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INDEX. 



Manna, i. xli,lv, 147; ii. 183, 403. 



Maple, Great, see Sycamore. 



, Field, described, i. 121 ; Gil- 

 pin's, 1 24 ; Avood prized by the 

 ancients, i. 124 ; large, 128. 



Maraschino, i» 267. 



Maronites, superstitious belief of, 

 ii. 414 ; ceremonies of, 415. 



Marrons, ii. 21. 



Mast, i. 48, 335. 



Mats, ii. 69. 



May-bush, see Hawthorn. 

 Mav-day, i. 180 ; Dr. Parr's love 



of, 193. 

 May-dukes, i. 266. 

 May-pole, i. 190. 

 Meal- tree, i. 287. 

 Medlar, i. 278. 

 Medulla, i. xiii. 

 Medullary rays, i. xvi. 



sheathj i. xiii. 



Mehl-Baum, i. 287. 



Mercurialis, i. Ixiv. 



Mere-du-bois, i. 240. 



Merries, i. 264. 



Mespilus, i. 278. . 



Michael's at Thorn, St., i. 224. 



Mount St., Tamarisks at, 



ii. 181. 

 Mictis, ii. 248. 

 Mildew in corn, ii. 179. 

 Milton, Chestnut wood at, ii. 6. 

 Misletoe, i. 11, 311. 



thrush, i. 311. 



MoUuscum, i. 124. 

 Morchella, i. 343. 



Morea shaped like a Plane- leaf, ii. 



208. 

 Morel, i. 343. 



Moor Park, Lime-tree at, ii. 175. 

 Morpeth, Ivy at, ii. 293. 

 Moscow, Poplars at, i. 363. 

 Moth, Ermine, i. 308 ; Codlin, 

 309. 



Mother-of-the-wood, i. 240. 

 Mount Edgecumbe, Arbutus at, ii. 

 190. 



Myrica, ancient name of Tama- 

 risk, ii. 181. 



Gale,ii. 186. 



Myrobalan Plum, i. 247. 

 Myrtle, Dutch, ii. 186. 



Nabk, see Lotus. 

 Napoleon's Willow, ii. 262. 

 National debt, speculation to pay 



off, i. 340. 

 Necklace-bearing Poplar, i. 372. 

 Nectarine, i. xxxviii. 

 Nest imbedded in an Ash-tree, i. 



159. 



Neustadt, Lime-tree at, ii. 174. 

 Newbottle Abbey, i. 1 18. 

 New Forest, Beech-wood in, i. 334. 

 Newham, Hawthorn at, i. 207. 

 New South Wales, Araucaria of, 



ii. 431. 

 Nephelium, i. xxxiii. 

 Nineveh, Fir-cone on sculptures at, 



ii. 329. 



Norton House, Chestnut at, ii. 44. 

 Norfolk Island Pine, i. Ixxiii ; ii. 

 430. 



Normandy, Chestnuttimberin,ii. 4. 

 Northover Elm, ii. 118. 

 Norway Spruce, see Spruce Fir. 

 Nut, see Hazel, Chestnut, Walnut. 

 Nuthatch, ii. 141 

 Nutting, pleasures of, ii. 143, 

 Nymphsea, i. xxxvii. 



Oak, i. Ixxi ; described, i. 5 ; Oaks 

 of Mamre, 6 ; of Shechem, 6, 8; 

 groves of, 8 ; acorns used as 

 food, 9, 48 ; Yule-log, 1 0 ; Druids, 



10, 17 ; etymology of acorn, 



11, 17 ; Misletoe, 11 ; popular 

 chorus, 11; Wistman's Wood, 

 Dartmoor, 1 2 ; etymology of Oak, 

 Quercus Robur, 17; growth of, 

 18; character, 19; Gilpin's de- 

 scription, 19; Eddystone light- 

 house, 20; strength of Oak, 22 ; 

 knee-timber, 23; shade of Oak, 



