Court plaster, how made, 130
Cowage, or cow-itch, description and uses of, 182, 183
Cowslip, use of, flowers, roots, and leaves, 43
Crab-tree fruit, uses of, 147
Cracow groats, 26
Cranberries, description and uses of, 112
Cuckoo fruit. See Arum.
Cucumber, common, culture and uses of, 207
Currants, dried, what they are, and whence obtained, 70
----, how cultivated and prepared for use, 71
----, red, juice, and inner bark, uses of, 60, 61
Currants, black, leaves and berries, uses of, 61
Curry powder, of what made, 9
Cypress powder, of what made, 219
Cypress-tree, description and uses of, 237
D.
Date-tree, description, cultivation, and management of, 246, 247
----, fruit, wood, pith, and leaves, uses of, 247, 248
Deals, yellow and red, 233
Dragon's-blood-tree, description and uses of, 98, 99
Dulse, description, preparation, and use of, 273
Dutch pink, from what prepared, 136
E.
Ebony, description and uses of, 265
Eschalote. See Shallot.
Elder, common, wood, bark, leaves, flowers, berries, &c. uses of, 83
Elm-trees, timber, bark, and leaves, uses of, 73
Endive, culture and uses of, 199
F.
Fan-palm, description and uses of, 98
Fennel leaves, stalks, seeds, and roots, uses of, 80
Fern, description and uses of, 268
Ferula, stalks of, how anciently used, 78
Fig-trees and figs, description, cultivation, and uses of, 267
Filbert, 228
Fir, Scots, description of, timber and bark, uses of, 232, 233
----, turpentine, resin, tar and pitch, how obtained from, 232, 233
----, spruce, description and uses of, 235
Flax, description of, cultivation, preparation, and uses of, 85
----, Oil made from the seeds of, 86
Flummery, what it is, and how made, 23
Fox-glove, description and uses of, 169
Frontignac wine, 66
Fructification of vegetables, 1
Fucus, bladder, description and use of, 271
----, eatable, winged, 272
----, sweet, and red palmate, 273
Furze, uses of, 182
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