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INDEX. 



a French queen, 312; family of 

 Komans whose females never 

 used it, 313, and note; Sir 

 William Temple recommends 

 the encouragement of flax- 

 spinning in Ireland, 313 ; its 

 culture in ancient Egypt, 313; 

 Egyptians said by Pliny to be 

 the first who made textile 

 fabrics, 314 ; science confirm- 

 ing history, 314; Egyptians 

 buried their dead in linen, 314 ; 

 priests clothed in linen, 314; 

 Greeks trade for linen, 314; 

 its use in Rome, 314 ; experi- 

 ments for using the refuse of 

 flax as a substitute for cotton, 

 314 ; habitat of the mountain 

 flax, medicinal properties of 

 the flax, 315; its principle, 

 315 ; contains a quantity of 

 sugar, 316; its beauty, 316, 

 317; British species, 316; Bre- 

 ton custom, 317; predilection 

 of ancient Egyptians for, 318. 



Fleur-de-lys (see Iris), 395 ; per- 

 haps not originally a flower, 

 396, 397 ; an emblem at a 

 very early period, 397, 400. 



Floors strewed with flowers, 222, 

 229. 



Flowers endowed by sickly sen- 

 timent with physical feeling, 

 300. 



Fluellen (see Speedwell), 292. 



Foeniculum (see Fennel), 107. 



Forget-me-not (Myosotis), not 

 known to have any practical 

 uses, 118; its names, 124, 125; 

 legend relating to it, 124 ; used 

 as an emblem prior to date of 

 Henry IV. of England, 125; 

 improves by cultivation, and 

 a good "window plant," 127; 

 Pliny attributes to the Egyp- 

 tians a superstition respecting 

 it, 127; the forget-me-not of 

 the desert, 127. 



Foxglove, properly Folk's glove 

 (Digitalis), its medicinal ef- 

 fects, 241; used as a dye, 242; 



its names, 242 ; superstition 

 attached to, 243 ; a variety in 

 its flowers, 244. 



Fuchs adopts the popular name 

 of foxglove, 242. 



Fuga Dernonum (see St. John's- 

 wort), 96. 



Fumaria (see Fumitory), 88. 



Fumariaceee, a link between the 

 Cruciferee and Papaveracese,93. 



Fumitory (Fumaria), 88 ; its 

 virtues as given in the Stock- 

 holm MS., and other medici- 

 nal properties, 89 ; used for 

 smoking, 89; origin of names, 

 superstition connected with it, 

 90; British species, 93; its 

 distribution, 95 ; sign of rich 

 land, 95. 



Fyoom, roses of the, 234. 



Galium (see Goose-grass), 253. 



Geneste, order of, 22. 



Genista (see Broom), 15. 



Gentian ( Gentiana ) , blooms 

 brightest on the verge of the 

 snow-line, 376 ; the spring of 

 arctic and sub-temperate zones, 

 377; influence of sunshine on 

 the heart, 378; jasmine guard- 

 ed by governor of Pisa, 378 ; 

 name of gentian, 378 ; its bit- 

 terness and valuable tonic pro- 

 perties, 379 ; the kurroa of 

 the Himalaya, 380; British 

 species, 380. 



Gentiana (see Gentian), 376. 



Geranium (see Herb Robert), 361. 



Glaucum (see Poppy), 392. 



Golden Rose, 220. 



Gooseberry-fool (see Lung-wort), 

 72. 



Goose-grass (Galium), nearly re- 

 lated to the madder, 253 ; used 

 as rennet, 253; its names, 253, 

 256 ; medicinal uses, 254, 256, 

 257; British species, 254; used 

 for coffee, 257. 



Gowan (see Daisy), 63. 



Groundsel rarely out of flower, 

 152. 



