426 INDEX. 



Meadow cress, ii. 3JI. 



Medical Herbs, when firat cultivated in this country, i. 11. 



Gardens of the ancients, i. 10. 



Garden of Oxford, when established, i. 12. 



Gardens on the Continent, i. 13. 



Garden at Westminster noticed, i. 13. 



Garden at Chelsea, origin of, i. 14. 



Mercury, a kind of spinach, ii. 229* 

 Millet, i. 333. Its qualities, 336. 



Minerva, why so called, i. 198. Worshipped by the Egyptians, 



197- 



Mint, i. 342. Ancient use of, 343. Spearmint, 344. Virtues, 



346. 

 Moon, thought to affect plants, ii. 20. 

 Moss, i. 351. Sweet moss, 360. Aquatic moss, 361. 

 Mugwort, ii. 413. 

 Mushroom, i. 362. Compared to animal, 363. The seed discovered, 



364. The opinion and fondness of the ancients for, 367. 



How to discover the safe sort, 369, 373. Of great size, 375. 



- Houses, i. 372. 



Mustard, i. 378. Medical qualities, 381. 



Nasturtium, ii. 1. 



Natural history, advantages of the study, i. 2. 



Nero, anecdote of, i. 309. ii. 31. 



Nets, curious ones of the ancients, i. I96. 



Nurses, a caution to, ii. 76. 



Oat, ii. 4. Said to degenerate, 6. Given to horses at Rome, 10. 



Importance of, to the Scotch, 10. The chaff good to pack 



fruit, &c. 13. 



Wild, ii. 8. 



Odoriferous gums, ancient use of, i. 320. 



Odours (sweet), contribute to health, i. 8, 313. ii. 32. Venerated 

 by the ancients, ii. 139« 



thought to nourish, ii. 139. 



Oil, made from groundnuts, i. 175. From poppies, ii. 77. 

 Oleander trees, supposed to poison honey, i. 330. 



