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Lenti sc us, its Clafs and Order, ii.82.

Light, agreeable to plants, i. 37.

Ligustrum, its Clafs and Order, ii. 78.

Lime-Tree , the seeds of, how to sow, i.45. Its species, 201. Clafs and Order,202. Grows to a large size, 203. Usesof the wood, ib.

Lime, how it promotes vegetation, i. SO.

Linnje-us, his system founded upon thecertainty that all plants have male andfemale organs, i. 65. Tournefort , Pon-tedera, and Alston refuse to afser.t tothis doctrine, ib.

Loca Natalia of plants, an account of,ii. 264.

Locust-Tree, howto propagate, ii. 68.Its uses, ib. Two large trees of thissort growing at Wiseton, in Notting-hamshire , 71. Its leaves, when young,are fed on by Cattle, ib .

Lotus-Arbor, not the tree feasted on bythe companions of Ulyfses, ii. 65.

Lucombe, Mr. his account of a newspecies of Oak, i. 74.

Luc us, whence derived, ii. 321.

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Maple, how propagated, i. i84.Its uses, 196. Its antient value,1 93 . Sugar made from its juice,199.

M astick-Tree, ii. 82.

Mice, how to destroy, ii. 16 1.

Misleto, its nature ascertainedby experiment, i. 8. Its seedswill grow if inserted into thehark of the White Poplar, 217.

Moles hurtful to trees, ii. 160:

Moss, how to remove, ii. 156 ,

M iilberry, how raised fromseed,•ii. 45. How to transplant, 48.May be increased from layers,50. Also by grafting and bud-ding, ib. How to prune, ib..Properties of the wood, 51.—How to gather the leaves, 54.

Myrtle, how to raise, ii. 79.—Grows best near the sea-shore,80. Should be often clipped, ib.

Mandrake, supposed to be the Dudaimof the Scriptures, ii. 65.

Manna, of the shops, produced from theOrnus, i. 151. Miller mistaken in sup-posing it collected from the FraxinusRotundifolia, ib.

Maple, the seeds of, how to sow, i. 46.Its species, 183. Clafs and Order, 195.How to propagate, ib. Sugar made ofits Sap, 185.

Maronites 'hold the annual “Feast ofCedars” under the few remaining Cedarsupon mount Libanus, ii. 8.

Mistletoe, how produced, i. 9. Washeld in great veneration by the Druids,ib. Grows plentifully upon some dwarfApple-trees in a garden at Knarelbro’,ib. Druidical ceremonies regarding itstill preserved in Acquitain, 10. TheGolden Bough compared by Virgil tothe Mistletoe, tb.

Motion, a proof of vegetable life, ii. ] 19.

Mountain Ash, i. 21S. Clafs and Or-der, ib. Supposed to have the powerof driving away Witches and EvilSpirits, 219. _

Mulberry, the seeds of, how to sow, i.46. Its species, ii. 43. Clafs and Or-der, 46. The oldest trees the mostfruitful, 47. How to propagate, ib.Its proper soil, 48. Paper made fromits Bark , 45. The fruit recommendedby Horace, 49.

Myrica, Cerifera, its Clafs and Order,ii. 76.

Myrtle, its species, ii. 79. Clafs andOrder, 80. Held sacred to Venus, and.why, ib. Crowns of this tree used atOvations, and why, 81.

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Nursery, how to make, i. 38.

Nutriment of vegetables, what,i. 27.