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INDEX. 



tentots, 404; British species 

 of iris, 404. 



Jacob's Ladder (see Lily of the 

 Valley), 200. 



Jamais, or James, as a motto 

 attached to the broom, 22, 23. 



Jericho, rose of, 233. 



Jerusalem, cowslip of (see Lung- 

 wort), 72 ; sage of, 72. 



Joan Silverpin (see Poppy), 386. 



Joseph du Chesne de Sieur de la 

 Violette supposed to revivify 

 flowers from their ashes, 91 

 (see De Claves). 



Kashmir, vegetation of the vale 



of, 154. 



Kernel-wort (see Brown-wort), 38. 

 Kurroa, 383. 



Labiatae, abound in Spain, 275. 



Ladder to heaven (see Lily of the 

 Valley), 266. 



Lady-days, two in the year, 287 

 (note). 



Lady's smock (see Bitter-cress), 

 129. 



Laruage, M., effects wonderful 

 cures with a galium, 257. 



Leek (Attium), said not to be 

 a native of Britain, 136; its 

 adoption as the emblem of 

 Wales, 136; exaggeration of 

 the supposed sanctity attached 

 to it by the ancient Egyptians, 

 forbidden to the priests, but 

 not to laymen, 138; Hassel- 

 quist's admiration of Egyptian 

 onions, 139 ; frequent occur- 

 rence of the leek in gardens 

 of Africa and Wales, 140 ; 

 reason for it in the last case, 

 140 ; whole tribe restorative, 

 141 ; eastern legends respect- 

 ing, 141 ; Mohammed's dis- 

 like to, 141; used in Bokhara 

 and Poland against evil spirits, 

 142 ; against effects of simoom, 

 142; medicinal qualities, 142; 

 superstition respecting, 144 ; 



in Italy signifies rejection, 144 ; 

 British species, 144. 



Leontodon (see Dandelion), 151. 



Lily of the Valley (Convatlcria), 

 266 ; its uses according to the 

 "doctrine of signatures," 266; 

 used to excite sneezing, 267 ; 

 the aqua aurea, 267 ; other 

 medicinal properties, 268 ; 

 takes away bruises, 268; name 

 of " Solomon's seal," 269 ; of 

 "David's harp," 269; other 

 names,271; British species, 272. 



Linine, the principle of flax, 315. 



Linum (see Mountain flax), 307. 



Liriconfancie (see Lily of the 

 Valley), 266. 



Live-long (Sedum) protects houses 

 from thunder, 258 ; in some 

 places considered unlucky to 

 let it flower, 259; used to 

 procure sleep, 259 ; its names, 

 259 ; but one sempervivum 

 in Britain, 259 ; medicinal 

 properties, 260; sedums living 

 without earth, 260 ; used in 

 chimney-boards, 260 ; plants 

 suspended in cottage door- 

 ways, 261 ; Sedum reflexum 

 eaten, 261 ; British species, 

 262. 



London-pride (see Saxifrage), 358. 



Luner-wort (Pulmonaria), great- 

 ly reverenced, 72; a Druidical 

 plant, 73 ; legend attached to 

 the white spots on its leaves, 

 73; names, 73, 74; British 

 species, 74. 



Madder (Rubia), b\it one British 

 species, 249 ; occurring only 

 on our south and west coasts, 

 249 ; its appearance, 250 ; its 

 names, 250 ; its commercial 

 value, 251 ; dyes the bones of 

 animals feeding on it, 251 ; 

 spent madder contains one- 

 third of its colouring matter, 

 251; its cultivation, 251; only 

 recently used as a pigment, 

 252; use in medicine, 252. 



