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INDEX. 



Pinus Lemoniana, 371. 



Pinus, i. Ixxiii ; ii. 343 ; see Pine. 



Pipes, Cherry- stick, i. 269. 



Pippin, i. 304. 



Pistacliio-nuts, ii. 133. 



Pistil, i. xxiii. 



Pitch, how procured, ii. 361. 

 Pith, i. xiii. 



Plane-tree, i. Ivi ; Sycamore, so 

 called, i. 13 ; Oriental, described, 

 ii. 203 ; shaded the tomb of 

 Diomede, 203 ; of Xerxes, 204 ; 

 at Stanchio, 205 ; at Vostitza, 206; 

 in Lycia, 207 ; called Chenar in 

 Persia, ih, ; leaf shaped like the 

 Morea, 208 ; singular shedding 

 of bark, ib. ; timber, 209 ; largest 

 tree in the world, 210 ; Zinnar 

 tree, ih. ; supposed to keep off 

 the plague, ib. ; Occidental, de- 

 scribed, ii. 212 ; picturesque 

 character, 213 ; protection of 

 buds, 214 ; impatience of cold, 

 216 ; called Buttonwood in Ame- 

 rica, 218 ; Spanish Plane, 219. 



Platanaceae, i. Ivi ; ii. 203. 



Platanus, see Plane. 



Playn, see Plane. 



Plum, i. xxxviii ; Myrobalan, i. 247. 

 Plumule, i. xxiv. 

 Pollen, i. xxiii. 

 Polygonum, i. 338. 

 Pomaceae, i. xxxviii, xl. 

 Pomatum, i. 304. 



Pompeii, nuts of Stone Pine found 

 at, ii. 375. 



Pope's "Willow, ii. 262. 



Poplar, i. xlix ; described, 350 ; 

 character of, ib. ; etymology, 

 354; White, Grey, Dutch or 

 Abele, 355 ; consecrated to Her- 

 cules, 357 ; uses of wood, 358 ; 

 Black, 361 ; Phaeton, story of, 

 362 ; of easy growth, 363 ; uses 

 of wood, ib. ; large, ib. ; Trem- 

 bling or Aspen, 365 ; superstition 

 respecting, 367 ; populine, 369 ; 



foreign, 370 ; Lombardy, or 

 Italian, ih. ; picturesque claims, 



371 ; Balsam, or Tacamahac, 



372 ; Ontario, ih. ; Necklace, or 

 Black Italian, ib.\ Athenian, ib. 



Populine, i. 369. 



Populus, i. xlix, 350 ; see Poplar. 

 Porthesia, i. 232, 233. 

 Portugal Laurel, i. 273. 

 Port wine, adulterated, i. 243 ; ii. 

 267. 



Pottle, strawberry, i. 341. 

 Prelly, Lime-tree at, ii. 175. 

 Prick- wood, ii. 195. 

 Printing,' origin of, i. 314 note. 

 Privet described, ii. 223 ; patience 



of smoke, 225 ; use of, 226, 

 Privet-moth, ii. 226. 

 Prunus, i. xxxix. 

 Pseud- Acacia, see Acacia. 

 Pseudo-Piatanus, see Sycamore. 

 Publican's Guide, i. 243. 

 Purley Beeches, i. 348. 

 Purple Beech, i. 342. 

 Purple Emperor, i. 37. 

 Pyrus, i. 277, 287, 289, 290, 301. 



Queen Elizabeth's Oak, i. 81. 

 Quenby Hall, Cedar at, ii. 409. 

 Quercus, i. Ixxi, 5, 95 ; see Oak. 

 Quick, i. 204. 

 Quick-Beam, i. 279. 

 Quickset, Quickthorn, i. 204. 

 Quinine, i. 244. 



Radiation of heat, effects of, i. 331. 

 Radicle, i. xxiv. 

 Rafts, ii. 339. 

 Ratafia, i. 267. 

 Ravens, story of, i. 78. 

 Red Sandars, i. 243. 

 Reine Claude Plum, i. 249. 

 Resin, how obtained, ii. 469. 

 Rhamnese, i. xxxvi ; ii. 220. 

 Rhamnus, i. xxxvi ; see Buckthorn. 

 Ribbesford Yew, ii. 315. 

 Ribston Pippin, i, 304. 



