 



Liber, books made of, 153. 



Liberty, tree of, 160, 259. 



Library, 153. 



Ligustrum, see Privet. 



Lime-tree, described, 258 ; an- 

 cient reputation, ib. ; tree of 

 liberty, 259 ; Linnaeus derived 

 his name from, 260 ; whether 

 a native tree, ib. ; picturesque 

 character, 261 ; fragrance of 

 its flowers, ib. ; honey from, 

 avenues of, 262 ; use of wood 

 and bark, 263 ; bast mats, 

 264 ; Gibbon, the sculptor, ib. 



Linden-tree, see Lime. 



Linnseus, 80 ; etymology of 

 name, 260 ; his description 

 of a burning forest, 359. 



Lizard, Tamarisks at, 268. 



Loch Lomond, Yew Island in, 

 346. 



