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INDEX. 



Hedera, see Ivy. 



Hederine, ii. 293. 



Helena, St., Willow at, ii. 262. 



Helix, see Ivy. 



Henfield, Hazel at, ii. 1 45. 



Herbaceous Willow, ii. 255. 



Hercules, Poplar dedicated to, i. 356. 



Hethel Thorn, i. 218. 



Hevea, i. Ixii. 



Hickory, i. Ixvi. 



Highland superstition, i. 367. 



Himalayan Cedar, see Deodar. 



Hippocastanese, i. xxxii; ii. 33. 



Hippocastanum, ii. 33. 



Hippomane, i. Ix. 



Holly, i. 1 ; described, ii. 49 ; cus- 

 tom of decorating churches, 50 ; 

 various names, 53 ; of what 

 countries a native, 54 ; stem 

 marked with a lichen, 55 ; 

 flowers, 56 ; Southey's descrip- 

 tion of, 58 ; picturesque charac- 

 ter, 60; hedges of, 61 ; soil, 62; 

 supposed to denote the presence 

 of alum, knots on stem, 63; 

 cultivated varieties, 64 ; insects 

 on, 65 ; wood, birdlime, 66 ; 

 fine specimens, Knee Holly, 67 : 

 Mate or Paraguay Tea, 69. 

 Holly-worts, i. 1. 

 Holm Oak, see Ilex, 

 Holme Lacy, Pear-tree at, i. 297. 

 Holy Cedar, see Deodar. 

 Honey, ancient value of, ii. 244 ; 



from the Lime, ii. 169. 

 Honey-dew, i. 108. 

 Honeysuckle, described, ii. 271 ; 

 poetical allusions, 272 ; various 

 names, propagation, 273 ; Per- 

 foliate Honeysuckle, 274. 

 Hop-Hornbeam, ii. 132. 

 Hornbeam described, ii. 127 ; 

 meaning of name, 129 ; mazes 

 of, 130; timber, 131 ; remark- 

 able trees, 132. 

 Horse Chestnut, i. xxxi. ; describ- 

 ed, ii. 33 ; buds of, 34 ; when 



introduced in Europe, origin of 

 name, 35 ; drooping leaves in 

 spring, 37 ; various names, 39 ; 

 picturesque character, 41 ; use 

 of nuts, 42 ; soil and growth, 

 43 ; large specimens, 44 ; fanci- 

 ful description of, 45. 



Hulver, see Holly. 



Hungarian Balsam, i. Ixxiv. 



Huntingdon Willow, ii. 249. 



Ice-storm, ii. 332. 



Ichneumon-fly, i. 42, 309. 



Ilex, i. 1 ; ii. 49 ; described, i. 95 ; 

 Teil-tree, 96 ; when introduced, 

 96 ; where it grows naturally, 

 96 ; Holm Oak, 97 ; Quercus 

 Gramuntia, 97 ; wood of Ilex, 

 98 ; large 98. 



Ilicinese, i. 1 ; ii. 49. 



Indian rubber, i. Ixii. 



Invercauld, Forest of, ii. 343. 



Irish Yew, ii. 177. 



Irritability of stamens, ii. 177. 



Isthmian games, ii. 328. 



Ivy, described, ii. 280 ; mj^tholo- 

 gical history, ii. 280 ; not a 

 gloomy tree, 281 ; picturesque 

 character, 282 ; used in the de- 

 coration of churches, 285 ; of 

 what countries a native, 285 ; 

 varieties of growth, 286, 289 ; 

 compressing power of stem, 287 ; 

 whether injurious to masonry, 

 288 ; lateness of flowering, 291 ; 

 berries not injured by frost, 292 ; 

 uses of wood, 293 ; large speci- 

 mens, 293. 



Jardin des plantes, Cedar in, ii. 



406. 

 Jatropha, i. Ix. 

 Joan of Arc's Beech, i. 337. 

 Johnson's, Dr., Willow, ii. 250. 

 Joseph of Ariraathaea's staff,]. 184. 

 Judas Iscariot tradition respecting, 



ii. 268. 



