INDEX. 



393 



rent species succeeds, ii. 227. 

 The qualities of the several 

 kinds, 236. Laws and statutes 

 for the preservation and im- 

 provement of woods, 271. Why 

 the heathens performed their 

 religious rites in woods, 322. 



W 



Walnut, the nuts of, how to sow, i, 44. 

 Species, l64. Class and Order, 166. 

 How to propagate, ib. Its shade thought 

 unwholesome, 16Q. The nuts formerly 

 strewed at weddings, and the reason, 

 167. 



Waste Lands, how to sow with tree-seeds, 

 i. 84. 



Water, not the food of plants, i. 27. Is 

 only a vehicle, ib. Does not nourish 

 bulbous roots, ib. 



Wayfaring-tree, ii. 1 16. 



Willow, its various species, i. 245. Class 

 and Order, 249. How to propagate, ib. 

 Used by the ancients in the vineyards, 

 251. Made into baskets by the ancient 

 Britons, and prized at Rome, ib. 



Windsor Forest, how improved, ii. 287- 

 Wood, the comparative strength of, ii. 239- 

 Woods, greatly injured in the reign of 

 Henry VIII. i. 2. Sustained great in- 

 juries during and after the civil war, ib. 

 Want a proper superintendency, ib. 



X 



Xerxes, the respect paid by him 

 to a Plane-tree, ii. 58. 



Y 



Yew, its uses, i. 264. How to 

 raise, 269. One of an immense 

 size, ii. 205. 



Yucca, its uses, ii. 116. 



Yew, i. 264. Class and Order, ib. How 

 to propagate, ib. Its vai-ieties, 266. — 

 One of an immense size described, ii. 

 205. A description of those growing 

 near Fountain's Abbey, i. 267. The 

 leaves of, poisonous, ib. 



Yucca, its Class and Order, ii. 11 6. 



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