368 INDEX. 



Cacao, 66. 

 Cashew-nut, 72. 

 Cato .anecdote of, 151. 



Chesnut, 84. from whence brought, 85. used as food, 86. su- 

 perstition of the Catalonians in eating them, 87. 



trees, remarkable, 85, 90. 



, ornamental, 87. the grafting recommende d 91 



properties of the timber, 88. 

 Cherry, 76. when first introduced, 77. feast of, 83. edible 



quality of the fruit, 81. gardens profitable, 79. its timber, 81. 

 Chinese, celebrated for horticulture, (Introduction) iii. 

 Chocolate, 66. its nutritive quality, 67. natural history, 70. its 



wood used for flutes, 7J- 



Cider, antiquity of, 45. remarks on its qualities, 45, 46, 

 Citron, 222. 



Cocoa-nut, 98. its importance to the Indians, 99- 

 Coffee, 104. by whom made known in Europe, 105. plants, how 



obtained, 108. the quantity exported from Jamaica, 109- its 



qualities, 111, 114. analysis of, 112. remarks on making, 



115. 



Coffee-fly, 109. beauty of the tree, 109. 

 Coffee-house, the first, 106. 

 Consumption cured by cucumbers, 126, 

 Cotier, anecdote of, 25. 



Cranberry, 116. how cultivated, 117. medical quality, 121. 

 Cucumber, 122. esteemed by Tiberius, 123. when cultivated in 



England, 123, forced by steam, 125, their qualities, 126. 



wild, 127- medical properties, 128. 

 Currant, 130. why so named, 131. medical qualities, 133. wine 



made from, 133. how pruned, 135. 

 Damson-plum, 306. 



Date, 136. singularities of the tree, 141. medical qualities, 1 43- 

 Day, Mr. Daniel, anecdotes of, 12, 

 Dewberry, 65. 



Piet, observations on, 46, 47. 

 Dodona, the Priestess of, 8. 

 Druids, their veneration for the oak, 3, 

 platerium, of what made, 127. 



