440 



INDEX. 



Turnip, singularly-decorated 

 one, as a holyday amuse- 

 ment, 37'2. 



Uredo, the two-fronted, a 

 substance attached to the 

 leaves of the laurel, 120. 



Vegetation, atmospheric ef- 

 fects on, 374. 



Vermin, parish reward for 

 the destruction of, 160. 



Vervain, 94 respect paid of 

 old to this plant, ibid. its 

 supposed powers and qua- 

 lities, 95. 



Village clubs, 7 1. 



Voices of birds, 262. 



Wagtail, yellow, the, 240. 

 Wald or wold, the dyers' 



weed so called, 96. 

 Want, the, 141. 

 Wasp, the common, 287 the 



solitary, 332 its nest, 333. 

 Water, stagnant and putre- 



scent, favourable for the 



residence of insects, 315. 

 Water flea, 317. 

 Water shrew, 139. 

 Wheat, crops of, method of 



saving, 25. 

 Wheatear, the, 219. 

 Whirly pits, what, 380. 

 White thorn, 235. 



Wild plants, 23. 



Willow tree, 350. 



Winds and Weather, old 

 tokens of, 248, 251, 268 

 saline winds a supposed 

 cause of blight, 383. 



Winter, the season of, de- 

 picted, 408. 



Winter subsistence of birds, 

 412. 



Woodlark, the, 265. 



Woodlouse, 314. 



Worm, the hair, 331 the 

 common, 343. 



Wren, the willow, 150 the 

 golden-crested, 161, 168 

 the common, instance of 

 its stratagem to preserve 

 its nest, 232. 



Wryneck, the, 191. 



Wych elm, 55, 57. 



Year 1825, singular increase 

 of sex in the, 138 (note) 

 other peculiarities of, 389. 



Yellow under- wing moth, 

 288. 



Yellow wagtail, 240. 



Yellow weed, name given to 

 dyers' weed, 96 yellow, 

 the prevailing colour of the 

 flowers of plants in spring, 

 98 and in autumn, 99. 



Young, provision of creatures 

 for their, 293. 



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