French berries, 294. 

 French Revolution, 166, 308. 

 Funerals, customs at, 341. 

 Fungi, edible, 156 ; on Hawthorn 



leaves, 213 ; on Elm leaves, 



117. 



Gale, sweet, 272, 273. 



Galls, Gall-flies, 17-23, 398. 



Gardening, remarks on, 106, 135. 



Gascony, plantations of Pinaster 

 in, 384. 



Geans, 117. 



Geneva, Horse Chestnuts at, 193. 



Genista monosperma, the Juni- 

 per of Scripture, 419. 



Germany, planting of Walnuts 

 in, 255 ; Firs in, 360. 



Gibbon the sculptor, anecdote 

 of, 264. 



Gilliflower, Cornish, 139. 



Gilpin's Maple, 55. 



Glastonbury Thorn, 86, 89 ; 

 Hazel, 240. 



Goat Willow, 312. 



Golden Pippin, 139. 

 __ Willow, 313. 



Gopher-wood, 357. 



Graves, custom of decorating, 

 341. 



Greengage, 110. 



Guelder Rose, 328 ; garden va- 

 riety, 331. 



Gum, Cherry, 119. 



Hawfinch, 102. 



Hawthorn, described, 82 ; May- 

 bush, 83 ; when it flowers, ib. ; 

 May-day,i6. ; emblem of hope, 

 85 ; superstitions respecting, 

 85-87 ; Glastonbury, 86 ; su- 

 perstitions respecting, in Ire- 

 land, 87 ; badge of the House 

 of Tudor, 90 ; May-pole, ib. ; 

 perfume of flowers, 93, 95, 99 ; 

 picturesque beauty, 93 ; poeti- 

 cal descriptions, 90-95, 101 ; 

 etymology, 96; Quickthorn, 

 ib. ; of what countries a na- 

 tive, ib. ; appearance when 

 old, 102; at Newham, 84; 

 Whitethorn, 98; haws, 99; 

 Pink, ib.; uses of Quickthorn, 



EX. 425 



100; hedges, il. ; Hawfinch, 

 102 ; uses of wood, ib. 



Hazel, described, etymology of, 

 239 ; Evelyn, whence he de- 

 rives his name, 240 ; at Glas- 

 tonbmy, dowsing-rod, ib. ; 

 catkins of, 242; nuts punc- 

 tured by beetle, ib. ; dormice, 

 squirrels, 244; nuthatch, 245 ; 

 pleasures of nutting, 246; 

 Allhallow Eve, ib. ; fossil 

 nuts, 247 ; use of young rods, 

 ib. ; fungus on, 248 ; filberts 

 and cobnuts, 249 ; Spanish 

 nuts, 251. 



Hedera, see Ivy. 



Helena, St., Willow at, 319. 

 i Helix, see Ivy. 

 | Herbaceous Willow, 215. 

 I Hercules, Poplar dedicated to, 



162. 



j Hippocashinese, Hippocastanurn, 

 187. 



Holly, described, 194; custom 

 of decorating churches, 196; 

 various names, 198 ; of what 

 countries a native, ib. ; stem 

 marked with a lichen, 199; 

 flowers, ib. picturesque cha- 

 racter, ib. ; hedges of, ib. ; soil, 

 ib. ; knots on stem, 200 ; 

 cultivated varieties, 201 ; in- 

 sects on, 202 ; wood, birdlime, 

 ib. ; fine specimens, Knee 

 Holy, 203. 



Holm Oak, see Ilex. 

 j Holme Lacy, Pear-tree at, 136. 



Honey, ancient value of, 307 ; 

 from the Lime, 262. 



Honey-dew, 45. 



Honeysuckle, described, 326 ; 

 various names, ib. ; propaga- 

 tion, 327 ; Perfoliate Honey- 

 suckle, 328. 



Hop-Hornbeam, 238. 



Hornbeam, described, 234 ; 

 meaning of name, 236; mazes 

 of, 238 ; timber, ib. 



Horse Chestnut, described, 187 ; 

 buds of, 190; when introduced 

 in Europe, origin of name, 

 187 ; various names, 189 ; 

 picturesque character, ib. ; 



