428 



Occidental Plane, 287; see Plane. 



Old style, 83. 



Oleacese, 56, 295. 



Ononis, see Manna. 



Opegrapba scripta, 199. 



Opulus, 328. 



Oriental Plane, see Plane. 



Oruus Enropaea, 66. 



Osier, 313 ; see Willow. 



Ostrya, 238. 



Oxyacautha, 96; see Hawthorn. 



Padus, see Cherry Bird. 



Palm Sunday, 308, 344. 



Palms, 307, 325, 344. 



Paper, 152. 



Paper Birch, 209. 



Papyrus, 152. 



Peach, 101. 



Pear-tree, described, 134 ; cha- 

 racter of wild, ib. ; varieties, 

 135 ; remarkable tree, 136. 



Pegwood, 277. 



Penrose, Oaks at, 14. 



Periclymenum, 327. 



Perry, 136. 



Persicon, see Walnut. 



Peziza, 248. 



Phaeton, story of, 164. 



Philyra, see Lime. 



Pickled Sloes, 108; Walnuts, 

 256. 



Pine, see Fii-, Scotch Fir. 



Pinaster, described, 381 ; geo- 

 graphical distribution, 384 ; 

 use on sandhills near the sea, 

 ib.; resin, 385; lampblack, 

 386. 



Pinus Lemoniana. 386. 



Pinus, 365 ; see Pine. 



Pipes, Cherry-stick, 120. 



Pippin, 140. 



Pistachio-nuts, 239. 



Pitch, how procured, 387. 



Plane-tree, Sycamore so called, 

 48 ; Oriental, described, 282 ; 

 shaded the tomb of Diomede, 

 ih. ; of Xerxes, i6. ; atStanchio, 

 284 ; leaf shaped like the 

 Morea, 285; singular shedding 

 of bark, ib.; timber, 286 ; 

 largest tree in the world, 284; 

 Occidental, described, 287 ; 



picturesque character, 288 ; 

 protection of buds, ih. ; im- 

 patience of cold, 289 ; called 

 Buttonwood in America, 292. 



Platauaceee, 282. 



Platanus, see Plane. 



Playn, see Plane. 



Plum, Myrobalan, 110; Citizen, 

 ib. 



Pollard Willows, 313. 



Polygonum, 152. 



Pomatum, 139. 



Pompeii, nuts of Stone Pine 

 found at, 390. 



Pope's Willow, 319. 



Poplar, described, 159; character 

 of, ib. ; etymology, ib. ; AVhite, 

 Grey, Dutch or Abele, 161 ; 

 consecrated to Hercules, 162 ; 

 usesof wood, 163; Black, 164; 

 Phaeton, story of, ib. ; of easy 

 growth, 165 ; uses of wood, 

 166; large, ih.; Trembling, 

 or A.spen, 167 ; superstition 

 respecting, ii.; populine, 169. 



Populus, 161 ; see Poplar. 



Portugal Laurel, 124. 



Port-wine, adulterated, 107, 323. 



Prick-wood, 277. 



Printing, origin of, 145 nMr. 



Privet, described, 295 ; patience 

 of smoke, ib. ; use of, ib. 



Prunus, 103, 109, 117. 



Pseudo- Acacia, see Acacia. 



Pseudo- Platanus, see Sycamore. 



Publican's Guide, 107. 



Purley Beeches, 144. 



Purple Beech, 155. 



Pyrus, 125, 132-134, 137. 



' Quercus, 1, 7, 21, 38 ; see Oak. 



I Quick, 96. 



I Quick-Beam, 127. 



Quickset, Quickthorn, 96. 



Quinine, 108, 306. 



Radiation of heat, effects of, 



353. 

 Rafts, 364. 

 Ratafia, 119. 

 Red Sandars, 107. 

 Reine Claude Plum, 111. 

 Resin, 207, 385, 389, 396. 



