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INDEX. 



Sycamore, described, 39, 42 ; 

 not a native tree, 43; infested 

 by insects, 44 ; picturesque 

 qualitips, ib. ; etymology, ib. ; 

 parasites, 45; honey-dew, ib.; 

 bees, ib. ; winged seeds, 47 ; 

 called Plane, 48, 284, 292 ; 

 sugar produced from, 49 ; 

 Sugar Maple, ih. ; uses of tim- 

 ber, 51 ; large tree, ib. 



Tabernacles, Feast of, 197, 302. 

 Tables of weights, 152. 

 Talmudists, tradition of, 357. 

 Tamariscmeae, 267. 

 Tamarisk, described, 267 ; not 



indigenous, 268; manna from, 



270 ; Dutch Myrtle, 272 ; 



Candleberry Myrtle, 273. 

 Tar, how prepared, 379. 

 Taxacese, Taxads, Taxus, 341 ; 



see Yew. 

 Tea, adulterated, 107. 

 Teil-tree, 2, 40. 

 Terebinth, 2. 

 Thorns and Thistles, 109. 

 Tl^nne-wood, 357. 

 Thyi-sus, 358. 

 Tilia, see Lime. 

 Tiliace.-E, 258. 

 Timber carriages, 360. 

 Timber-rafts, 361, 364. 

 Topiary-work, 72. 

 Tortworth Chestnut, 172. 

 Toxica, 341. 

 Trembling Poplar, 167. 

 Trenails, 300. 

 Truffle, 157. 

 Tuber, 156. 

 Turpentine, whence procured, 



379 ; Venice, 409. 

 Turpentine-tree, 2. 

 Twickenham, Willow at, 319. 

 Tyningham, Holly-hedge at, 203. 



Ulmaceffl, 218. 

 Ulmarium, 225. 

 Ulmus, 98, 218; see Elm, Wych 



Elm. 

 Undershaft, St. Andrew, 91. 

 Unedo, see Arbutus. 



Valombrosa, Chestnuts at, 178. 



Venice Turpentine, 409. 

 Versailles, Poplars at, 166; Wil- 

 lows at, 308. 

 Vine wedded to Elm, 225, 226. 

 Volume, why so called, 153. 



Wales, etymology of, 255 ; cus- 

 tom in, 344. 



Walnut, described, 251 ; shade 

 said to be injurious, ib. ; an- 

 cient custom, 252; etymology 

 of, 255 ; soil, ib. ; uses of, 

 256; timber, 257; stain caused 

 by leaves, manna from, ib. ^ 



Wayfaring-tree, 328. 



Weather-tree, 162. 



Weddings, ancient custom at, 

 252, 255. 



Wedding Vine to Elm, 225. 



Weeping Oak, 2 ; Ash, 69 ; 

 Beech, 156; Birch, 208 ; Wil- 

 low, 317, 320. 



West Hay Wood, Beech in, 158. 



Westminster Abbey, 27. 



Hall, 185. 



Whitethorn, see Hawthorn. 



White-tree, 132. 



Wicken-tree, 127. 



AViggen-tree, ib. 



Willow, described, 302 ; earlies 

 mention of, in Scripture, ib. 

 of what emblematic, 2&. ; nuni 

 ber of species, 304; notice of 

 by the ancients, 305 ; charac 

 ters of, 306 ; " Palms," 307 

 seeds, 303 ; various uses of, 

 wicker-boats, 309; picturesque 

 character, 311 ; Huntingdon, 

 ib.; Bedford, ib.; Crack, 312; 

 Goat, Osier, ib. ; singular 

 place of growth, 313; Five- 

 stamened, 314; Brown, ib.; 

 Herbaceous, 315; gall-fly, ib.; 

 Eastern species, 316 ; Baby- 

 lonian, 317; picturesque cha- 

 racter, ib.; when introduced, 

 319 ; Napoleon's Willow, ib. 



Willow-holts, 313. 



Winter, Beech- wood in, 147. 



Wistman's Wood, 6, 7. 



Witcheu-trce, 127. 



Witch-hasell, 231. 



Wolves, extirpation of, 371. 



