INDEX. 



445 



Jnglandacese, Jiiglans, see Walnut. 



Jujubes, i. xxxvii. 



Julius Caesar, coracles used by, ii. 

 248 ; his testimony respecting 

 British trees, i. 313 ; ii. 343. 



Juniper, i. Ixxiv j described, ii. 

 433 ; the Juniper of Scripture a 

 kind of Broom, 433 ; of what 

 countries a native, 434 ; use of 

 berries, 435. 



Kerasoun, i. 261. 



Killarney, Arbutus at, ii. 190, 192. 

 Kingly Bottom, Yews at, ii. 302. 

 Kippencross, Sycamore at, i. 118. 

 Kirschwasser, i. 267. 

 Knee Holly, ii. 67. 

 Knees in ship-building, ii. 232. 

 Knee- timber, i. 23. 

 Knurs on Beech, i. 327. 

 Knowle, Lime-tree at, ii. 175. 

 Koster, Lawrence, i. 314. 



Labyrinth at Hampton Court,ii. 1 30 . 

 Lady of the Woods, see Birch. 

 Lantana, ii. 275. 



Larch, i. Ixxiii ; described, ii. 397; 

 picturesque character, 398 ; men- 

 tion of, in ancient writers, 399 ; 

 uses of timber, 400 ; extensively 

 planted by the Duke of Athol, 



401 ; value in ship-building, 



402 ; Venice turpentine, manna, 

 403. 



Lamp-black, how obtained, ii. 369. 



Lampsacans, anecdote of, ii. 328. 



Larix, see Larch. 



Laurel, i. xxxix, 273. 



Laurel, Portugal, i. 274. 



Laurus, i. 273. 



Laurustinus, ii. 275. 



Leaves, office of,i. xvii; structure of, 

 xix ; of a book, why so called, 

 i. 338 ; used as a bed, 340 ; of 

 trees used as fodder, ii. 1 1 3. 



Leguminosse, ii. 229. 



Leycesteria, i. xlix. 



Lepas, see Barnacle Goose. 



Liber described, i. xv ; books 

 made of, 338. 



Liberty, tree of, i. 354 ; ii. 166. 



Library, i. 338. 



Ligustrum, see Privet. 



Lilac, i. liii, Iv. 



Limb of corolla, i. xxii. 



Lime-tree, i. xxix. ; described, ii. 

 165 ; ancient reputation, 165 ; 

 tree of liberty, 166 ; Linnseus 

 derived his name from, ib. ; 

 whether a native tree, 167 ; pic- 

 turesque character, 26.; fragrance 

 of flowers, honey from, avenues 

 of, 169 ; use of wood and bark, 

 170, 174 ; bast mats, 171 ; Gib- 

 bon, the sculptor, 172 ; remark- 

 able trees, 174. 

 Linden-blooms, i. xxix. 

 Linden-tree, see Lime. 

 Linn^a, i. xlvii. 



Linnzeus, system of, i. xxiii ; ety- 

 mology of name, ii. 166 ; his 

 description of a burning forest, 

 ii. 330. 



Lizard, Tamarisks at, ii. 181. _ 

 Loch Lomond, Yew Island in, n. 

 302. 



Locust-tree, see Acacia. 

 Lombardy Poplar, i.370. 

 London Bridge, Oak timber in, i.59. 

 Lonicera,i. xlix ; ii. 271, 273. 

 Loopers, i. 307. 

 Lotus, i. xxxvii. 

 Lotus-eaters, i. xxxvii. 

 Lucullus, cherries introduced by, i. 

 261. 



Lycia, Plane-tree in, ii. 207. 



Magnum-bonum Plum, i. 248. 

 Mahonia, ii. 179. 

 Maidstone, filberts at, ii. 149. 

 Malus, see Apple. 

 Mamhilad Yev/, ii. 313. 

 Manchineel, i. Ix. 

 Manioc, i. Ix. 



