Pot-pourri from a Surrey garden

Gerarde's ' The Herbal or General Historie of Plants,' 56-58 ' Giant ' cultivation, 41 Gilbert, Mr., sculpture by, 291 Girls, as amateur artists, 307- 316 ; increase in their educa- tional advantages, 309 ; their education, 317-332; thinking about marriage, 327-330 ; their liberty and independence, 330; higher education, 331, 332; what they should read, 332, 333 ; allowances for, 338, 339 ; their dress, 340, 342 Gladioli, 69 Gloriosa superba, 123, 124 Gloucester, Duke of, and the Lady Anne, picture of, 293 Gnocchi a la creme, 30, 31 Gold-fish in garden tanks, 141 Gooseberries, bottled, 109; in Scotland, 152 Gourds, 7, 8 Governesses, training of, 319, 320 Grahame, Mrs., Gainsborough's portrait of, 156 Grasses, Japanese, 93 Greenhouse, plants for, 7, 25, 72, 73, 123, 124, 163, 165, 173, 181 Gypsophila paniculata, 136 — gracilis, time for sowing 42, 94, 184 HAM toast, curry of, 109 Hampton Court Palace, the creeper on the turrets of, 158 Handwriting, good, importance of, 331 Hare, roast, German receipt for 82 Haricot of mutton, 252 Haricot blanc, 185 Hashed mutton, 251 Health question, the, in the training of children, 258, 270 ; books on, 304, 305 Heaths, 69 Helianthemums, 84, 216, 217 Helianthuses, 50 Helichrysum bracteatum, 7 374 POT-POURRI FROM A SURREY GARDEN Hellebore, 50 Hemp plant, 75, 165 Hepaticas, 77 ' Herbal or General Historic of Plants, The,' Gerarde's, 56-58 Herbs, science of, in past and present times, 56, 61 Heuchera sanguined, 73, 169 Higher education of women, 331, 332 Holland House Gardens, 199 Holly, for table decoration, 13 ; berries of, 204 Hollyhocks, 3.63 Home-life, and the training of children, 259 ; and furnishing, decorating, and domestic management, 276-288 ; pro- fessional nursing a cause of its deterioration, 296, 297 Honesty, seed-vessels of, 7 Honeysuckle, 4 ; Dutch, 43, 93 ; pruning, 117, 139 ' Hortus Floridus,' 50, 51 Hospitals versus home-nursing, 298 House-fronts, creepers for, 43-46 Housekeepers, advice to, on hospitality, 255 ; hints to, 347, 348 Houses, fittings and furniture for, 276-288 Housewives, a book for, 277 Humea elegans, 163 Hyacinths, 11, 23, 72, 197 Hydrangea paniculata grandi- flora, 131, 199 Hydrangeas, 114 IBKRIS gibraltarica, 83 Icebergs, and their effect on tem- perature, 198 Imantophilums, 25, 26, 73 Impatiens glandulifera, 161 Independence, habits of, impor- tance of training children in, 258, 259 ; of young women, 330, 336, 337 India-rubber plants, 8 Indian corn, and its cultivation by Eed Indians, 55, 56 Iris, 25, 140,. Japanese, 89; German, 100, 105, 197 ; Span- ish, 135, 184, 197; English, 135 Irishman, the, and his trans- formed cottage, 94 Italy, gardens in, 243, 244 Ivy, common, potting and train- ing for indoor purposes, 8 ; on house-fronts, 42 ; Japanese, 158 Ixias, 69 , 119 Jacquin, N. J., life and botanical works of, 63-67 Jam, rhubarb, 96; strawberry, 120; crab, 176, 177; quince, 184 ' Janet's Kepentance,' quotation on nursing the sick from, 297, 298 Japan, chrysanthemum shows in, 189 ; gardens in, 242 Japanese art of arranging cut flowers, Appendix, 353-365 - vases, 10 and note, 201 ; Appendix, 360 Jasmine, yellow, 44 ; white, 104, 196 Jasminum nudiflorum, 11, 19, 43, 158, 196 Jekyll, Miss, papers on a Surrey garden by, 250, 251 Jews-mallow, 95 Jonquils, 17 ; forcing, 23 Judas tree, 45