e properties of these require more complex
definitions, but they have all very intelligible and well-established
names. 'Tea' must be a general term for an extract of any plant in boiling
water: though when standing alone the word will take its accepted Chinese
meaning: and essence, the general term for the condensed dew of a vegetable
vapour, which is with grace and fitness called the 'being' of a plant,
because its properties are almost always characteristic of the species; and
it is not, like leaf tissue or wood fibre, approximately the same material
in different shapes; but a separate element in each family of flowers, of a
mysterious, delightful, or dangerous influence, logically inexplicable,
chemically inconstructible, and wholly, in dignity of nature, above all
modes and faculties of form.

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INDEX II.

TO THE PLANTS SPOKEN OF IN THIS VOLUME, UNDER THEIR ENGLISH NAMES, ACCEPTED
BY PROSERPINA.

Apple, 102
Ash, 120, 127
Aspen, 134
Asphodel, 8, 36
Bay, 51
Bean, 104
Bed-straw, 120
Bindweed, 144
Birch, 172
Blackthorn, 119, 127
Blaeberry, 52, 206
Bluebell, 144
Bramble, 119, 195
Burdock, 112, 131
Burnet, 95
Butterbur, 118
Cabbage, 131, 149
Captain-salad, 149
Carrot, 32, 35
Cauliflower, 131, 149
Cedar, 35, 61, 113
Celandine, 72
Cherry, 65, 130
Chestnut, 62
" Spanish, 166
Chicory, 118
Clover, 111
Colewort, 149
Coltsfoot, 110
Corn-cockle, 108
Corn-flag, 104, 109
Cowslip, 139
Crocus, 36, 37
Daffodil,
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Daisy, 117, 144, 145
Dandelion, 117
Devil's Bit, 147
Dock, 131
Elm, 52
Fig, 63
Flag, 104
Flax, 165
Foils, Rock, 144
" Roof, 144, 146
Foxglove, 70, 118, 139
Frog-flower, 56
Grape, 103, 130
Grass, 52, 53, 55, 156, 158, 161, 163
Hawk's-eye, 118
Hazel, 120
Heath, 67, 68, 107, 208
Hemlock, 107
Herb-Robert, 121
Holly, 113, 119
Houseleek, 37, 146
Hyacinth, 65, 67
Ivy, 111
Jacinth, 83, 186
King-cup, 110
Laurel, 35, 59, 140
" leaves, 43, 51, 60
Lichen, 175
Lilac, 76
Lily, 1, 36, 53, 104, 109
Lily, St. Bruno's, 1, 7, 9, 10
Lily of the Valley, 143
Lily, Water, 55, 72
Ling, 68, 69
Lion's-tooth, 113
Liquorice, 38
Lucy, 110, 144
Mistletoe, 111
Moss, 12, 15, 175
Mushroom, 43, 127
Myrtle, 51
Nettle, 52, 88, 107
Nightshade, 108
Oak, 36, 140
" blossom,