INDEX 



Acacia, i. 39. By whom introduced, 42. Use of the timber, 

 44. Where to be planted, 45. How propagated, 47. 



Age, old, the emblem of, i. 259. 



Alder, i. 60. Its ancient use, 61. Where to be planted, 63. 

 65. Use of the timber, 64. 66. Medicinal properties, 67. 

 How propagated, 68. 



Alexander the Great, anecdote of, ii. 262. 



America, the importance of the discovery, ii. 64. Its effect on 

 the system of botany, i. 41. 



Amiability, the emblem of, i. 309. 



Apollo's temple by whom robbed, i. 110. 



Arbor vitae, i. 51. Great quantity at Pere la Chaise, 54. Use 

 of the wood, 56. Medicinal properties, 57. How propa- 

 gated, 58. 



Arbutus, i. 69. Its ancient name, 70. Its flowers adapted to 

 the season, 73. Soil, 74. How propagated, 75. 77. 



Archers, ancient, ii. 279. 



Ash, i. 79. Fabulous account of, 80. Used for spears, £ft a 

 Serpents will not approach it, 82. Superstition respect in- 

 the ash, 83. Situation, 84. Profit of the wood, 86. Of 

 great size, 89. Used for fodder, 91. How propagated, 

 95. 



■ weeping, i. 95. 



manna, i. 96. 



Aspen, i. 102. Its tremulous nature accounted for, ib. 

 Superstition respecting, 103. Use of the timber, 104. 



Atholl, the Duke of, his plantation of larch, ii. 17. 



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