General Index.

Aaron, [130], [342], [501]
Abraham, [20], [61], [561]
Adam, [115], [240], [311], [335], [362], [456], [475], [501]
Adam in Eden, [15]
Adam Tree of, [17], et seq.
Africans, [80]
All Saints’, or All Hallows’, Day, [60]
Almanacks, [137], [167]
Animal-bearing Tree, [210]
Animals, [145], et seq.
Annunciation, [56], [269]
Anthropological Trees, [116]
Antiochus Epiphanes, [27]
Antony, [27], [517], [522]
Apollo, [24], [295], [384], [481], [560]
Apple Lore, [217]
Argonauts, [81], [249], [408], [465]
Arvales, [292], [335]
Ascension Day, [58], [213]
Asgard, [9]
Asherah, [6]
Asoka, [5], [229]
Assyrians, [24], [346], [387]
Assyrians, Sacred Tree of the, [6]
Astrology, [164]
Asvattha, [5], [236]
Atalanta, [477]
Augury by Birds, [138]
Avalon, [9], [218], [490]

Bacchus, [25], [388], [435], [496], [499], [517]
Baldr, [24]
Balm, [123], [124], [239]
Barnacle Tree, [118]
Barometz, [121], [243]
Battle Field Flowers, [505], [524], [549]
Bertha, [24], [40], [339]
Bethlehem, [41], [43]
Birds, [137], et seq.
Black Dwarfs, [67]
Bongos, [80]
Brahma, [22], [106], [180], [252], [419]
Bridal Floral Ceremonies, [33]
Buddha, [4], [229], [241], [419], [490], [538]
Buddhists, [4], [5], [22], [293], [300], [419], [490], [538], [539]
Buddhists, World Tree of the, [4]
Bujan, [10]
Burial Customs, [194], [196], [497]
Burmans, [22], [79], [268]
Butterfly Tree, [121]

Calumny-destroyer, [109]
Calvary, [48], [228], [375], [479], [550]
Candlemas Day, [256], [546]
Centaurs, [25]
Cerberus, [94]
Ceremonies, Floral, [26], et seq.
Ceres, [25], [292], [306], [455], [458], [500], [504]
Chaldæans, [107], [113], [176], [294]
Chaplets, [36]
Charles II., [471]
Charms and Spells, [96], [234], [259], [261], [287], [288], [309], [313], [318], et seq., [327], [332], [339], [349], [357], [364], [368], [369], [370], [372], [377], [383], [396], [399], [400], [407], [417], [427], [431], [439], [442], [450], [460], [463], [489], [490], [493], [498], [506], [511], [512], [523], [527], [528], [530], [532], [537], [554], [564], [567], [573]
Cheese-colouring, [249]
Chinese, [23], [113], [117], [178], [226], [240], [241], [271], [289], [351], [425], [437], [459]
Chiron, [25], [277]
Christian Church, Plants of the, [40], [55], [57], [440], [533]
Christmas, [44], [60], [377], [462]
Christmas-tree, [337]
Churchyards, [192], [590]
Circe, [91], [94], [325], [358], [426]
Cleopatra, [27], [517], [522]
Coffins, [192]
Corn Spirits, [81]
Corpus Christi Day, [59]
Corpus Domini Procession, [32]
Cosmogonic Trees, [1–8]
Cross Oaks, [61], [469]
Cross, Wood of the, [46], [273], [304], [386], [471], [475], [483], [503], [530]
Crown of Thorns, [44], [359], [377], [512], [524], [564]
Crucifixion, [47], [374], [385], [479]
Cruciform Flowers, [55], [180]
Cuckoo, [137], [300]
Cupid, [267], [305], [517], [579]
Cybele, [24], [28], [292], [517]

Danes, [310], [479], [546]
David, [17], [303]
Dead Sea Fruit, [124], [225]
Dead, The, [193], [230], [246], [247], [248], [358], [488]
Death Portents, [198]
Deborah, [190], [464]
Dedication, Feast of, [57]
Demons, [4], [16], [80], [83], [279], [331], [336], [396], [451], [490], [534]
Devil, Plants of the, [82], et seq., [332], [462], [472], [549]
Dew, [30], [59]
Diana, [24], [228], [440], [444]
Dictionary of Flowers, [185]
Disease-bearing Trees, [81], [97], [259], [386], [470]
Distillatory Plant, [127]
Divination by Plants, [52], [101], [108], [138], [188], [221], [231], [248], [258], [264], [290], [291], [294], [295], [309], [370], [377], [381], [383], [398], [446], [450], [462], [476], [479], [489], [498], [504], [506], [513], [522], [523], [527], [535], [537], [563]
Divining Rod, [113], [354], [363], [501]
Doctrine of Plant Signatures, [154], et seq.
Dragons, [152], [314]
Dream-procuring Plants, [102], [105], [107], [324]
Dreams, [211], [225], [226], [249], [257], [260], [265], [271], [280], [288], [290], [295], [300], [301], [306], [308], [310], [322], [336], [337], [338], [349], [355], [357], [364], [372], [385], [392], [397], [408], [413], [429], [433], [436], [449], [452], [457], [460], [461], [463], [472], [473], [476], [477], [478], [483], [486], [490], [497], [499], [502], [508], [509], [510], [511], [512], [524], [527], [534], [559], [560], [563], [565], [571], [578], [581], [582], [585], [587], [588], [589], [592]
Druids, [107], [113], [137], [181], [218], [250], [289], [441], [467], [529], [539], [542], [573]
Dryads, [74], [307]

Easter, [58], [486]
Ecstasies, [105], [178], [371], [406]
Eden, [11]
Egyptians, [23], [26], [105], [181], [195], [215], [299], [346], [349], [371], [373], [387], [421], [459], [476], [485], [488], [553], [560]
Eiresione, [31], [32]
Elder Mother, [80], [318]
Elder Queen, [80], [318]
Eleusinian Mysteries, [292]
Elves, [64], et seq., [318], [470]
Elysian Fields, [189], [457]
Embalming, [178], [195]
Eve, [15], [16], [18], [240], [362]
Evil Eye, [91], [102], [108], [110], [212], [227], [253], [333], [357], [450], [509], [513], [529], [532]

Fabulous, Wondrous, and Miraculous Plants, [116], et seq.
Fairies, [50], [64], et seq., [264], [288], [333], [344], [356], [361], [526], [538], [566]
Fairy Revels, [67]
Fairy Plants, [69]
Fairy Unguent, [71]
Fates, The, [25], [385], [426], [458]
Father Garnet’s Straw, [134], et seq.
Fauns, [74], [497]
Festaroli, [39]
Festivals, Floral, [34]
Festivals, Church, [57]
Fijians, [290]
Fire, [236], [347], [359], [376], [394], [396], [460], [467], [480], [489], [501], [513], [514], [540], [543], [552]
Fire Generator, [236], [491], [539]
Flora, [28]
Floralia, Festival of, [29]
Floral Ceremonies, Wreaths, and Garlands, [26], et seq.
Floral Symbols, [180]
Floral Games and Festivals, [34], [212], [520]
Floral Vocabulary, [185]
Flowers, Dictionary of, [185]
Flowers of the Saints, [53], et seq.
Flowers of the Church’s Festivals, [57], et seq.
Forbidden Fruit, [16]
Frau Holda’s Tree, [7]
Freemasonry, [195], [295]
Freyja, [24], [40], [42], [499]
Frigg, [24], [440], [479], [556]
Funeral Pyre, [39], [195], [359]
Funeral Trees and Plants, [189], et seq., [473], [485], [494], [497], [503], [504], [507], [522], [525], [544]
Furies, The, [25]

Games, Greek and Roman, [38]
Gandharvas, [25], [236], [548]
Garland of Julia, [184]
Garlands, Chaplets, and Wreaths, [36], et seq.
Garnet’s Straw, [134]
Garofalo, [270]
Gipsies, [47]
Glastonbury, [63], [352], [362]
Gold, [111]
Golden Herb, [289], [542]
Golden Apple, [123], [477], [501], [508]
Golden Rose, [518]
Good Friday, [44], [254]
Goose Tree, [118]
Gospel Oaks, [60], [468]
Graces, The, [517]
Graves, [193], [379], [485]
Greeks, Mother Tree of the, [6]
Greeks, Floral Ceremonies of the, [27]
Greeks, Games of the, [38]
Greeks, Passion for Flowers among the, [177]
Greeks, Sacred Plants of the, [24]
Greeks, Wreaths and Garlands of the, [37]
Groves, Sacred, [76]

Hags, [91], [94], [97], [358], [449]
Hallowe’en, [220], [264], [462]
Hamadryads, [74]
Haoma, [5], [9], [378]
Hecate, [91], [385], [549]
Heliogabalus, [27], [517]
Herbalists, [97], [161]
Herbals, [160]
Hercules, [25], [217], [305], [397], [474], [477], [481], [485], [508]
Hesperides, [9], [123], [217], [477], [508]
Hindus, [3], [22], [39], [79], [173], [177], [180], [188], [213], [214], [227], [228], [229], [236], [237], [239], [241], [245], [251], [252], [293], [296], [312], [313], [315], [339], [356], [373], [391], [398], [400], [419], [423], [428], [439], [473], [480], [513], [539], [544], [547]
Hindu World Tree, [3]
Holdikens, [92]
Holy Family, [41]
Hulda, [24], [318], [319], [339], [340]
Huzza, [206]
Hyacinthia, [384]

Iduna, [217]
Ilpa, [3]
Incense, [26], [178], [346], [395], [454], [525], [539], [551]
Indians, [79], [240], [289], [315], [488], [560]
Indians, South American, [263], [265], [271], [281], [297], [311]
Indra, [22], [293]
Inscriptions in Plants, [127]
Iranians, World Tree of the, [5]
Iris, [387]
Irminsul, [7], [23], [471]
Isis, [337], [341], [346], [421], [560]

Janus, [25]
Japanese, [36], [124], [178], [266], [282], [446], [488], [499]
Japanese New Year’s Festival, [36]
Jerusalem, [393]
Jesus Christ, [41], [43], [386], [478], [481], [496]
Jews, [8], [11], [13], [21], [23], [24], [50], [61], [131], [180], [181], [190], [205], [211], [225], [238], [240], [247], [256], [258], [263], [270], [271], [273], [282], [283], [291], [300], [303], [311], [321], [336], [339], [346], [349], [355], [359], [362], [364], [365], [370], [373], [380], [385], [386], [393], [394], [396], [405], [409], [426], [452], [453], [456], [459], [464], [474], [476], [483], [497], [501], [525], [528], [558], [560]
Job, [340], [393]
Jonah, [393]
Joseph, [40], [41], [342], [473], [478], [481]
Joseph of Arimathea, [352], [362]
Judas Iscariot, [49], [317], [321], [394]
Julie de Rambouillet, [348]
Juno, [24], [25], [40], [217], [385], [397], [424], [444], [477], [500]
Jupiter, [24], [25], [217], [305], [385], [397], [474], [477], [481]

Kalpadruma, [3]
Kâmadeva, [39], [177], [420], [429], [557]
Khatties, [117]
Krishna, [245]

Language of Flowers, [176], [185]
Lamb-bearing Tree, [122]
Lamb, Vegetable, [121], [243]
Leap Year, [248]
Lent, [411], [458]
Lepers, [285]
Lightning, [111], [138], [142], [235], [359], [363], [376], [382], [407], [440], [460], [461], [480], [489], [530], [543], [544], [552], [554], [563]
Loki, [82], [217], [461], [472]
Lotos-eaters, [418]
Love, [101], [108]
Love Charms, [101], [107], [108], [231], [301], [302], [326], [370], [381], [383], [446], [462], [479], [506], [522], [523], [575]
Love Philtres, [94], [107]
Luckflower, [422], [553]
Lunacy, [248]
Lunar Herb, [125]
Lunar Influence on Plants, [167]

Madness, [88], [100], [368]
Madonna, [43]
Magi, [347]
Magical Plants, [105]
Magic Wands and Divining Rods, [113], et seq.
Mahâdeva, [39], [242]
Mahomet, [10], [24], [425], [514], [516]
Man in the Moon, [174], [265], [271], [565]
Manna, [429], [448]
Marcon, [341]
Marriages, [33], [251], [293], [295], [315], [329], [359], [433], [455], [461], [466], [478], [501], [513], [525]
Mars, [24]
Martyrs, [54]
Mary Magdalene, [43], [296], [424], [444]
Mary. See [Virgin Mary].
May-day Customs, [29], [30], [31], [58], [360]
May Tree, [31], [359], [435]
Medea, [91], [329]
Memorial Trees, [60]
Mercury, [25], [362]
Michaelmas, [258]
Midsummer, [50], [60], [69], [83], [96], [111], [295], [331], [361], [370], [479], [489], [522], [535]
Minerva, [25], [473]
Miraculous Trees and Plants, [129], et seq.
Mithridates, [161], [532], [568]
Moly, [442], [531]
Moon, Man in the, [174], [265], [271], [565]
Moon and Gardening, [167]
Moon and Seed Sowing, [170]
Moon Plants, [125], [166], [172], [271], [444]
Moon Tree, Hindu, [4]
Monstrosities, [129]
Moses, [17], [115], [262], [283], [485]
Moss Folk, [66], [289], [445]
Mother Tree of the Greeks, Romans, and Teutons, [6], et seq.
Mundane Tree, Norse, [2]

Naiades, [72]
Neptune, [24], [25], [473]
Nero, [27], [517]
Nightingale, [138]
Noah, [115], [475], [576]
Norse Gods, Plants of, [24]
Norse World Tree, [2]
Noxious, Deadly, and Ill-omened Plants, [86], et seq.

Odin, [24]
Old English Funeral Customs, [196], et seq.
Old Herbals, The, and Herbalists, [160], et seq.
Oracles, [106], [249], [406], [465], [475]
Ordeal by Fire, [434]
Ormuzd, [1], [9], [21], [301]
Osiris, [346], [421], [560]
Oyster-bearing Tree, [120]

Palasa, [5], [480]
Palm Sunday, [58]
Pan, [25], [344]
Paradise, [12], [319]
Paradise, Celtic, [9]
Paradise, Græco-Roman, [9]
Paradise, Hindu, [10]
Paradise, Iranian, [9]
Paradise, Mosaic, [10]
Paradise, of Mahomet, [10]
Paradise, Russian, [9]
Parsis, [9], [21], [293], [306], [378]
Peascod Wooing, [489]
Persians, [24], [79], [193], [226], [306], [376], [572]
Phœnix, [284]
Phooka, [258]
Pixies, [64], et seq., [567]
Planetary Government of Plants
Planets, [164], et seq.
Plants of the Christian Church, [40], et seq.
Plants of the Crucifixion, [47], et seq.
Plants of the Virgin Mary, [41], et seq.
Plants of St. John the Baptist, [50], et seq.
Plants of the Devil, [82], et seq.
Plants of the Fairies and Naiades, [65], et seq.
Plants of the Water Nymphs and Fays, [71], et seq.
Plants of the Witches, [90], et seq.
Plants used for Charms and Spells, [96], et seq.
Plants antagonistic to Witchcraft, [102], et seq.
Plants bearing Inscriptions and Figures, [127], et seq.
Plants connected with Birds and Animals, [137], et seq.
Plants of Our Saviour, [43], et seq.
Plants and the Planets, [164], et seq.
Plants of the Moon, [172], et seq.
Plants as Death Portents, [198], et seq.
Plant Signatures, [154]
Plant Symbolism and Language, [176], et seq.
Pluto, [24], [316], [424]
Poisonous Trees, [86]
Pomona, [76]
Portents, [198], [407], [414], [435], [452], [471], [486], [490], [506], [523], [557], [563]
Priapus, [25], [305]
Procca, [67]
Prophecy, [370], [406]
Prophets, [106], [406]
Proserpine, [24], [25], [292], [424], [458], [500], [504]
Puck, [82], [484], [567]
Purification, [43], [56]

Quack Doctors, [97]

Rhabdomancy, [113]
Robin, [140], [564]
Rogation Week, [58], [220], [348], [437]
Romans, Anthropological Tree of the, [7]
Romans, Floral Ceremonies of the, [27]
Romans, Sacred Plants of the, [24]
Romans, Wreaths and Garlands of the, [36]
Rosary, [43], [519], [531]
Rose Elf, [66]
Rose-pelting, [35]
Rosière, [35], [519]
Royal Oak Day, [59], [471]
Russalkis, [71]
Russalka, [278]
Rush-bearing, [58], [533]

Sacred Groves and their Denizens, [76], et seq.
Sacred Trees and Plants of the Ancients, [21], et seq.
Saffron Walden, [300]
Saint Andrew, [56]
Saint Anne, [54]
Saint Athanasius, [561]
Saint Barbara, [54], [375], [475]
Saint Barbatus, [584]
Saint Barnabas, [54], [56], [59], [584]
Saint Bartholomew, [56]
Saint Benedict, [53], [374], [525]
Saint Bernard, [413]
Saint Cecilia, [133]
Saint Christopher, [53], [374]
Saint Clara, [413]
Saint David, [410]
Saint Dominic, [43], [413]
Saint Dorothea, [133], [518]
Saint Dunstan, [223]
Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, [133], [519]
Saint Francis, [53], [413]
Saint George, [53]
Saint Gerard, [53], [374]
Saint Hilarion, [411]
Saint James, [53], [56], [59], [510]
Saint Jerome, [413]
Saint John the Baptist, [50], [60], [270], [330], [423], [536], [556]
Saint John the Evangelist, [56], [483]
Saint Joseph, [40], [413]
Saint Joseph of Arimathea, [62]
Saint Jude, [56]
Saint Katherine, [54], [398], [413]
Saint Leonard, [414]
Saint Louis de Gonzague, [413]
Saint Louis de Vincennes, [62]
Saint Luke, [56]
Saint Margaret, [54], [374], [424], [431]
Saint Mark, [56]
Saint Martin, [62], [130], [280]
Saint Matthew, [56]
Saint Médard, [35], [519]
Saint Michael, [18], [54], [56]
Saint Mungo, [73]
Saint Nicholas, [413], [489]
Saint Patrick, [54], [363], [541], [544]
Saint Paul, [54], [56], [59]
Saint Peter, [54], [56], [279], [539]
Saint Peter of Vincennes, [62]
Saint Philip, [59]
Saint Robert, [54], [375]
Saint Rosa, [519]
Saint Rosalia, [519]
Saint Serf, [130]
Saint Simon, [56], [280], [475]
Saint Stephen, [56]
Saint Thomas, [54], [56], [130], [268], [413]
Saint Urban, [133]
Saint Veronica, [48]
Saint Winifred, [55]
Saint John’s Eve and Day, [50], [60], [69], [83], [96], [111], [331], [361], [400], [409], [489], [490], [536]
Saints, Flowers of, [53], [536]
Saints’ Floral Directory, [56]
Sardanapalus, [27]
Saturn, [24]
Satyrs, [74], [540], [541]
Saxons and Apples, [218]
Scriptures, Floral Symbols of the, [181]
Serpents, [2], [18], [84], [121], [152], [153], [155], [160], [161], [162], [163], [206], [208], [226], [227], [231], [232], [233], [251], [258], [262], [299], [313], [328], [329], [359], [364], [369], [376], [380], [396], [397], [409], [415], [450], [485], [531], [549], [568], [574], [581], [584], [587], [592]
Seed-sowing and the Moon, [170]
Selenite, [173]
Serpent-bearing Tree, [121]
Seth, [17], [18], [19], [303]
Shakspeare, Floral Emblems of, [184]
Sheba, Queen of, [18], [19], [303]
Shefro, [344]
Sif, [24]
Signatures of Plants, [154]
Siva, [245], [560]
Skull, Moss on Human, [445]
Solomon, [17], [19], [62], [111], [263], [273], [283], [303]
Soma, [3], [106]
Somnus, [25]
Spells, [96]
Spirits, [78], [83]
Still Folk, [67]
Stone Tree, [126]
Strömkarl, [71]
Sun, [126], [166], [228], [309], [326], [366], [481], [558]
Superstitions connected with Plants, [97]
Sybarites, [521]
Sylvans, Wood Nymphs, and Tree
Spirits, [74], et seq.
Symbolism, [176]

Teutons, Mother Tree of the, [7]
Teutons, Sacred Plants of the, [24]
Tooba, [10], [13]
Tree of Life, [13]
Tree of Knowledge, [15], [241], [355]
Tree of Adam, [17], et seq.
Tree of Death, [190]
Tree of Judas Iscariot, [49], et seq.
Trees of Paradise, and Tree of Adam, [9], et seq.
Trees, Celebrated, [61]
Trees, Memorial, [60]
Trees, Fabulous, [116]
Toulouse, Floral Games of, [34], [212], [520], [579]
Triumphs, Roman, [28]
Toads, [82], [153], [566]
Trinity, [287], [375], [545]
Trinity Sunday, [59], [287]
Tree Spirits, [58]
Tree Spirits, Indian, [59]
Tree Spirits, Burman, [59]
Tree Spirits, African, [60]
Tree Spirits, German, [60]
Trolls, [64], [353], [568]
Tombs, [189], [193], [379], [522]
Thunder, [111], [361], [460], [544], [552], [554]
Treasure-Caves, [112], [544], [552], [556]
Tyr, [24]
Thor, [24], [293], [305], [318], [362], [389], [460], [461], [489], [529]
Tulipomania, [570]
Tulasî, [245], [568]

Unshoeing Horses, [113], [381], [444], [445], [551], [571]

Vegetable Monstrosities, [129]
Virgin Mary, [40], [41], [142], [362], [363], [395], [402], [412], [433], [437], [469], [518], [519], [526], [535], [546], [556]
Venice Treacle, [162], [568]
Venus, [24], [40], [42], [216], [218], [402], [411], [454], [477], [516]
Vishnu, [22], [177], [241], [245], [419]

Wassail Bowl, [220], [526]
Wassailing, [219]
Wreaths, [36]
Weddings. See [Marriages].
Well-flowering, [32]
Whitsuntide, [59], [254], [256], [261]
Water Nymphs, [71]
Wells, Nymphs of, [72]
Wells, [33], [73], [554]
Wands, [113], [363]
Waterloo, [505]
War of the Roses, [520]
Witches, Plants of, [91], et seq.,
[209], [277], [358], [369], [373], [403], [444], [492], [509], [541], [542]
Witches, Plants antagonistic to, [102], [252], [258], [287], [313], [333], [374], [377], [495], [532], [537], [554]
Witches’ Children, [92]
Witches’ Chain, [101]
Witches’ Charms, [101]
Witches’ Gowan, [353]
Witches’ Potions, [93]
Witches’ Spells, [96]
Witches’ Steeds, [92]
Widows, Hindu, [250], [285]
Wise Women, [97]
Woden, [24]
Wood of the Cross, [46], et seq.
Wood Nymphs, [74]
Wondrous Plants, [123]
World Trees of the Ancients, [1], et seq.

Yama, [188]
Yule Log, [235]
Yggdrasill, [2], [7], [189], [232], [592]

Zoroaster, [5], [21], [26], [306], [376], [378], [521], [540]