452 



INDEX. 



Wood-engraving, history of, i. 

 167. 



Woodpecker, i. 151, 269. 

 Woody fibre, i. xi ; how formed, 

 i. xvii. 



Worcester, Lime wood near, ii. 1 67. 

 Wreckers, Cornish, i. 157. 

 Writing-materials, ancient, i. 338. 

 Wych Elm, ii. 105, 121; see Elm. 



Xerxes, Plane-tree of, ii. 204. 

 Xyloma, i. 1 07. 



Yerba-tree, Yerbals, see Mate. 

 Yew,i.lxxv; described, ii. 297; con- 

 sidered poisonous by the ancients, 



297 ; why planted in church- 

 yards, 298 ; yew-bows, 300 ; of 

 what countries a native, 302 ; 

 remarkable grove of, 302 ; de- 

 scription of trunk, stem, and 

 leaves, 304 ; berries, 305 ; 

 leaves poisonous, 306 ; pic- 

 turesque character, 307 ; wood, 

 308 ; Irish, 309 ; remarkable 

 trees, 309, 315. 



Zealand, Poplar in, i. 363. 

 Zealand, New, food used in, i. 346. 

 Zinnar-tree, ii. 213; see Plane. 

 Zizyphus, i. xxxvi; see Lotus. 

 Zugia,ii. 128. 



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