332 INDEX. 



Rose, dog, why so named, ii. 170. Used to graft on, 171. 



white, 173. Why used by the house of York, ib, 



Province, 177. Native place, 178. When introduced, 



179. Varieties of, ib. 

 moss, 180. Poetical account of, 182. How propagated, 



184. 



— hundred-leaved, 184. Native place, 185. Varieties of, 

 186. 



— cinnamon, or May rose, 187. 

 — — musk, 188. 



yellow, 189. 



*— China, 192. 



Lady Banks's, 194. 



Rose-trees, observations on planting, 195. Mode of retarding 



the flowers, 196. Kinds recommended for forcing, 197. 

 Rose, its medicinal properties, ii. 200. 

 — , blight and insects that injure these plants, 198. 

 Rose, acacia, i. 48. How propagated, 50. 

 Sacred woods of the ancients, i. 181. 

 Sea-coast, what trees recommended for, i. 84. 

 Shrubbery, ii. 251. Origin of, i. 1. Its utility, 2. Remarks 



on planting, 26. How embellished, 29. 

 Silver fir, i. 241. When introduced, 242. Soil, 243. 

 Solitude, the emblem of, i. 275. 

 Sorrow, the emblem of, i. 188., and ii. 288. 

 Spanish broom, i. 153. 

 Spiraea frutex, ii. 208. 

 Spruce fir, ii. 211. Early cultivation, 212. Purifies the air, 



215. 



. • American, ii. 215. 



— beer, how made, ii. 216. 



Strawberry tree. See Arbutus. 



Sumach, ii. 217. When introduced, 218. How propagated, 



224. 

 Sweet briar, ii. 169. 



Swiss peasants, their summer-emigration, i. 158. 

 Sycamore, ii. 221. Noticed by Chaucer, 223. The sap used 



in beer, 224. Of great size, 225. How propagated, 226. 



