Pot-pourri from a Surrey garden

Novel-reading for girls, 333 Novels, French, recommended for mothers, 262 Nursery, the, making up, 74, 75 Nurses, sick : their difficult posi- tion as servants of the doctor, 298 ; their hard life, 299, 300 ; discretion required in selecting them, 300 ; temptations to which they are exposed, 301 ; hardening effect of their train- ing, 301 ; in France, 301 Nursing the sick, 296-302 OAKS, 6 Old-fashioned garden, an, 4, 5, 236 Old maid, French, visit to a, 83 Old times compared with the pre- sent, 145, 146, 273 Oleanders, 112, 113 Omphalodes verna, 71 Onions, 97, 98 Ophiopogon spicatus, 173 Orange, mock, 45 — compote, 254 Orchid-growing on a small scale, 249, 288 Ornithogalum, 72, 131 Ox-tail soup, 80, 81 Oxalises, 66, 215 PACKING cut-flowers, 107 Painting, effect of the Eeforma- tion on, 149, 150 Pampas grass, 16 Pandanus veitchii, 9 Pansies, 198 'Paradisi in Sole,' Parkinson's, 51-54 Parents, influence of, 259, 260, 262, 268, 269, 333, 346 ; ignor- ance regarding their children, 318 Parkinson's 'Paradisi in Sole,' 51-54; 'Theatre of Plants,' 54-56 Parnassia, 63 Parsley, decorating with, 82 Parsnip, giant, 120 Partridge, stewed, 186 Paste, making, for French and other dishes, 30-33 Pastry, preparing and baking, 27 Pate a Eavioli, receipt for, 32 Paul, Mrs. Kegan, article on ' Paradisi in Sole ' by, 53, 54 Pavia, 144 Paxton, Sir Joseph, his influence on English gardening, 224, 225 Peas, green, for puree, 25 ; stewed, 129 ; late, 174 Pelargoniums, 20, 21, 69, 120 Percolators for making coffee, 15, 16 Perennials, time for sowing, 134 watering, 143 Pergolas, 45, 95, INDEX 377 Periwinkles, 169 PJialangium liliago variegatum, 9 Pheasant, stewed, 186 Philadelphus grandiflorus, 45 Philanthropy, amateur, to be discouraged, 308, 309 Phloxes, 74, 75, 132, 143 Physalis Alkekengi, 10 Pianos, 279, 280 Pictures, in houses, 278, 279, 287 ; in the Royal Academy, 292-294 Pie, French, 80 Pig lilies, 74 Pigeons, cooking, 174, 175 ; flight of, 206 Pilea muscosa, 163 Pinks, 140, 143, 184, 198 Piptanthus nepalensis, 45 Piracy, increase of, after the Reformation, 147, 148 Pleasure, excessive addiction to, 271 Plum, double, 10 Plumbago larpentce, 161 Poems quoted or alluded to : ' I remember, I remember,' 5 ; ' Go where the water glideth,' &c., by J. H. Reynolds, 5, 6 ; Shelley's description of damp, 17 ; lines on the death of a young girl, 20; 'John Frost,' 21, 22 ; ' The Poet in the City,' 46, 47 ; Erasmus Darwin on the ' vegetable lamb,' 53 ; Darwin's ' Loves of the Plants,' 62, 63; Owen Meredith's de- scription of a garden in spring, 85; 'Baby Seed Song,' 87; Mrs. Hemans' ' To the Blue Anemone,' 101, 102 ; Paul Verlaine's ' La Vie,' 133, 134 ; Emerson's lines on shells, 155 ; lines to the redbreast, 178, 179 ; Milton on the rising sun, 188; Keats' 'St. Agnes' Eve,' 189 ; ' La Melancolie,' 206, 207 ; Mr. Ruskin's ' Mont Blanc revisited,' 231 ; Matthew Arnold's Obermann Poems, 232; memorial poem by Sir Henry Taylor, 268; James Spedding's ' Antiquity of Man,' 274, 275 ; Mr. Lionel Tenny- son's 'Sympathy,' 306; 'Omar Khayyam,' 352 Polyanthus, 164 Polygonum affine, 161 — cuspidatum, 92, 119, 199, 205 — sacchalinensc, 119, 199 Pomegranate, double, 112 Pond-weed, 141 Ponds, natural, 171 | Poppies, Oriental, 5; time for sowing, 42; for decoration,