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INDEX. 



when introduced into England, 

 429 ; Araiicaria excelsa, 430 ; in 

 New South Wales, 431 ; when 

 introduced into England, 432 ; 

 Araucaria primgeva, ib. 

 Arbela, i. 355. 



Arbutus, described, ii. 188 ; ety- 

 mology of Unedo, ii. ib. ; of what 

 countries a native, 190 ; at Kil- 

 larney, 192. 



Aria, see Beam, White. 



Aristotelia, i. xxix. 



Armada, i. 66. 



Am- tree, ii. 267; see Elder. 



Arthur's Round Table, i. 53. 



Ash, i. lii ; described, 131 ; known 

 to the ancients, 132 ; supersti- 

 tions respecting, 133 ; etymo- 

 logy, 136 ; picturesque charac- 

 ters, ib.; used as fodder, 139; 

 Spanish-flies, 141 ; seeds of, 143; 

 singular place of growth, 146 ; 

 Manna, 147 ; nses of timber, 

 149 ; AVoodpeckers, 151 ; pol- 

 lard, 1 52 ; large, 1 54 ; Cornish 

 wreckers, 156 ; Weeping, 158 ; 

 bird's-nest found in, 159 ; sm- 

 gular growth of, ii. 253. 



Ash, Mountain, described, i. 277 ; 

 why rarely seen large, ib. ; yari- 

 ous names, 278 ; superstitions re- 

 specting, 279 ; of what countries 

 a native, 282 ; yellow berried 

 variety, 285 ; fruit, ib. ; timber, 

 286 ; Misletoe Thrush, 311. 



Aspen, i. 365. 



Atheleh-tree at Babylon, ii. 185. 

 Athenian Poplar, i. 372. 

 Athol, Duke of, his Larch planta- 

 tions, ii. 400. 

 Atirian Elm, ii. 107. 

 Aucuparia, see Ash, Mountain. 

 Augustine in Britain, ii. 301. 

 Avellana, ii. 133; see Hazel. 

 Avenues of Lime, ii. 169. 

 Axil, i. xix. 

 Axillary, i. xix. 



Babylon, boats used at, ii. 247 ; 



tree among the ruins of, 185. 

 Babj^lonian Willow, see Willow. 

 Backing out, in shin-building, ii. 



233. 



Balaninus, ii. 138. | 



Balsam Poplar, i. 372. 



Baltic, Spruce-Firs of, ii. 381 ; 

 Deal, 383. 



Barberry described, ii. 176 ; irrita- 

 bility of stamens, ii. 177 ; falsely 

 said to cause mildew in corn, ii. 

 178. 



Bark described, i. xv ; Jesuits', 

 244 ; of Plane- tree, ii. 208, 

 213 ; bread made of, ii. 361. 



Barnacle-goose, i. 29. 



Bartholomew's day, St., i. 182. 



Basilicon, see Walnut. 



Beam, Quick, i. 278 ; White, 

 287. 



Bedford Willow, ii. 250. 



Beech described, i. 313 ; a native 

 of Britain, how connected with 

 the origin of printing, 314 ; 

 grafted on Chestnut, 316 ; where 

 indigenous, 317 ; American spe- 

 cies, ib, ; in Van Dieman's Land, 

 319 ; picturesque character, ib. ; 

 Beech-wood in winter, 325 ; 

 knurs on Beech, 327 ; drip in- 

 jurious to other vegetables, i. 

 328 ; foliage and fruit, 329 ; 

 coolness of woods, 331 ; effects of 

 radiation and evaporation, 331 ; 

 mast, 334, 340 ; swine in New 

 Forest, 335 ; Joan of Arc's 

 Beech, 337 ; etymology, ib. ; 

 ancient writing materials, 338 ; 

 uses of, 339 ; succeeds Oak, ib. ; 

 leaves, 340 ; nses of wood, 341; 

 Purple, 342 ; morels and truffles, 

 343 ; fungi growing on, 346 ; 

 Windsor Park, 347 ; Burnham 

 Beeches, ib. ; Purley Beeches, 

 348 ; singular, 349. 



Beech, W ater, ii. 218 ; see Plane. 



