INDEX. 



419 



thorns, 224; a favourite flower 

 in the East and in France, 

 225, 229; rentes of roses in 

 France and England, 225 ; rose- 

 chaplets worn on Fridays, 226; 

 "Parliament" of France. 226 

 (note) and 227; chaplet-weavers 

 of France, 228 ; roses of the | 

 East, 228 ; used for the b*th, 

 229; rose-water, 229, 234; feast 

 of, 230 ; rose producing symp- 

 toms of a cold in the head, 

 230 ; in sculptures of Perse- 

 polis, 231 ; our garden roses, 

 231 ; long-lived, 232 ; GUI and 

 Werd, their signification, 232; 

 damask rose, 232 ; of Sharon, 

 a bulb, 233 ; of Jericho, 233 ; j 

 yellow rose, how formerly sup- j 

 posed to be produced, 233 ; j 

 roses of the Fyo6m, 234 ; of 

 Barbary, 234; otto of rose, 

 234, 240; roses of Gyrene, | 

 Prseneste, and Campania, 234 ; 

 mattresses stuffed with, 234 ; 

 perfume said to be increased 

 by neighbourhood of certain 

 plants, 234 ; Eastern legend, 

 235; British roses, 236; Ame- 

 rican, 236; rose wanted in 

 Southern Hemisphere, 238 ; 

 introduced into Australia, 238 ; 

 roses eaten, 238 ; a recipe to 

 see fairies, 239 ; Bedeguar of 

 the rose, 239 ; dislike to the 

 rose, 240 ; otto of rose, sub- 

 stitutes for, 240. 



Rousseau, anecdote of, 304. 



Rubia (see Madder), 249. 



Ruttum (Spartium monosperma), 

 26. 



Saff-flower, 162. 



Saffron Walden, 160. 



Saint Catherine's wheel, 345. 



St. John's-wort (Hypericum), 96; 

 superstition attached to it, 98, 

 99, 106; its names, 98, 102; 

 when to be gathered, 103 ; its 

 juice resembles gamboge, 103; 

 used as a dye, 103; as var- 



nish, 104 ; distribution of, 

 104; British species, 104. 



St. Margaret of Antioch, 388. 



daisy sacred to, 69, 



S. Maria Novella, Florence, 399. 



S. Domenica, in Bologna, 295. 



S. Giovanni Laterano, 295. 



Sanicula (see Sanicle), 134. 



Sanicle (Sanicula), considered 

 universally healing, 134 ; but 

 one British species, 135. 



Sarothamnus (see Broom), 15. 



Saxifraga (see Saxifrage), 359. 



Saxifrage (Saxifraga), aptness of 

 its names, 357; medicinal pro- 

 perties, 357; used as rennet, 

 358; British species, 358; Chry- 

 sosplenium called in English 

 Saxifrage, 360. 



Scents, their power over me- 

 mory, 203. 



Scilla, 115. 



Scrophularia (see Brown- wort), 

 38. 



Sedge, or Seg (Carex), binds 

 sandy soil, 366; medicinal pro- 

 perties, 367 ; fodder, 367 ; 

 woven into a cloth, 367; the 

 acuta of Virgil, 367; other 

 names, 367. 



Sedum (see Live-long), 285. 



Seiserac, or ploughing in Ire- 

 land, 309. 



Sempervivum, 259. 



Shamrookh, 55 (note). 



Sharon, rose of, 233. 



Solomon's seal (see Lily of the 

 Valley), 266. 



Southern Hemisphere, rose want- 

 ing in, 238. 



Spartium monospermum, 26. 



Speedwell ( Veronica), its names, 

 292 ; emblem of truth, since- 

 rity, and friendship, 292 ; dis- 

 putes about its names, 293 ; 

 Veronica, 293 ; legend of the 

 origin of the name, 294 ; vera 

 icdn, disputes about, 294; two 

 Romish saints of the name of 

 Veronica, 294 (note); probable 

 origin of the half Greek, half 



