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Woodland Gleanings: Being an Account of British Forest-Trees

Chapter 35: Transcriber's Note
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The volume provides a compact natural-history and field guide to Britain's forest and ornamental trees, offering descriptions of thirty-two indigenous and introduced species with botanical characters, histories, cultivation methods, ornamental traits, and assessments of timber value. It intersperses seasonal and phenological observations on leafing and growth, notes on notable specimens, and practical remarks for planting and identification, and is supported by woodcut illustrations showing habit and details of leaves, flowers, and fruit to assist the general reader.

Quick Links to Index Letters
[A] [B] [C] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [L] [M] [N]
[O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [V] [W] [Y] [Z]

*** The Names of the Trees described are given at page vii and viii.

PAGE
A
Alder timber valuable for piles; 45
Amazons, spears of the; 49
Aspen described; 204
Autumn, the Season of Landscape; 16
B
Bees, their fondness for the Linden flower; 136
Birch wine; 66
Blasted tree, its effect; 22
Bryony berries, ornamental, in their various stages; 23
C
Cadenham Oak; 172
Clump of trees; 25
Consecrated Yew-trees, ancient value of; 280
Copse, its use; 29
Cowper's Address to the Yardley Oak; 181
Cowthorpe Oak, near Wetherby; 180
E
Edlington; 9
Elm-tree, anciently considered as a funeral tree; 86
Ezekiel's (the Prophet) description of the Cedar-tree; 71
F
Forests and woodlands in the United Kingdom; 281
G
Gilpin, grave of the Rev. W. ——; 140
Glen, its character; 32
God's First Temples, Bryant's; 36
Gog and Magog; 181
Grove, its character; 33
H
Harefield Park in 1663, Silver Firs at; 218
Hawthorn, Queen Mary's; 94
Hern's Oak, Windsor Forest; 177
Holly-tree, supposed origin of the name; 107
—— Persian tradition and custom connected with the; 108
Honeysuckle, wild, its ornamental effect; 23
Hop, its effect when supported by a tree; 24
Hornbeam Maze, at Hampton Court; 110
Horse-chestnuts, finest at Bushy Park; 119
I
Inscription for the entrance into a wood, Bryant's; 40
Ivy on Trees; 22
L
Larch-tree, durability of its timber; 130
Leafing of Trees; 13
Leonard, Legend of St.; 60
Lightness a characteristic of beauty in Trees; 19
Lime-tree avenues; 133
Lover's Tablet, the; 56
M
Magdalen College, Oxford, founded near "the great Oak"; 168
Maple-tree crusca and mollusca; 142
—— the Sugar; 143
Mole, the; 42
Moss, its picturesque effect on the trunk of an aged Oak; 21
Motion, a source of picturesque beauty; 24
Mountain-Ash, Supersititions connected with the; 149
Mulberry-tree, Shakspeare's; 153
N
Norway Spruce Fir, the loftiest of European trees; 223
Nutting, pleasures of; 99
O
Oak-tree, the emblem of grandeur, strength, and duration; 158
Ornamental appendages to Trees; 22
P
Pine timber, character and value of; 215
Poplar dedicated to Hercules; 206
Pyramus and Thisbe, Fable of; 155
Q
Queen Mary's Thorn; 94
R
Ravenna Pines at Hampstead, near London; 216
Reynolds, Tribute to Sir J; 133
Rufus, tradition respecting the place of his death; 170
S
Scotch Fir or Pine, durability of its timber; 215
Shire-Oak, near Worksop; 170
Swilcar Oak, in Needwood Forest; 179
Sycamore, Wordsworth's allusion to the; 229
T
Tamer, the finest Chestnut trees on the; 80
Traveller's joy ornamental; 23
Tree as a single object; 18
V
Venice Turpentine, how obtained; 127
Vernal Melody in the Forest; 15
Vine-clad branches of Trees; 23
W
Wallace's Oak; 176
Walnut tree, a miraculous; 238
Water-pipes, Elm; 89
Willow bark, a substitute for Jesuit's bark; 267
Woodlands and forests in the United Kingdom; 281
Y
Yardley Oak; 180
Yew-tree, Wordsworth's description of a noted; 278
Z
Zoroaster, the Holly and the disciples of; 108

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Transcriber's Note

Although hyphenation was standardized, some words have both hyphaned and seperate words (for example, "light-green" and "light green") which were retained due to usage or being in qouatations. Non-standard formatting of scientific names was not changed (example, both Abies Larix and Abies Larix appear). The Linnean system terminology was NOT standardized with the exception of Monœc. as an abbreviation for the term monœcious.

The alphabetical letters for the Index, the quick link section and the background colors were added to assist the reader.