INDEX. 



Abele, see Poplar. 



Abies, ii. 391 ; see Spruce Fir; said 

 by Csesar to be not a native of 

 Britain, i. 313; ii. 343. 



Acacia, i. 184, 243,244. 



Acacia, False, described, ii. 229 ; 

 wby called Locust- tree, ih. -, pic- 

 turesque character, 230 ; timber, 

 231 ; uses in ship-building, 232; 

 extensively planted by Mr. Cob- 

 bett, 236. 



Acarus, i. 270. 



Acer, see Sycamore and Maple. 

 Acerine8e,i. xxx, 103, 121. 

 Acorn, edible, i. 97; see Oak. 

 Adoxa, i. xliv. 



^sculus, see Horse Chestnut. 

 Age of trees, how ascertained, i. 



xiv, 72. 

 Agria, ii. 54. 



Agricultural maxims, ii. 157. 

 Ain Saffaf., ii. 260. 

 Albert Durer. i. 172. 

 Alburnum, i. xiv. 



Alder, i. Ixviii ; described, ii. 89 ; 

 a widely diffused tree, 90 ; pic- 

 turesque character, 92 ; uses of, 

 94. 



Alder, Buckthorn, see Buckthorn. 

 Aldermaston, Hornbeams at, ii. 1 32. 

 Aleppo, Willows at, ii. 258. 

 Alhagi, i. 148; see Manna. 

 Allhallow Eve, nut-burning on, ii. 



146. 

 Allon, i. 7. 

 Almonds, i. Ixviii. 

 Almond-worts, i. xxxviii. 



Alnus, see Alder. 



Alpnach, Slide of, ii. 336. 



Alps, Spruce Fir of, ii. 381 ; Larch 



of, 399. 

 Alum, ii. 63. 



Altinachree, Deodars at, ii. 423. 

 Amanita, ii. 86. 



Amentacese, Amentals, i. Ixvii, 5, 

 95, 313, 350 ;ii. 3, 77, 89, 128, 

 239. 



America, South, treatment of Ap- 

 ple-trees in, i. 305. 

 American Beech, i. 317. 



Blight, i. 310. 



. Lime, ii. 175. 



. Plane, ii. 212. 



Andrew Undershaft, St., i. 191. 

 Anker wyke. Yew at, ii. 312. 

 Anther, i. xxiii. 

 Ant-tree, ii. 65. 



Apple-tree, described, i. 301 ; an- 

 cient historv, 302 ; superstitions, 

 303 ; Crab," 304 ; Pomatum, ih. ; 

 varieties, ih. ; treatment of in S. 

 America, 305 ; in China, 306; 

 remarkable tree, 807 ; insects, 

 ih. ; American blight, 310 ; pa- 

 rasites, 311 ; Misletoe Thrush, ih. 



Apple-john, i. 305. 



Apples of Sodom, i. 47. 



Apple- worts, i. xl. 



Apricot, i. xxxviii. 



Aquifolium, ii. 49, 54. 



Araliacese, i. xliii ; ii. 280. ^ 



Araucaria, i. Ixxii ; described,^ ii. 

 425 ; picturesque character, 426; 

 value of, to the Indians, 427 ; 



