Pot-pourri from a Surrey garden

— grandiflorus (Oloire de Ver- sailles), 44 Celeriac, 14 Celeris en branches, demi-glaces, receipt for, 37 Celery, with beetroot, 25 ; pre- paration of, 37 Cercis, 45 Cherries, double, pruning, 117 ; Morella, 175 ; winter, 10 Cherry brandy, 175 Chervil, 82, 97 Chestnuts, Spanish, 6; dwarf horse, 144 ; cooking, 182 Chickens, cooking, 174 ; stewed, 186 ; served cold, 254, 255 Chicory, leaves of the, 95 Children, training of, 257-275, 318-352; feeding of, 270; their life at the beginning of the century, 273 ; decorating their own rooms, 287 ; their health, 302 ; capability for suffering, 319 ; bad temper, 327; their attentions to the old, 346 INDEX Chimonanthus fragrans, 11, 19, 43, 158 China-roses, 4 Chive-tops, 97 Chloroform, use of, 296 Choisya ternata, 18, 19, 43, 169 ; pruning, 117 Chorozemia, 11 Chrysanthemums, for table de- coration, 13; replanting, 74, 132, 143 ; arrangement, 190 Chutney, receipt for, 126 Cineraria cruenta, 20 Cinerarias, 11, 20 Cistuses, 84, 216 Cleanliness in the house, 281 Clematis, 43, 95, 118, 139 Clematis montana, 43, 117 Clethra, 93, 113, 144 Cocos weddeliana, 9 Coffee, making, 15, 16 Colchicums, 180 Collinsonia, 63 Colosseum of Eome, plants and flowers of the, 230 Colour-blindness, 162 Columbines, 169 Compotes, 120, 127, 175, 186, 254 Consomme, 28, 29 — aux ailerons, 30 Convalescence, 300, 302 ' Convent eggs,' receipt for, 108 Convolvulus mauritanicus, 164 Cooking, book on, 2 ; in France, 78, 80 ; mistakes in English, 81. (See also under the names of various dishes) Coreopsis grandiflora, 136 — lanceolata, 134 Cotoneasters, 44, 169 Cotton, rosemary-leaved lavender, 210 - plant, and the myth of the ' vegetable lamb,' 53 Crab, mayonnaise souffle of, 125 Crab apple, Siberian, 92, 99; prun- ing, 117 ; preserving, 176, 177 Cranberries, American, how to cook, 14, 15 — Norwegian, 15 Cratcegus pyracantha Icelandi, 44 Creepers for house-fronts, &G., 43-46, 157 ; for autumn, 190, 191 Cremation, 233, 234 Creme brulee pudding, 77 Crocuses, 179, 180, 197 Cross, floral, 20 Crown Imperials, 71 Cryptomeria japonica, 163, 201 Cucumber, serving, 126 ; cooking, 126 Currant bushes, protection of, 129 Currant jelly, red, 129 Curry, making, 108 - of ham toast, 109; of duck and fish, 251, 252 — powder, receipt for, 108 Curtains, 282, 286 Curtis's ' Flora Londinensis ' and ' Botanical Magazine,' 49, 61, 62 Cut-flower decoration, 10 and note, 12, 13, 75, 106, 138 ; list of flowers, &c., for, 192, 193 ; Appendix, 353-365 Cyclamens, 17, 24 Cydonia, 44 DAFFODILS, 17, 72 ' Dainty Dishes,' 2 et passim Daisies, Michaelmas, 74, 75, 114, 132, 143, 173, 205 Dante, and Voltaire's cynical re- mark, 206 Daphne Cneorum, 97 Darwin, Erasmus, and ' vege- table lamb,' 53 ; and ' The Loves of the Plants,' 62, 63, 124 Daturas, 169, 180 Daughters, education and train- ing of, 317-352 Decorating house and tables, 10- 13, 75, 106, 138 ; list of flowers for, 192, 193 ; Appendix, 353- 365 Delphiniums, 134 D'Epinay, Madame, her views on woman's education, 328 BB 2 372 POT-POURRI FROM A SURREY GARDEN Desmodium penduliflorum, 92 Deutzia crenata, 106 — elegans, 96 — gracilis, 10 Diosma shrubs, 181, 182 Double flowers compared with single, 237 Draperies for rooms, 283, 284 Dress, 340-342 Dried fruit, cooking, 256 - leaves, scented, 8 Drugs, danger of excess in the