Contents

Introduction -- The world-trees of the ancients -- The trees of Paradise and the tree of Adam -- Sacred plants of the ancients -- Floral ceremonies, garlands, and wreaths -- Plants of the Christian Church -- Plants of the fairies and naiades -- Sylvans, wood nymphs, and tree spirits -- Plants of the Devil -- Plants of the witches -- Magical plants -- Fabulous, wondrous, and miraculous plants -- Plants connected with birds and animals -- The doctrine of plant signatures -- Plants and the planets -- Plant symbolism and language -- Funeral plants -- An encyclopædia of six hundred plants, English and foreign, giving their myths, legends, traditions, folk-lore, symbolism, and history.