424 



Costorphine Plane. 48. 

 Cotton from Willow-tree, 3iiS. 

 t'.otton-tree, 290 ; see Plane. 

 Crab, 139; Siberian, 133. 

 Crack Willow, 305, 312. 

 Crat*gu.s, 96 ; see Hawthorn. 

 Crayons, 248. 

 Crowhnrst, Yew at, 343. 

 Cuckoo, 117. 

 Cudbear, 107. 

 Currack, 309. 



Cynips, 18, 20 ; see Gall-flies. 

 Cypress, 302, 312, 403. 



Damascus Plum, 112. 



Damson, 112. 



Dartmoor, 5, 139. 



Darwin, singular custom de- 

 scribed by, 83 ; his account of 

 Apple-trees in S. America, 

 1 40 ; fungus described bv, 

 156. 



Dean, Forest of. Chestnuts in, 

 173. 



Devon.shire, Cherries in, 117; 

 custom in, 139, 346. 



Dioniede, tomb of, 282. 



Divining rod, 240. 



Dogwood, 277, 279 ; spiral 

 vessels in, 281. 



Dowsing-rod, 240. 



Drip of Beech injurious, 151. 



Druids, 4, 138 ; 'see Oak. 



Durmast Oak, 29, 185. 



Dutch Myrtle, 272. 



Eddystone Lighthouse, 10. 



FLdinburgh, Chestnut timlier in, 

 172. 



Egypt, Willows ill, 316. 



Elah, 7. 



Elder, described, 3"0 ; Evel.yn'.s 

 praises of, ih. ; why called 

 Bore-tree, 132; uses of, lb.; 

 emblematical of sorrow, 323 ; 

 tradition respecting, ib. ; me- 

 dicinal virtues, 824. 



Electricity, conducting power of 

 Firs, 355. 



Elijah, the Juniper of, 419. 



Elm, described, 218 ; early in 

 shedding their seeds, 221 ; 

 small-leaved, ib. ; Cornish, 



222, 224 ; Wych, 224 ; Cork- 

 barked, 224, 234 ; ancient 

 history, 225 ; what species 

 are indigenous, 226 ; pictu- 

 resque character, 227; propa- 

 gation, ib. ; uses of, ib. ; treat- 

 ment of, by the Chinese, ih. ; 

 insects which prey on, 229 : 

 decay of leaf, 231 ; remarkable 

 .specimens, 234 ; Wych Eliu 

 described, 231. 



Enys, Elm at, 234. 



Ericaceae, 274. 



Etna, Mount, Chestnuts on, 180. 



Euouymus, see Spindle-tree. 



Euphorbiacese, 70. 



Evaporation, effects of, 351, 353. 



Evelyn, derivation of the name, 

 240. 



Evergreen Oak, see Ilex. 



Fagopyrus, 152. 



Fagus," 143, 145, 176 ; .see Chest- 

 nut. 



Fanst, John, 79 note. 



Filbert, 240, 249. 



Fir tribe, remarks, 350 ; habit 

 and place of growth, 350, 351 ; 

 why said to attract moisture, 

 353 ; effects of snow, ib. ; 

 terminal buds, ib. ; electrical 

 ageucy, 355 ; flowers, cones, 

 and seeds, 355, 356 ; geogra- 

 jihical distribution, 357 ; no- 

 tice in Scripture, ib. ; and in 

 jirofane history, 358 ; Pine 

 forests in the north of Europe, 

 359 ; effects of fire on Pine 

 forests, ib. ; ice-storm in a 

 Pine forest, 360 ; methods of 

 conveying timber, ib. ; slide 

 of Alpnach, 361 ; timber in 

 Prussia, 362 ; rafts on the 

 Rhine, 364 ; see Scotch Fir, 

 Pinaster, Silver Fir, &c. 



Folio, etymology of the word, 

 153. 



Forest of Dean, 1 75. 



Forest, New, 17, 37, 349. 



France, Chestnuts as food in, 

 1S2. 



Fraugula, see Buckthorn. 



Fra.xinus, see Ash. 



