INDEX. 



The Roman character denotes the volume, the Arabic 



number tJie page. 



A A 

 BELE, its proper soil, i. 209. 

 How propagated, 210. Uses of 

 its leaves and timber, 212. 

 Acacia, a description of, ii. 66. 



Its proper soil, 67. 

 Acorns, how to sow, i. 39. The 

 Roman law concerning them, 

 ii. 271. 

 Age of trees, ii. 185. 

 Air, its effects upon trees, ii. 35. 

 Alaternus, proper for hedges, 

 ii. 78. 



Alder, its soil and manner of pro- 

 pagation, i. 240. 



Aphorisms concerning seeds, plants, 

 trees, woods, and timber, ii. 264. 



Arbutus, how propagated, ii. 86. 

 Its uses, 88. 



Ash, how to raise from keys, i. 146. 

 Spanish keys the best, ib. Its 

 proper soil, 149. Uses of the 

 wood, 150. 



Aspect, to be observed in trans- 

 planting large trees, i. 99. 



Aspen, described, i. 214. Uses of 

 the wood, 217. 



A 



Abele, a species of Poplar, i. £08. 

 Abraxas, amulets used by the Basilidians, 

 ii. 329. 



Acacia, the triple-thorned, called Gleditsia, 



ii. 66. Class and Order, ib. The false, 

 called Robinia, 67. Class and Order, 

 ib. 



Acorns, how to sow in the seminary, i. 41. 



76, 88. How to dibble in large fields, 78. 



How to preserve during winter, 24. Were 



formerly the food of mankind, 96. 

 Agriculture, its importance to the state, i. 



170. 



. Air, necessary both for vegetable and ani- 

 mal life, ii. 127. Is either active or fixed, 

 130. In both states it enters the leaves 

 and roots of plants, ib. When putrid, it 

 becomes the food of vegetables, i. 18. The 

 priority of this discovery claimed by the 

 editor, 18. Experiments made on putrid 

 air, 20. 



Alaternus, its Class and Order, ii. 77. 



Alder, a species of Birch, i. 226. Class and 

 Order, ib. Its varieties, 241. Is excellent 

 for piles to support buildings erected in 

 moist and boggy places, 241. It may be 

 raised from seed, ib. How to cultivate, 

 240.. 



Arbor Vitje, its species, ii. 40. Class and 

 Order, 41. How to propagate, ib. Its 

 uses, ib. 



Arbutus, how raised from seed, i. 88. Its 

 species, ii. 86. Class and Order, 88. How 

 to propagate, ib. Called Unedo by Pliny, 

 and why, 89. 



Ash, the seeds of, how to sow, i. 42. Its 

 species, 145. Class and Order, 146. How 

 to propagate, ib. Caution in giving it a 

 station, ib. Makes a profitable spring wood, 

 147. How pollarded, ib. One of an extra- 

 ordinary size, ii. 200. 



Aspect, to be observed in transplanting large 

 trees, i. 100. 



Aspen, a species of Poplar, i. 208. 



