INDEX. 



427 



Locust-tree, see Acacia. 

 London Bridge, Oak timber in 



old, 30. 



Lonicera, 326, 328. 

 Lucullus, cherries introduced by, 



116. 

 Lydia, Plane-tree in, 282. 



Magnum -bomim Plum, 111. 

 Mahonia, 267. 

 Mains, see Apple. 

 Mamhilad Yew, 349. 

 Manna, 66, 257, 270, 271, 410. 

 Maple, Great, see Sycamore. 

 , Field, described, 52 ; 



Gilpin's, 55 ; wood prized by 



the ancients, ib. 

 Maraschino, 119. 

 Maronites, superstitious belief 



of, 415 ; ceremonies of, 416. 

 Marrons, 184. 

 Mast, 24, 154, 414. 

 Mats, 263, 37.8. 

 May-bush, see Hawthorn. 

 May-day, 83 note, 91. 

 May dukes, 118. 

 May-pole, 92. 

 Meal-tree, 132. 

 Medlar, 101, 133, 135. 

 Mehl-Baum, 132. 

 Mere-du-bois, 105. 

 Merries, 117. 

 Mespilus, 96. 

 Michael's Mount, Tamarisks at, 



268. 



Mildew in corn, 267. 

 Milton, Chestnut wood at, 174. 

 Mistletoe, 4, 142; thrush, ib. 

 Molluscum, 56. 

 Morchella, 156. 

 Morea shaped like a Plane-leaf, 



285. 



Morel, 15, 156. 

 Moscow, Poplars at, 166. 

 Mother-of-the-wood, 105. 

 Mount Edgecumbe, Arbutus at, 



274. 



Myrica, ancient name of Tama- 

 risk, 268 : Gale, 273. 

 Myrobalan Plum, 110. 

 Myrtle, Dutch, 272. 



Napoleon's Willow, 319. 



National debt, speculation to 

 pay off, 155. 



New Forest, remarkable Oak 

 in, 37. 



Newham, Hawthorn at, 84. 



Nineveh, Fir-cone on sculptures 

 at, 358. 



Normandy, Chestnut timber in, 

 171. 



Norway Spruce, see Spruce Fir. 



Nut, see Hazel, Chestnut, Wal- 

 nut. 



Nuthatch, 245. 



Nutting, pleasures of, 246. 



Oak, described, 1 ; the Oaks of 

 Mamre, 2 ; of Shechem, ib. ; 

 groves of, 4 ; acorns used as 

 food, 3, 25 ; Yule-log, 4 ; 

 Druids, 4, 8 ; etymology of 

 acorn, 4 ; the Mistletoe, 5 ; 

 popular chorus,^. ; "Wistman's 

 Wood, Dartmoor, 6 ; etymo- 

 logy of Oak, Quercus Robur, 

 7 ; growth of, 8 ; character, 

 9 ; Gilpin's description, 9, 12; 

 Eddy stone Lighthouse, 10 ; 

 strength of Oak, 11 ; knee- 

 timber, 13 ; shape of Oak, 

 ib. ; appearance in winter, 14 ; 

 Lammas-shoots, ib. ; civic 

 crown, ib. ; King Charles's 

 Oak, 14, 34 ; insects which 

 feed on Oak, 15, 17 ; gall-flies, 

 17 ; Oak apples, 18 ; flower 

 and fruit of the Oak, 19, 22 ; 

 Quercus infectoria, 21; rooks, 

 25 ; Q. ^Egilops, 26 ; timber, 

 27 ; Westminster Abbey, ib. ; 

 shrine of Edward the Con- 

 fessor, ib. ; Arthur's round 

 table, ib. : Brundusium, 28 ; 

 uses of timber, ib.; old Eng- 

 lish or Durmast Oak, 29; Old 

 London Bridge, 30 ; ground 

 Oak, 31 ; Oak copse, ib. ; 

 picturesque character of, 32 ; 

 barking, ib. ; Boscobel, 34 ; 

 New Forest, 37; value of the 

 timber, 38 ; succeeded by 

 Beech, 1 54 ; Evergreen Oak, 

 see Ilex. 



Oakweb, 15. 



