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Woodland Gleanings: Being an Account of British Forest-Trees · Robert Tyas — chapter 28 of 29 · ~167 words · public domain

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Ivy on Trees; 22

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

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

Norway Spruce Fir, the loftiest of European trees; 223

Nutting, pleasures of; 99

Oak-tree, the emblem of grandeur, strength, and duration; 158

Ornamental appendages to Trees; 22

Pine timber, character and value of; 215

Poplar dedicated to Hercules; 206

Pyramus and Thisbe, Fable of; 155

Queen Mary's Thorn; 94

Ravenna Pines at Hampstead, near London; 216

Reynolds, Tribute to Sir J; 133

Rufus, tradition respecting the place of his death; 170

Scotch Fir or Pine, durability of its timber; 215

Shire-Oak, near Worksop; 170

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