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67 Olive, 51, 63, 142 Onion, 38 Orange, 51 Paeony, 129 Palm, 43, 53, 54, 103, 156, 166 {256} Pansy, 120, 144 Papilionaceae, 145 Papyrus, 165 Pea, 32, 144 Peach, 130, 144 Pine, 140 Pineapple, 14 Pink, 144 Plantain, 134 Pomegranate, 102 Poplar, 52 Poppy, 70, 76, 86, 104 Primrose, 79, 144 Radish, 35, 38 Ragged Robin, 155 Rhubarb, 131 Rice, 52 Rock-foil, 144 Roof-foil, 144, 146 Rose, 64, 69, 75, 104, 109, 119, 121, 129, 144 Rush, 157 Saxifrage, 120, 143, 146 Scabious, 147 Sedum, 146 Sorrel-wood, 9 Spider Plant, 8 Sponsa solis, 118 Stella, 144, 146 " domestica, 146 Stonecrop, 146 Sweetbriar, 109 Thistle, 103, 104, 113, 117, 118, 121, 144 _note_, 151 Thistle, Creeping, 138 " Waste, 138 Thorns, 121, 127 " Black, 119, 127 Thyme, 118 Tobacco, 38, 108 Tormentilla, 110 Turnip, 35 Vine, 104, 108, 140, 142 Viola, 144 Wallflower, 111 Wheat, 127, 165 Wreathewort, 181 * * * * * {257} INDEX III. TO THE PLANTS SPOKEN OF IN THIS VOLUME, UNDER THEIR LATIN OR GREEK NAMES, ACCEPTED BY PROSERPINA. Acanthus, 104 Alata, 144 Alisma, 52 Amaryllis, 36, 37 Anemone, 107 Artemides, 196 Asphodel, 11 Aurora, 207 Azalea, 207 Cactus, 43 Campanula, 144 Carduus, 138 Charites, 188 Cistus, 69 Clarissa, 144, 155 Contorta, 181 Convoluta, 144 Cyclamen, 32 Drosidae, 36, 199 Ensatae, 203 Ericae, 9, 206 Eryngo, 83 Fragaria, 188 Francesca, 144, 146 Fraxinus, 195 Geranium, 83, 120 Gladiolus, 104, 109, 163 Hyacinthus, 186 Hypnum, 13 Iris, 36, 103 Lilium (_see_ Lily), 8 Lucia, 110, 189 {258} Magnolia, 51 Margarita, 144 Myrtilla, 206 Narcissus, 109 Ophrys, 180 Papaver, 91, 96 Persica, 144 Pomum, 188 Primula, 143 Rosa, 144 Rubra, 188, 195 Satyrium, 182 Stella, 144, 146 Veronica, 75 Viola, 144 * * * * * Notes [1] At least, it throws off its flowers on each side in a bewilderingly pretty way; a real lily can't branch, I believe: but, if not, what is the use of the botanical books saying "on an unbranched stem"? [2] I have by happy chance just added to my Oxford library the poet Gray's copy of Linnaeus, with its exquisitely written Latin notes, exemplary alike to scholar and naturalist. [3] It was in the year
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