The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare

by Henry Nicholson Ellacombe

GENERAL INDEX.

• Acæna, [44].
• Aconitum, [9].
• Acorn, [11], [180].
• Acorus calamus, [266].
• Addison, [92].
• Ælfric's "Vocabulary," [126], [155], [158], [167], [199].
• Almond, [11].
• Aloes, [13].
• Anemone, [14].
• Apple, [17].
• —— for fruit generally, [19], [208].
• Apple-john, [22].
• Apricot, [23].
• Aquilegia, [60].
• Artichoke, [88].
• Arundo donax, [240].
• Ash, [24].
• Aspen, [25].
• Avoyne, [326].
• "Babee's Book," [33], [50], [104], [175], [198].
• Bachelor's Buttons, [27].
• Bacon on Gardens, &c., [39], [44], [98], [163], [295], [348].
• Badham's Fungi, [170].
• Baker on Narcissus, [76].
• —— Iris, [99].
• Balm, [28].
• Balsam, [28].
• Bannotte, [314].
• Barley, [30].
• Barnacles, [30].
• Barnes' Glossary, [79].
• Baskets, [323].
• Bay, [31], [136].
• Bean, [33].
• Bedding-out, [346].
• Bedegar, [84].
• Beer, [30], [36].
• Beisley's "Shakespeare's Garden," [5], [119].
• Bilberry, [35].
• Bion, [14].
• Birch, [35].
• Bird's-eye Primrose, [232].
• Bird's-nest (Carrot), [51].
• Birdwood, Sir G., [122].
• Bitter-sweet, [21].
• Blackberry, [37], [167].
• Blackthorn, [218].
• Blights, [355].
• Bluebell, [109].
• Böhmeria, [178].
• Boorde, Andrew, [241], [304].
• Box, [38].
• Boy's Love, [326].
• Bramble, [37].
• Brasbridge, T., [125].
• Bretby Park, [53].
• Briers, [39].
• Britten, J. C, [267].
• Bromsgrove, [42].
• Broom, [41].
• Brown's "Religio Medici," [91].
• Browne's "Britannia's Pastorals," [3], [24], [32], [87], [92], [111], [163], [171], [203], [227], [266], [270], [282], [290], [347], [369].
• Buckingham Palace, [168].
• Bullas, [218].
• Bullein, [88], [103], [122], [127], [143], [161], [316].
• Bulrush, [43].
• Burdock, [43], [110].
• Burnet, [44].
• Burns, [371].
• Burs, [43].
• Butter, [90], [217].
• Butomus umbellatus, [266].
• Buttercups, [67], [70].
• Buttons (buds), [27].
• Cabbage, [45].
• Cabbage Rose, [250].
• Calcott, Lady, [220].
• Calluna, [117].
• Camerarius, [14], [208], [213], [311].
• Camomile, [46].
• Campbell on Nettles, [177].
• Canker, [250].
• Carat, [148].
• Cardamine pratensis, [134].
• Carduus benedictus, [124].
• Carex, [276].
• Carnations, [47].
• Carob, [147].
• Carraways, [22], [49].
• Carrot, [50].
• Cassia, [277].
• Castle Coch, [304].
• "Catholicon Anglicum," [10], [393 to 418], and quoted throughout.
• Cedar, [51].
• Chaucer's Flowers, [3], [13], [21], [37], [42], [60], [87], [98], [103], [108], [127], [131], [136], [139], [146], [160], [161], [179], [196], [204], [215], [223], [229], [260], [288], [365].
• Cherry, [53].
• Chester's "Love's Martyr," [160], [193], [244].
• Chestnuts, [55].
• Cistus, [16].
• Clare, [149], [371].
• Cleistogamous plants, [313].
• Clove, [48], [56].
• Clover, [56].
• Clubs (of cards), [56].
• Cockayne, "Leechdoms," &c., [10], [32], [66], [73], [90], [126], [185], [202], [215], [267], [325], [328].
• Cockle, [57], [78].
• Codlings, [22].
• Coghan, [4], [177], [188], [286], [377].
• Colchicum, [268].
• Coles, [290], [377].
• Collins, [42].
• Collinson, [240].
• Coloquintida, [58].
• Columbyne, [59].
• Columella, [154].
• Constable, H., [74].
• Cooke, M. C., [154].
• Cork, [61].
• Corn, [62].
• Cornish Heath, [117].
• Corydalis, [100].
• Cotgrave's Dictionary, [393 to 418].
• Cotton, [153].
• Cottongrass, [147].
• Cowley, [91], [171], [270].
• Cowper, [142], [378].
• Cowslip, [64].
• Crab, [20].
• Crabwake, [20].
• Crape, [71].
• Crocus, [269].
• Crossberry, [105].
• Crow-flowers, [67].
• Crown of Thorns, [84], [113], [266].
• Crown Imperial, [68].
• Cuckoo-buds, [70].
• Cucumbers, [233].
• Culverkeys, [134].
• Currants, [70].
• Cutwode's "Caltha," [211], [368].
• Cypress, [71].
• Cypripedia, [151].
• Daffodils, [73].
• Daisy, [77], [361].
• Damask Rose, [251].
• Damson, [216].
• Dante, [264].
• Darnel, [78].
• Darwin, [150], [231], [236], [301].
• Dates, [79].
• Daubeny, Dr., [154], [189], [262].
• Dead Men's Fingers, [80], [149].
• Dering, [49].
• Deux ans Apple, [22].
• Devil's lingels, [133].
• Dewberries, [80].
• Dian's bud, [80].
• Dianthus, [48].
• Dielytra, [100].
• Dillenius, [101].
• Divining rod, [116].
• Docks, [81].
• Doddington Park, [117].
• Dogberry, [81].
• Dog-rose, [14].
• Douce, [93], [171].
• Dove-plant, [60].
• Dowden, [2].
• Drayton, [45], [59], [65], [84], [98], [110], [134], [174], [223], [368].
• Dryden, [370].
• Dunbar, [249].
• Durham Mustard, [173].
• Ebony, [82], [119].
• Eglantine, [82], [254].
• Elder, [84].
• Elm, [87].
• Elizabethan Gardens, [342].
• Elizabeth, Queen, [349].
• Elwes, H. J., [145].
• Eringoes, [88].
• Etna, Chestnut on, [55].
• Evelyn, [52], [116], [124], [315].
• Evershed on bay, [33].
• Fairy rings, [170].
• Falaise, [48].
• Farsing Herbs, [275].
• Feaberry, [105].
• Fennel, [88].
• Fern, [90].
• Ferule, [89].
• Fig, [93].
• Fig Mulberry, [288].
• Fig Pudding, [239].
• Filbert, [94].
• Fir, [207].
• Flags, [94].
• Flax, [95], [97].
• Fletcher, [99], [231].
• "Flora Domestica," [12], [197], [266].
• Flower-de-luce, [97].
• Forget-me-not, [4].
• Foxglove, [4].
• Fremontia Californica, [153].
• Frizen Hill, [106].
• Fuller, Thos., [156].
• Fumitory, [100].
• Furze, [100].
• Gale, [174].
• Gardens, [340], [342].
• Gardeners, [349].
• Garlande, John de, [167].
• Garlick, [102].
• Gay, [162].
• Gerard, [5], [393 to 418], and quoted throughout.
• Gilliflower, [48].
• Gilpin, [91].
• Ginger, [103].
• Gladstone, W. E., [16].
• Glossaries, [10], [393].
• Goethe, [195].
• Goldes, [157].
• Golding's Ovid, [15].
• Gooseberries, [105].
• Gorse, [106].
• Gourd, [106], [232].
• Gower, [21], [57], [74], [89], [114], [118], [143], [157], [223], [229], [259].
• Grafting, [353].
• Granada, Arms of, [220].
• Grapes, [299].
• Grass, [107].
• Greene, [128].
• Grindon, Leo H., [5], [17].
• Gundulph, [49].
• Gwillim, [297].
• Hakluyt, [22], [23], [237], [269], [305].
• Hanham Hall, [186].
• Harebell, [109].
• Harlocks, [110], [121].
• Harrison, W. A., [119].
• Harrison's "England," [340].
• Harting, [30].
• Haver, [184].
• Hawes, [366].
• Hawthorn, [110].
• Hazel, [113].
• Heath, [116].
• Hebenon, [118].
• Hedges, [113], [334].
• Helmet-flower, [10].
• Hemans, Mrs., [26], [66].
• Hemlock, [121].
• Hemp, [121].
• Henbane, [119], [129].
• Herbert, G., [68], [190], [255], [314], [357], [370].
• Herb of Grace, [122], [259].
• Herodotus, [102], [250].
• Herrick's Flowers, [74], [83], [250], [258], [369].
• Herschel, Sir J., [97].
• Hibiscus, [153].
• Highclere Park, [53].
• Holderstock, [86].
• Holly, [122], [130].
• Hollyhock, [152].
• Holy Thistle, [124].
• Homer, [76], [188], [318].
• Honeystalks, [56].
• Honeysuckle, [125].
• Hooker, Sir J., [192], [319].
• Horace, [90], [94], [102], [130], [152], [204], [236], [243].
• Horse Chestnut, [55].
• Hyssop, [128].
• Insane root, [129].
• Ivy, [129], [327].
• Jervis, S., Dictionary, [70].
• Joan Silverpin, [222].
• Johns on Trees, [289].
• John's, St., Bread, [148].
• Johnston, [121], [133], [205], [289], [330].
• Jonquil, [73].
• Jonson, Ben, [3], [4], [11], [15], [21], [66], [77], [95], [98], [121], [152].
• Josephus, [154].
• Judas, [85].
• Juvenal, [13], [94], [138], [204].
• Keats, [75], [132].
• Kecksies, [132].
• Kemble, F., [279].
• Kew, [92], [194].
• Kirby on Trees, [323].
• Knot-grass, [133].
• Knots, [345].
• Lady-smocks, [134].
• Lark's heels, [135].
• Latimer, [57], [272].
• Laurel, [135].
• Laurembergius, [143], [258], [310].
• Lavaillee, [24], [178].
• Lavender, [137].
• Lawson, [46], [105], [140], [178], [342], [343], [347].
• Leathercoat, [22].
• Lebanon, Cedar of, [52].
• Leek, [138].
• Lee's "Sea Fables," [30].
• Lemon, [140].
• Lettuce, [140].
• Levens Hall, [237], [344].
• "Libæus Diaconus," [90].
• Lily, [140].
• —— of the Field, [145].
• —— of the Valley, [4].
• Lily's "Euphues," [46], [128].
• Lime, [146].
• Lind, [146].
• Lindley, Dr., [53], [79], [109], [152], [204], [284].
• Ling, [116], [147].
• Linnæus, [116], [147].
• Locusts, [147].
• Longfellow, [89], [214].
• Long Purples, [148].
• Loosestrife, [149].
• Love-in-idleness, [309].
• Lupton, [237].
• Lyte, [23], [47], [79], [91], [129], [136], [148], [159], [167], [190], [241].
• Mace, [151].
• Mallows, [152].
• Mandeville, Sir John, [20], [31], [72], [84], [85], [113], [255], [266].
• Mandrake, [153], [226].
• Manuring, [352].
• Maple, [288].
• Marathon, [89].
• Margaret, St., [364].
• Marigold, [155].
• Marjoram, [159].
• Marlowe, [118].
• Marsh, J. F., [27], [89].
• Marvel, A., [190].
• Marybuds, [155].
• Masters, Dr., [216].
• Masts, [159].
• Maw, G., [273].
• Medlar, [160].
• Melittis melissophyllum, [29].
• Miller, [34], [191].
• Milner's "Country Pleasures," [82].
• Milton's Flowers, [65], [74], [83], [87], [109], [126], [133], [174], [197], [224], [230], [241], [261], [295], [347], [309], [369].
• Mint, [161].
• Mistletoe, [162].
• Mohammed on Garlick, [102].
• Monk's-hood, [10].
• Montgomery, A., [143].
• More, Sir T., [257].
• Morat, [167].
• Moss, [164].
• Mulberries, [166].
• Mushrooms, [169].
• Musk Roses, [252].
• Mustard, [172].
• Myrtle, [174].
• Names of Plants, [393].
• Narcissus, [73], [175].
• Nash, T., [195].
• Neckam, A., [12], [79].
• Neckweed, [122].
• Nettles, [175].
• —— of India, [178].
• Newton, Thos., [78], [264], [321], [330].
• Nicholson, Dr., [119].
• Nightshades, [225].
• Nut, [114].
• Nutmeg, [179].
• Oak, [180].
• Oats, [183].
• Oil from Walnuts, [316].
• Olive, [184].
• Onions, [187].
• Opium, [223].
• Orange, [188].
• Orchids, [149].
• Oreodaphne Californica, [32].
• Osier, [192], [320].
• Ovid, [15].
• Oxlip, [66], [192].
• Paigle, [66].
• Palladius, [73], [140], [261], [303], [343].
• Palm, [79], [192], [321], [329].
• Pansies, [196], [309].
• Parkinson—quoted throughout.
• Parsley, [197].
• Parsnip, [50].
• Pasque flower, [17].
• Patience (Docks), [81].
• Pawnce, [196].
• Peach, [161], [198].
• Pear, [199].
• Peas, [201].
• Pensioners, [65].
• Pepper, [203].
• Pepys, [177].
• Phillips, [34], [316].
• Picotee, [48].
• Pignuts, [205].
• Pine, [205].
• Pine Apples, [208].
• Pink, [48], [209].
• Piony, [211].
• Pippins, [21].
• Planché on fleur-de-lis, [97].
• Plane, [213].
• Plantagenet, [41].
• Plantain, [214].
• Platt, Sir H., [163], [281].
• Pliny, [13], [16], [48], [72].
• Plum, [216].
• Plutarch, [12].
• Poetry of Gardening, [339].
• Poet's Narcissus, [77].
• "Poets' Pleasaunce," [109], [311].
• Polyanthus, [66].
• Pomatum, [20].
• Pomegranate, [219].
• Pomewater, [21].
• Popering Pear, [201].
• Poppy, [222].
• Potato, [224].
• Primrose, [66], [226].
• Prior, Dr., [16], [47], [60], [66], [70], [74], [81], [105], [110], [114], [133], [163], [197], [227].
• "Promptorium Parvulorum," [10], [393 to 418], and quoted throughout.
• Provençal Rose, [250].
• Prudentius, [312].
• Prunes, [216].
• Pruning, [351].
• Pumpion, [232].
• Purple colour, [16].
• Pythagoras, [154].
• Quarles, [264].
• Quince, [234].
• Radish, [236].
• Ragged Robin, [67].
• Raisins, [238].
• Raspberry, [283].
• Redouté's "Liliacæ," [99].
• Reeds, [239].
• "Remedie of Love," [13].
• Rest-harrow, [133].
• Rhubarb, [241].
• Rice, [242].
• Rochester Castle, [49].
• "Romaunt of the Rose," [12], [27], [139], [179], [221], [238], [343].
• Rose, [243].
• —— of Sharon, [76].
• Rosebery, Arms, [232].
• Rosemary, [256].
• Ross, Alex., [16].
• Rousseau, [374].
• Roxburghe Ballads, [41], [62].
• Ruddes, [156].
• Rue, [259].
• Rush, [262].
• Ruskin, [109], [165], [166], [186], [206], [223], [292].
• Rye, [267].
• Saffron, [268].
• Sales, St. Francis de, [98], [158], [284], [311], [326].
• Samphire, [274].
• Savory, [275].
• Saxo Grammaticus, [119].
• Schmidt, [70], [210].
• "Schola Salernæ," [261].
• "Schoole-House of Women," [26].
• Scotch Fir, [207].
• —— Thistle, [291].
• Scott, Sir W., [207], [309].
• Sea Holly, [88], [267].
• Sedge, [276].
• Senna, [277].
• Shakespeare, Books on the flowers of, [5].
• —— Books on his occupations, [1].
• —— Seasons of, [381].
• Shamrock, [56].
• Shelley, [75].
• Shenstone, [259].
• Sibthorp, "Flora Græca," [154].
• Skelton, [60].
• Sleepwort, [140].
• Sloes, [218].
• Smith, on Ferns, [92].
• Snowdrops, [4].
• Sops-in-wine, [48].
• Speargrass, [277].
• Spenser's Flowers, [3], [12], [15], [32], [38], [47], [58], [60], [81], [83], [86], [87], [98], [106], [112], [118], [128], [131], [136], [140], [143], [157], [167], [197], [223], [228], [230], [264], [270], [280], [282], [348], [366].
• Spinsters, [96].
• Squash, [202].
• Stockholm MS., [100], [261], [325].
• Stover, [279].
• Strawberries, [279].
• Sugar, [284].
• Sweet Brier, [83], [254].
• Sweet Marjoram, [159].
• Sycamore, [287].
• Tannahill, [67].
• "Tatler," [92].
• Tares, [299].
• Tarragon, [326].
• Tennyson, [149], [191], [194], [207], [373].
• Thaun's "Bestiary," [154].
• Theocritus, [14], [90], [94], [126], [130].
• Thistle, [124], [289].
• Thorns, [292].
• Thyme, [294].
• Thynne's "Emblems," [157].
• Toadstools, [170].
• Tobacco, [4].
• Topiary art, [39], [344], [352].
• Tortworth Park, [55].
• Treacle, [103].
• Turner's "Herbal," [4], [13], [23], [35], [105], [194], [195], [198], [202], [213].
• Turnips, [297].
• Tusser, [228], [232], [279], [281], [290], [325].
• Tyndale, [41].
• Vaughan, H., [33], [312].
• Vegetable Marrow, [233].
• Vetches, [298].
• Vines, [87], [299].
• Vineyards, English, [301].
• Violets, [307].
• Virgil, [10], [189].
• Vocabularies, [10].
• Wallace, [101].
• Waller, [225].
• Walnut, [314].
• Walton, Izaak, [134], [137], [143], [280].
• Warden Pears, [200].
• Warwick Castle, [53].
• Waterton, [37].
• Watson, Forbes, [66], [77], [229], [273], [346].
• Waybred, [214].
• Weeds, [354].
• Westminster Hall, [55].
• Wheat, [317].
• White Thorn, [112].
• Wickliffe, [41].
• Wilkinson, Lady, [60], [73], [97], [292].
• Willow, [319].
• Wilson, G. F., [145].
• Windflower, [16].
• Wines, English, [303].
• Winter Aconite, [10].
• Wistman's Wood, [183].
• Withers, G., [158].
• Withy, [320].
• Wolf's-bane, [10].
• Woodbine, [126].
• Woodbury, [195].
• Wordsworth, [75], [206], [372].
• Wormwood, [81], [324].
• Wright's "Vocabularies," [10].
• —— "Domestic Manners," [96], [218].
• Wyatt's Poems, [3].
• Wych Elm, [88].
• Yew, [119], [327].
• Yggdrasil, [24].
• York and Lancaster Rose, [253].

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