430 INDEX. 



Tynan dye, how discovered, i. 9,79. 



Vegetable Egg, i. 177* 



Vegetable diet, to whom recommended, i. 5, 6. 



Water-cress, ii. 370. Recommended by Xenophon, 371. Its 

 qualities, 373. The plant described, 374. How cultivated, 375. 



Weaving, the invention, to whom attributed, i. 197* 



Wheat, ii. 376. Where first cultivated, 377. Its fruitfulness, 

 378, 386, 397. Grows in extreme heat and cold, 385. Its 

 maladies, 387. The better for trodden snow, 390. Its propa- 

 gation by transplanting, 396. When first sown on the Downs 

 near Brighton, i. 18. 



Wild Oats, why the term applied to youug men, ii. 9« 



Wine, made from parsnips, ii. 43. 



from Barley, i. 57. 



Wormwood, ii. 406. Ancient use of, 407. 



— why so called, ii. 409. Good for cattle, 410. Its 



use in beer, 412. Corrects impure air, 415. 



Yam, ii. 416. How cultivated, 418. 



Yellow, the most ancient colour in dyeing, i. 283. 



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