INDEX. 



Agrimonia (see Agrimony), 167. 



Agrimony (Agrimonia), its medi- 

 cinal uses, 167, 169; called 

 philanthropes, 169, 171 ; used 

 as a dye, 170 ; its names, 170. 



Albert Durer, epitaph of, 21. 



Alceste, Queen, turned into a 

 daisy, 68. 



Ale (see Beer), 77 ; early use in 

 Britain, 78 ; heather, 172. 



Alleluya (see Woodsorrel), 52. 



Allium (see Leek), 136. 



Aloe-plant, believed always to 

 point towards Mecca, 261. 



Alpergates, or woven shoes of 

 Spain, 28. 



Anagallis (see Pimpernel), 368. 



Anart, a coarse linen, 310. 



Anethum (see Fennel), 107. 



Anthotype, 391. 



Appendix, 407. 



Apple - pie - plant (see Willow- 

 herb), 164. 



Apocynacese, 345. 



Aquilegia (see Columbine), 246. 



Armorial bearings, 18, 396. 



Artemisia (see Wormwood), 350. 



Arum (A ron) (see Cuckoo-pint), 

 206. 



Averoyne (see Wormwood), 350. 



Bairnwort (see Daisy), 66. 



Balaustium, 218. 



Ballyportree Castle, legend of, 



173. 



Banwort (see Daisy), 70. 

 Bathurst burr, 333. 

 Bayeux tapestry, use of fleurs-de- 



lys in, 401. 



Bedeguar, 239. 



Bedstraw (see Goose-grass), 253. 



Beer and Ale, difference between, 

 77. 



of ancient Egypt (see Zy- 



thus), 79. 



wormwood, called purl, 353. 



Bees, carried to fresh pastures, 

 180; supposed by the Welsh 

 to have been originally white, 

 225. 



Bell-flower (Campanula), situa- 

 tions in which it grows, 114; 

 is the blue-bell of Scotland, 

 115; the hare-bell of Scott, 

 115; legends attached to, 115; 

 ivy - leaved bell - flower inte- 

 resting to botanists and geo- 

 graphers, 116 ; its peculiarities, 

 116; British species, 116; why 

 called throat- wort, 117. 



Bellis (see Daisy), 63. 



Bethlehem, sage of (see Lung- 

 wort), 72. 



Betouica (see Betony), 273. 



Betony (Betonica), British and 

 Spanish proverbs respecting, 

 273 ; injurious, and not now 

 used in medicine, 273 ; the 

 estimation in which it was 

 formerly held for medicine, 

 and as an amulet or charm, 

 274 ; for taking serpents, 275 ; 

 still used in Spain, 275 ; its 

 names, 275; yields a yellow 

 dye, 276 : its virtues as de- 

 tailed by 'the Stockholm MS., 

 277; Welsh medical MS., ex- 

 tracts from, 279 ; legend of 



