INDEX. 



411 



its origin, 280 ; book of Mu- 

 rogh O'Ley (Irish), 283. 



Bindweed (Convolvulus), distri- 

 bution of the, 338 ; becomes 

 arboreous in parts of South 

 America, 338 ; convolvulus of 

 the Valley of the Nile, 338 ; 

 its names, 338 ; medicinal pro- 

 perties of the bindweed, 339, 

 341 ; but one true convolvulus 

 in Britain, 339 ; calystegias, 

 339 ; beauty of the family, 339; 

 flowers uninjured by rain, 339; 

 names, 342,343; phenomenon 

 of the seed, 342 ; botanical 

 name, 343. 



Bitter-cress (Cardamine), 129 ; 

 its association with the spring- 

 tide, 130 ; called pinks, spinks, 

 or bog-spinks in the North, 

 131; other names, 131; British 

 species of, 133. 



Black Mountains, a legend of 

 the, 280. 



Blewart, what, 301. 



Blue-bell of Scotland, 115. 



Blue flowers, emblems of truth 

 and friendship, 115, 293, 319. 



Borage (Borago), good for fhe 

 spirits, 147; Dr. Withering's 

 sensible remark, 147 ; thought 

 by some to be the nepenthe of 

 Homer, 148; its names, 148; 

 used in a summer drink, 149 ; 

 pure nitre yielded by it, 149 ; 

 Burton's recipe for melancholy, 

 149 ; love of bees for borage, 

 149 ; their tastes not suffi- 

 ciently considered, 149; but 

 one British species, 150. 



Borago (see Borage), 147. 



Bourbon chapel, Lyons, thistles 

 in, 323. 



Bread and Milk (see Bitter-cress), 

 129. 



Brehon laws, 311. 



Broad-sheets, old London, 143, 

 354. 



Brouches, les, 107. 



Brown-wort (Scrophularia), 38 ; 

 eaten by cows, 38 ; differences 



between S. nodosa and S. aqua- 

 tica, 39 ; S. nodosa has medi- 

 cinal properties, 39, 40; names 

 of, 39 ; used as a charm, 40 ; 

 edible, 40 ; used at the siege 

 of Rochelle, 40. 



Broom (Cytisus vel genista), 15; 

 character of the places where 

 it grows, 16, 29 ; termed by 

 the Italians " i ginestreti," 16; 

 always a favourite with the 

 poets, ] 5, 29 ; employed in 

 heraldry, 18 ; device of the 

 Plantagenets, 19 ; worn by 

 Fulke, Earl of Anjou, and 

 Geoffry le Bel, 19 ; mentioned 

 in wardrobe rolls of England 

 and France, 19 ; broom-pods 

 011 tomb of Richard II. in 

 Westminster Abbey, 19; order 

 of the Milites yenestella, 21 ; 

 insignia of the broom -pod 

 granted to chamberlain of 

 Charles V., 22; granted by 

 Charles VI. to others, 22 ; oc- 

 curs in state and other jewel- 

 lery, 22 ; robes worked with 

 branches of broom, 23 ; motto 

 of James, or jamais, in con- 

 nection with the broom, 22, 

 23 ; occurs on a pall in the 

 monastery of the Dominicans 

 at Poissy, 23; jamais a pun- 

 ning watchword, 23 (note) ; 

 emblem of the clan Forbes, 

 23; of Brittany, 24; estimation 

 in which it is held, 24; Bre- 

 ton and Welsh allusions to, 24 ; 

 used in arranging Breton mar- 

 riages, 24 ; broom an exhaus- 

 tive crop, 25 ; seeds lie for 

 years in the ground, 25 ; sign 

 of good soil, 25; sown in 

 Flanders to consolidate sandy 

 ground, 25 ; in the eastern 



desert of Egypt, 26; as a pas- 

 ture, 26; its effects on sheep 

 and on men, 26 ; broom-twigs 

 used in beer, 26 ; in medicine, 

 27; for tanning, 27; buds used 

 for pickles, and seeds for cof- 

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