INDEX. 



415 



Guise, Due de, dislike to the I 



rose, 240. 

 Gul (see Werd), its signification, j 



232, and note. 



Hatfield, Battle of, 138. 



Hare-bell (see Bell-flower), 115. 



Hearts (see Woodsorrel), 52. 



Heat, vegetable, evolution of, 211. 1 



Heath-bell (see Bell-flower), 115. j 



Heather (Erica et Calluna), hea- 

 ther-ale, 172 ; legend relating 

 to, 172; its similarity to a 

 legend of the Edda, 174 ; dis- 

 tribution of the heath, 174, 

 175 ; its pre-eminence in the 

 Cape of Good Hope, 175 ; want- 

 ing in the New World, 176 ; 

 Highland badges, 177; its use 

 in Scotland, 177; and else- 

 where, 178; as a dye, 178; 

 "he" and "she" heather, 179; 

 "heather lamping," 179; for- 

 merly used in medicine, 179 ; 

 bees fond of, 179; and carried 

 out to the moors, 180 ; secre- 

 tion of honey affected by soil, 

 180; British species, 185; 

 names of, 187; heather-burn- 

 ing, 188. 



Heraldic rights, when first adopt- 

 ed by women, 401 (note). 



Herb Margaret (see Daisy), 63. 



Herb Robert (Geranium), not a 

 pelargonium, 361 ; which last 

 attain to their maximum at the 

 Cape of Good Hope, 361 ; me- 

 dical uses, 362 ; edible gera- 

 niums in the eastern deserts 

 of Egypt, 363 ; very resinous, 

 363 ; eastern legend of their 

 origin, 363 ; British species, 

 363 ; the English name, 365. 



Hightaper, (see Mullein), 59. 



Hop (Humulus), proverbial say- 

 ing about date of introduc- 

 tion, 7 5 ; its asserted introduc- 

 tion with Protestantism, 75; 

 petition against its use, 75 ; 

 it creates the distinction be- 

 tween ale and beer, 77; old 



song about, 77 ; first English 

 writer who appears to have 

 noticed its cultivation, 79 ; 

 when first used, 79 ; culti- 

 vated in France at an early 

 period, 79 ; ffumolaria, 79 ; 

 Lupus salictarius of Pliny, 80; 

 used as a vegetable, 80 ; medi- 

 cinal properties, 80; names, 

 81; distribution, 82; attains to 

 maximum in Siberian steppes, 

 82. 



Horsetail (Equisetum), 41 ; type 

 of a fossil form, 41 ; grows to 

 enormous size in Brazil, 42 ; 

 size of fossil species, 42; names 

 of, 43 ; used for scouring and 

 polishing, 43 ; imported from 

 Holland, 44 ; extraordinary 

 growth of its root-fibres, 44 ; 

 formation of its stems, 44 ; 

 amount of silica in the ashes 

 of different species, 45; vised 

 as an edible, 46 ; as fodder, 47 ; 

 medicinal properties, 48 ; Bri- 

 tish species, 48. 



Hottentots, a poetical custom 

 of, 404. 



Humolaria, 79. 



Humulus (see Hop), 75. 



Instinct of animals, 248. 



Iris, or Flag (Iris), its adoption 

 as the emblem of France, 394 ; 

 probable date of adoption, 395; 

 adoption of heraldic devices, 

 395 ; toads in heraldry, 395 ; 

 fleur-de-lys perhaps not origin- 

 ally a flower, 396, 397; sacred 

 to the Virgin Mary, 399; legend 

 of a pious old knight, 400; re- 

 consideration of the use of the 

 fleur-de-lys as an emblem, 400 ; 

 its first use to symbolize the 

 north, 402; iris, its names, 402; 

 misconception regarding the 

 eye of ancient Egypt, 402 (note); 

 medicinal properties of iris, 

 402, 405 ; superstition respect- 

 ing, 403 ; iris of Egypt, 404 ; 

 poetical custom of the Hot- 



