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INDEX. 



Lentiscus, its Class and Order, ii. 82. 

 Light, agreeable to plants, i. 37. 

 LiGUSTRLM, its Class and Order, ii. 78. 

 Lime-Tree, the seeds of, how to sow, i. 45. 



Its species, 201. Class and Order^ 202. 



Grows to a large size, 203. Uses of the 



wood, ib. 



Lime, how it promotes vegetation, i. 50. 



LinNjEus, his system founded upon the 

 certainty that all plants have male and 

 female organs, i. 65. Tournefort, Pon- 

 tedera, and Alston, refuse to assent to 

 this doctrine, ib. 



Loc a Natalia of plants, an account of, 

 ii. 264. 



Locust-Tree, how to propagate, ii. 68. 

 its uses, ib. Two large trees of this 

 sort growing at Wiseton, in Notting- 

 hamshire, 71. Its leaves, when young, 

 are fed on by cattle, ib. 



Lotus-Arbor, not the tree feasted on by 

 the companions of Ulysses, ii. 65. 



Lucombe, Mr. his account of a new species 

 of Oak, i. 74. 



Lucus, whence derived, ii. 321. 



M 



Maple, how propagated, i. 184, 

 Its uses, 186. Its ancient value, 

 193. Sugar made from its 

 juice, 199. 



Mastic-Tree, ii. 82. 



IMicE, how to destroy, ii. 161. 



Mistletoe, its nature ascertained 

 by experiment, i. 8. Its seeds 

 will grow if inserted into the 

 bark of the White Poplar, 217. 



Moles, hurtful to trees, ii. 160. 



Moss, how to remove, ii. 156. 



Mulberry, howraisedfrom seed, 

 ii. 45. How to transplant, 48. 

 May be increased from layers, 

 50. Also by grafting and bud* 

 ding, ib. How to prune, ib» 

 Properties of the wood, 51. — - 

 How to gather the leaves, 54; 



JMyrtle, how to raise, ii. 79. — 

 Grows best near the sea-shore, 

 80. Should be often clipped, ib. 



M 



Mandrake, supposed to be the Dudaim of 

 the Scriptures, ii. 65. 



Manna, of the shops, produced from the 

 Ornus, i. 151. Miller mistaken in sup- 

 posing it collected from the Fraxinus 

 Kotundifolia, ib. 



Maple, the seeds of, how to sow, i. 46. 

 Its species, 183. Class and Order, I95. 

 How to propagate, ib. Sugar made of 

 its sap, 185. 



Maronites, hold the annual " Feast of 

 Cedars" under the few remaining Cedars 

 upon Mount Libanus, ii. 8. 



Mistletoe, how produced, i. 9. Was 

 held in great veneration by the Druids, 

 ib. Grows plentifully upon some dwarf 

 Apple-trees in a garden at Knaresbro', 

 ib. Druidical ceremonies regarding it, 

 still preserved in Acquitain, 10. The 

 golden bough compared by Virgil to 

 the Mistletoe, ib. 



Motion, a proof of vegetable life, ii. II9. 



Mountain AsH,i. 218. Class and Order, ib. 

 Supposed to have the power of driving 

 away witches and evil spirits, 2 1 9. 



Mulberry, the seeds of, how to sow, i. 

 46. Its species, ii. 43. Class and Or- 

 der, 46. The oldest trees the most 

 fruitful, 47. How to propagate, ib. 

 Its proper soil, 48. Paper made from 

 its bark, 45. The fruit recommended 

 by Horace, 49. 



Mvrica, Cerifera, its Class and Order, ii. 

 76. 



Myrtle, its species, ii. 79. Class and 

 Order, 80. Held sacred to Venus, and 

 why, ib. Crowns of this tree used at 

 ovations, and why, 81. 



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Nursery, how to make, i. 38. 

 Nutriment of vegetables what, 

 i. 27. 



