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INDEX. 



Canoe, ii. 82. 

 Caoutchouc, i. Ixii. 

 Caparis, i. Iviii. 

 Capers, i. Iviii. 



Caprifoils, Caprifoliacese, i. xlvii, 

 ii. 264, 271, 275. 



Caprifolium, ii. 274 ; see Honey- 

 suckle. 



Carbonic acid, absorbed by leaves, 

 i. xvii. 



Carclew, Pinaster at, ii. 373. 

 Cards, playing, i. 168. 

 Carlsruhe, Willow at, ii. 254. 

 Carnock, Ash at, i. 160. 

 Carpinus, i. Ixx ; ii. 121 ; see Horn- 

 beam. 



Carrickfergus, fossil nuts at, ii. 147. 

 Carshalton, Ivy at, ii. 287. 

 Carving in wood, ii. 171. 

 Cassava, i. Ix. 



Castagno de cento cavalli, ii. 29. 



Castanea, i. Ixxi ; see Chestnut. 



Castanum, ii. 9. 



Castor oil, i. Ixiv. 



Catechu, i. 243. 



Caxton, i. 171. 



Cecidomyia, i. 298. 



Cedar of Lebanon described, ii. 

 405 ; story of first introduction 

 into France, ih. ; mentioned by 

 early English poets, 408 ; by 

 whom introduced into England, 



409 ; notice of, in the Bible, 



410 ; durability of timber, 411 ; 

 EzekiePs description of, 412 ; 

 superstition connected with, 414 ; 

 Cedars on Mount Lebanon, 415. 



Celastrineae, i. xxxiv ; ii. 195. 



Cellular tissue, i. x. 



Cerasus, i. xxxix ; see Cherry. 



, Pado ; see Cherry, Bird. 



Chaffinch, i. 311. 



Chalouse, Lime-tree at, ii. 174. 



Chapel Oak, i. 76. 



Charles I., anecdote of, ii. 119. 



Chataignes, ii. 21. 



Chelsea, Horse Chestnuts at ii. 35. 



Chelsea, Cedars at, ii. 409, 410. 



Chenar-tree, ii. 207 ; see Plane. 



Cherry, i. xxxix ; described, 257 ; 

 black and red-fruited, 260; eXj- 

 mology, 261 ; whence and by 

 whom introduced, ib. ; Cornel, 

 ib, ; when brought to Britain, 

 262 ; feast of cherries, 263 ; va- 

 rieties, 264 ; in America, 265 ; 

 fruit, 266 ; gum, 267 ; wood, 

 268 ; double-flowered, 269 ; in- 

 sects, i. 270. 



Cherry, Bird, described, i. 271 ; 

 various names, ib. ; Laurel, 273; 

 Bay-tree, ib. ; Portugal Laurel, 

 ib. 



Chestnut, i. Ixx ; not the Fagus of 

 the Romans, 314; Pliny's de- 

 scription of, 316 ; described, ii. 

 3 ; claims to be considered a na- 

 tive, ib. ; timber in old houses, 

 ib. ; early use in Normandy, ib ; 

 Parliament house, Edinburgh, 

 places named from, 5 ; ancient 

 forest, Spanish Chestnuts, ori- 

 ginally brought from Asia to 

 Italy, 6 ; resemblance of Oak 

 and Chestnut timber, 7 ; Milton 

 Forest, Forest of Dean, 8 ; va- 

 rious names, 9 ; of what countries 

 a native, ib ; mention in the 

 Bible, 1 0 ; picturesque character, 

 1 1 ; soil, 1 3 ; description of 

 floAver, 15 ; nuts, 16; used as 

 food, 17 ; modes of cooking, 20; 

 timber, 21 ; Tortworth, tree at, 

 23 ; other remarkable trees, 27 ; 

 Castagno di Cento CavaUi, 29, 

 see Horse Chestnut. 



Chili, fungus growing in, i. 345. 



Pine, see Araucaria. 



China, treatment of trees in, i. 306 ; 

 ii. 114. 



Chipstead Elm, ii. 117. 



Christiana Deal, ii. 383. 



Christmas, decoration of churches 

 at, ii. 50, 284. 



