INDEX. 



439 



Beetle infesting the apple, i. 309 ; 



the nut, ii. 138. 

 Benthamia, i. xlvii. 

 Berberis, Berberidse, ii. 176; see 



Barberry. 

 Bermuda Cedar, ii. 409, 436. 

 Beroth, ii. 327 ; see Fir. 

 Betula, i. Ixviii ; ii. 77; see Birch. 

 Betulanse, i. Ixviii. 

 Betulus, see Hornbeam. 

 Bewick, i. 173. 

 Bible, Poor Preacher's, i. 171. 

 Biblia Pauperum, i. 171. 

 Bickleigh Vale, Hazel in, ii. 144. 

 Birch, i. Ixviii ; Birch described, ii. 



77 ; of what countries a native, 



78 ; resin from, 79 ; weeping, 

 80 ; durability of bark, 81, 83 ; 

 canoes, wine, 82 ; other uses, 83; 

 dwarf, 85 ; insects, 86. 



Bird-catcher's Service, see Ash, 

 Mountain. 



Black Italian Poplar, i. 372. 



Black-thorn described, i. 239 ; 

 Blackthorn winter, 240 ; used 

 to adulterate tea and port- wine, 

 242 ; pickled sloes, 243 ; bark, 

 244 ; Quinine, ib. ; Thorns and 

 Thistles, 245 ; BuUace-tree, 246; 

 Myrobalan plum, 247 ; Mag- 

 num-bonum, 248 ; Green-gage, 

 249; Brignoles, 250; Damsons, 

 ib. ; Weevil, ib. ; saw-fly, 252. 



Blight, American, i. 310. 



Boldre Church, Maple at, i. 124 ; 

 Yew near, ii. 307. 



Bolts in ship-building, ii. 232. 



Bombyx,i- 232, 233 ; ii. 341. 



Bonhill, Ash at, i. 155. 



Book, etymology of, i, 338 ; ancient, 

 ii. 165. 



Border of petal, i. xxii. 



Borrera, i. 311. 



Bows, i. 268 ; ii. 308 ; made of 



Yew, ii. 300. 

 Box-tree, i. Ixiv ; Box, description 



of, i. 161 ; where indigenous, 



162 ; in gardens, 163 ; virtues 



of, 165 ; uses of wood, 167 ; 



history of wood-engraving, 168; 



at Boxhil], 175 ; Dwarf; ib. 

 Box, dwarf, i. 175. 

 Boxhill, i. 161, 175. 

 Boxley, i. 161. 



Braburne, Yew at, ii. 309, 310. 



Braemar, Forest of, ii. 343. 



Brignoles, i. 250. 



Brockley Hall, Ivy at, ii. 293. 



Broom, the Juniper of Scripture, ii. 

 433 ; Yellow, useful as shelter 

 for Pines, 368 ; Butcher's, ii. 67. 



Brown-tailed Moth, i. 233. 



Brundisium, ancient Oak-timber at, 

 i. 54. 



Bruscum, i. 124. 



Buck, see Beech. 



Buck-eye, i. 33. 



Buckinghamshire, etymology of, 

 i. 347. 



Buck-thorn, i. xxxvi; described, ii. 

 220 ; use of berries, 221 ; Sul- 

 phur-butterfly, ii. 223. 



Bud, i. xix; of Plane-tree, ii. 214. 



Bullace-tree, i. 246. 



Burgundy Pitch, i. Ixxiv. 



Burnham Beeches, i. 347. 



Burning Forest, ii. 329-331. 



Bury St. Edmunds, Poplar at, i. 363. 



Bushy Park, Hawthorns in, i. 206 . 



Butcher's Broom, ii. 67. 



Butterflies on Ivy-blossom, ii. 291. 



Button-wood, ii. 218 ; see Plane. 



Buxus, see Box. 



Buyukdere, largest tree in the world 

 at, ii. 210. 



Csesar, Julius, his statement re- 

 specting the Beech, i. 313. 

 Cairn, i. 11. 

 Calaf, ii. 259. 

 Calyx, i. xxi. 

 Cambium, i. xv. 

 Canada Balsam, i. Ixxiv. 

 Candleberry Myrtle, ii. 188. 



