INDEX. 



Abele, 58, 60. 



Abbeys, Ruins of, 91. 



Acacia, 46. 



Acanthus, 51. 



Acer, 72, 76. 



Aconite nectaries, 53. 



Alder-tree, 77. 



Alnus glutinosa, 83. 



Amber, 26. 



Amentiferse, 55. 



Anomodon curtipendulum, 15. 



"Apple-of- Sodom," 11. 



Archery, 67. 



Arethusa, Fable of, 60. 



Ash-tree, 85. 



Aspen, 58, 61. 



Australian- cherry, 67. 



Autumnal foliage, 35. 



Basket, a Celtic word, 62. 

 Bass or Bast, 47. 

 Beech-tree, 24, 2936. 

 Bees, 52, 53. 

 Begonia, 50. 

 Betula alba, 79. 

 Betula papyracea, 81. 

 Bignonia echinata, 23. 

 Birch-tree, 77. 

 Birds, 9, 10. 

 Bonnet, Charles, 71. 

 Borro\vdale, 20. 

 Botanical Geography, 19, 37. 

 Botany, True idea of, 8. 

 Bracken, 17. 



Calypso, Island of, 51. 

 Camellia, 38. 

 Canada-balsam, 26. 

 Castonea vesca, 92. 

 Cathedrals, 29, 39. 

 Catkins, 55. 

 Cedar, 27, 68. 

 Ceylon, 74. 

 Chatsworth, 6, 48. 

 Chesnut, 92. 

 Clematis, 25. 

 Clethra, 77. 

 Coleridge, quoted, 33. 

 Common tilings, 78. 

 Cones, 21. 

 Conifers, 23. 



Cotyledons, 71. 

 Cowper, quoted, 51. 

 Creosote, 26. 



Daffodil 53. 



Parley Dale, 68. 



Dartmoor, 15. 



Deserts, 49. 



Development, Importance of watching, 



49. 



Dido, Queen, 59. 

 Dioecious trees, 55. 

 Diona?a, 56. 

 Dracaenas, 74. 

 Druids, 14. 

 Dryads' cup, 16. 

 Dryopteris, 16. 



Echoes in nature, r 35. 

 Elder, 94. 

 Elm-tree, 37. 

 Endogens, 5. 



England the Exhibition of the world, 6. 

 " the world's Flower-show, 3'J. 

 Epimedium, 50. 

 Epiphytes, 13. 

 Exocarpus, 67. 

 Exogens, 3. 



Feminine trees, 46. 



Ficus religiosa, 62. 



Filix-fceinina, 45. 



Filix-mas, 45. 



Fir-cones, 23. 



Fir-tree, 19, 23. 



Fountains Abbey, 65. 



Fries, 16. 



Fruit, Botanical use of the word, 4. 



Furness Abbey, 91. 



Galls, 11. 



Godiva, Lady, 86. 



Goethe, quoted, 63. 



Gopher- wood, 27. 



Grass-of-Parnassus, 49, 53. 



Gum, 33. 



Gymnostachyum Cuiningianum, 38. 



Hardcastle Crags, 80. 

 Heritiera. 79. 

 Homer, quoted, 6. 



