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CHAPTER IX.
P L A N T S OF T H E W IT C H E S .—The Herbs of Hecate, Circe, and Medea—Witch
Powder—Witches and Elders—Sylvan Haunts of Witches—Witches’ Plant-steeds—Witches'
Soporifics—The Nightmare Flower-Plants used in Spells—Potions, Philtres, and Hell-
broths—The Hag Taper—Witch Ointment—The Witches’ Bath—Foreign Witches and their
Plants—Plants used fbr Charms and Spells—Witches’ Prescriptions—Herbs of Witchcraft—
Plants Antagonistic to W it c h e s ............................................................................................................
CHAPTER X.
MAGICAL P L A N T S .—Plants producing Ecstasies^and Visions — Sorna — Laurel — The
Druids and Mistletoe—Prophetic
Oaks—Dream Plants—Plants producing Love and
Sympathy—The Sorcerer’s Violet
-Plants used for Love Divination—Concordia—Discordia—
The Calumny Destroyer—The Grief Charmer—The Sallow, Sacred Basil, Eugenia,
Onion, Bay, Juniper, Peony, Hypericum, Rowan, Elder, Thorn, Hazel, Holly—The Mystic
Fern-seed—Jb'our-leaved Clover—The Mandrake, or Sorcerer’s Root—The Metal Melter—
The Misleading Plant —Herb of Oblivion —Lotos Tree —King Solomon’s Magical Herb
Baharas—The Nyctilopa and Springwort—Plants influencing Thunder and Lightning—The
Selago, or Druid’s Golden Herb—Gold-producing Plants—Plants which disclose Treasures—
The Luck Flower—The Key-Flower—Sesame—The Herb that Opens—The Moonwort, or
Lunary—The Sferracavallo—Magic Wands and Divining Rods—Moses’ Rod
CHAPTER XL
F A B U L O U S , W O N D R O U S , A N D M IR A C U LO U S P L A N T S .—Human Trees—
Man-bearing Trees—The Wak-Wak, or Tree bearing Human Heads—Chinese and Indian
Bird-bearing Tree—Duck-bearing Tree—The Barnacle, or Goose Tree—The Serpent-
bearing Tree—The Oyster-bearing Tree—The Animal-bearing Tree—The Butterfly-bearing
Tree—The Vegetable Lamb—The Lamb-bearing Tree—Marvellous Trees and Plants—
Vegetable Monstrosities—Plants bearing Inscriptions and Figures—Miraculous Plants—
The Tree of St. Thomas—The Withered Tree of the Sun—The Tree of Tiberias—Father
. Garnet’s S t r a w ............................................................................................................• * * *
CHAPTER X II.
P L A N T S CO N N EC T E D W IT H B IR D S A N D A N IM A L S .—Seed-sowing Birds—
Birds as Almanacks—The Cuckoo and the Cherry Tree—Augury by Cock and Barley—The
Nightingale and the Rose—The Robin and the Thorn—The Missel-Thrush and Mistletoe—
The Swallow and Celandine—The Hawk and Hawkweed—Life-giving Herb—The Wood-
>ecker and the Peony—The Spring-wort and the Birds—Choughs and Olives—Herb of the
ilessed Virgin Mary—The Eyebright and Birds—Plants named after Birds and Animals . pe
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CHAPTER XIII.
T H E DO C TR IN E OF P L A N T S IG N A T U R E S .—Illustrations and Examples of the
Signatures and Characterisms of Plants—The Diseases Cured by Herbs—General Rules
of the System of Plant Signatures supposed to Reveal the Occult Powers and Virtues of
Vegetables—Plants Identified with the Various Portions of the Human Body—The Old
Herbáis and Herbalists—Extraordinary Properties attributed to H e rb s ....................................
CHAPTER XIV.
P L A N T S A N D T H E P L A N E T S .—When to Pluck Herbs—Tl^ Plants of Saturn, Jupiter,
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116
154
Mars, Venus, Mercury, the Sun, and the Moon—Sun Flowers—The Influence of the Moon
on Plants—Times and Seasons to Sow and Plant—The Moon and Gardening Operations—
Plants of the Moon-Goddesses—The Man in the Moon . . . . 164
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The Moon-Tree
P L A N T SYM BOLISM A N D
CHAPTER XV.
L A N G U A G E .—Plant Emblems of the Ancients—The
Science of Plant Symbolism—Floral Symbols of the Scriptures—The Passion Flower, or
Flower of the Five Wounds—Mediæval Plant Symbolism—Floral Emblems of Shakspeare—
The Language of Flowers—Floral Vocabulary of the Greeks and Romans—A Dictionary
of Flowers—Floral D iv in a t io n ............................................................................................................. 176
CHAPTER XVI.
F U N E R A L P L A N T S .—The Ancient Death-Gods—The Elysian Fields—Death T r e e s -
Funereal Trees—Aloe, Yew, Cypress, Bay, Arbor-Vitse, Walnut, Mountain Ash, Tamarisk—
The Decorations of Tombs—Flowers at Funerals—Old English Burial Customs—Funeral
Pyres—Embalming—Mummies—Plants as Death P o r t e n t s ....................................................... 1 8 9
o f (^ P P u x i^ 'T ra fio n / .
G a t h e r i n g t h e S e l a g o ( drawn by Louis Absolon) • • • Cover.
T h e G a r d e n o f E d e n ( Parkinson's Paradisus) • • Frontispiece.
Y g g d r a s i l l , t h e M u n d a n e A s h ( Finn Magnusen) . • • 2
R e l i c s o f t h e C r u c i f i x i o n ( Matmdevile's Travels) • • 45
T h e T r e e o f J u d a s I s c a r i o t (Maundevile's Travels) • • • . 49
T h e B a r n a c l e T r e e ( Aldrovandi Ornithologia) • • 118
T h e G o o s e T r e e ( Gerarde's Herbal) . . . . . 1 19
T h e B a r o m e t z , o r V e g e t a b l e L am b (Zahn) » . 121
T h e L am b T r e e (Maundevile's Travels)
D e a d S e a L r u i t ( Maundevile's Travels). a . 125
T h e S t o n e T r e e ( Gerarde's Herbal) . • . • . 126
A r b o r S e c c o , o r t h e W i t h e r e d T r e e (Maundevile's Travels) 13 1
T h e M i r a c u l o u s T r e e o f T ib e r i a s ( Maundevile's Travels ) . 13 2
F a t h e r G a r n e t ’ s S t r a w (Apology of Eudoemon Joannes) 135
P io u s B i r d s a n d O l i v e s ( Maundevile's Travels) . 143
T h e P a s s io n F l o w e r o f t h e J e s u i t s (Parkinsons Paradisus) 182
T h e T r e e o f D e a t h ( Maundevile's Travels) . . . . 190
T h e G r a n a d i l l a , o r P a s s io n F l o w e r (Zahn) . • a . . 487
The head and tail pieces on pp. xiii., xxiv., i, 8, 20, 2 1 , 26, 40, 64, 74, 116 , 136, 164,
175 , 200, 592, and 610, are reproductions from originals in old herbáis, &c.
P A R T TH E SECOND.
AN EN CY C LOPÆ D IA OF S IX H U N D R E D P L A N T S , E N G L ISH A N D
FO R E IG N , giving their Myths, Legends, Traditions, Folk-Lore, Symbolism, and History 305
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