m INDEX. 



Furze, i. 274. Native climate, 248. Planted for effect, 249, 

 Its use, 251. 



Game-laws, remarks on, i. 253. 



Gardens, their delight, i. 10. 



of the ancients, i. 12. 



i of Babylon, i. 13. 



— of England, the ancient, i. 16. 



Gardening, the modern taste introduced, i. 17. 



German flutes, observations on, i. 148. 



Gorse, i. 247. 



Gray's Inn Gardens, by whom planted, i. 214. 



Groves, sacred, i. 231. 



Guelder rose, i. 256. Derivation of the name, 258. Soil, ib. 

 Situation, 26. 



Gum cistus, ii. 312. Natural history of, 313. Situation, 316. 



Halifax, why so named, ii. 306. 



Hawthorn, i. 260. Ancient use of the flowers, 261. Super- 

 stition respecting, 263. Use in rural economy, 268. Seeds 

 how to be sown, ib. Where to be planted, 270. 272. 



■ with double flowers, i. 267. 



■ with yellow berries, i. 270. 



Heath, i. 274. Situation of, 276. Species, 277. Use in do- 

 mestic economy, 278. 



Holly, i. 280. Why used to decorate churches, 281. Deriv- 

 ation of the name, 282. Superstition respecting, ib. Va- 

 rieties of, 285. Recommended for hedges, 286. Situation 

 and soil, 288. Use of the wood, 289. Natural history, and 

 how propagated, ib. 



Honey, how procured in ancient times, i, 158. 



Honey-dew, i. 98. 



Honey-suckle, i. 293. Derivation of the name, 295. Varie^ 

 ties of, 297- Soil and situation, 298. 



Hope, the emblem of, i. 261. 



Hornbeam, i. 301. Soil and situation, 306. 



Hospitality, the emblem of, 281. 



Ivy, i. 323. Greatly regarded by the ancients, 324. Crowns 

 of, by whom worn, 324. 326. Its supposed antipathy to 

 the vine accounted for, 328, 



