Pot-pourri from a Surrey garden

use of, 303, 304 Dual nature, the, in women, 345, 346 Duck, boiled, receipt for, 79, 80 ; minced and curried, 251, 252 Dutch garden for a lawn, 139, 140, 141 EAKLY rising, 349 Echeveria retusa, 12 Edinburgh, National Gallery of, 156, 157 Education, of boys, 259-262 ; of girls, 317, 319-332 Eggs, receipt for cooking, 108 Elder, 153 Eliot, George, on nursing the sick, 297, 298 Entertainments, social, 350 Epilobium, 75 Epimediums, 99 Erigeron speciosus, 143 Eschscholtzias, 165 Eucalyptus, 16 Eulalias, 119 Evergreens, Mme. de Stael's de- scription of, 19 ; climbing, 43 ; in pots, 115 ; to be avoided in London, 194 Everlasting flowers, 7, 132 Exochorda grandiflora, 93 Extravagant wives, 339 FADS, avoidance of, in training children, 259 Fasteners for flowers, Appendix, 357, 362 Feeding of children, 270 Ferns for London gardens, 198 Fertilisation of plants, 63 Ficus elastica, 8, 9 — elastica indica, 8, 9 Fig-trees, 196 Finger-bowls, flowers in, 192 Fireplaces, 279, 280 Fish, cooking, 41, 42; marinaded, 82 ; decline in consumption after the Eeformation, 147, 148 Fishermen taking to piracy after the Reformation, 148 Flax, blue, 75 Floor, painted, 281, 284 ; cover- ings for, 279, 281, 284 1 Flora Londinensis,' Curtis's, 61 Flower fasteners, Appendix, 357, 362 Flowers, packing, 107 Foam-flower, 103 Fog in the country, 188 Food and health, 304, 305 Forcemeat, receipt for, 33, 34 Forget-me-nots, 89, 140, 184, 198 Forsythia fortunei, 44, 70, 196 — suspensa, 43, 70, 196 Fountains, 92, 140, 141 Foxgloves, 170 Freesias, 12, 17, 123 French country-house, a, house- keeping in, 78 — novels, recommended for mothers, 262 — pie, 80 — receipts for soups, sauces, poultry, jellies, &c., 28-37, 79-82 Friendships, early, 274, 335, 336 Fritillarias, 105 Frost, on window-panes, 21, 22 ; methods for keeping out, 99, 198, 189 Fruit, increase in its cultivation, 242 ; dried, and how to cook it, 256 ; bavarois of, 256 Fuchsia procumbens, 163, 164 Fuchsias, 112 Fumitory, 161 INDEX 373 Furnishing and managing houses, 276-288 ; books on the subject, 276, 277 ; ' Lectures ' and views of W. Morris, 277-281 ; the rule of simplicity, 278; fireplaces and tiled hearths, 279, 280 ; pianos, 280 ; the use of Sanitas, 280 ; cleanliness, 281 ; second-hand goods, 281, 282 ; blinds and curtains, 282 ; whitewashed and draped walls, 283, 284; bookcases, 284; articles for bedrooms, 284, 285; baths, 285 ; bedding, 286 ; pictures, 287; children's tastes, 287 ; tables, 287, 288 GAILLARDIAS, 134, 136 Gainsborough, portrait of Mrs. Grahame by, 156 Garden, an old-fashioned, 4, 5, 236 ; plan of author's, 87-93; planning and laying out a small, 106, 141, 142, 169; taking notes of a, 137 Gardening, in winter, 17-19 ; as an employment for women, 40 ; advance of knowledge on, 60 ; love and watchfulness in, 75 ; in France, 83, 84 ; monastic, 147, 149 ; in the north of Eng- land and Scotland, 151-153, 157, 158; topiary, 159; wild, 170, 171, 232, 233 ; in London, 194-201 ; an occupation for the elderly, 245 Garlic, use of, 251 Garrya elliptica, 43 Gascony butter, 108 Generosity and its counterfeit, 266 Gentians, 76 Geranium, sweet, leaves of, 8; placed on water, 11 ; grown in pots, 113 Geraniums, double red, for table- decoration, 13 ; in hanging pots, 98; grown in pots, 111, 112 ; planting out, 120, 121 ; ivy-leaved, 164 ; for London, 198