Pot-pourri from a Surrey garden

106 ; Plume, 119 ; Welsh, 128, i 160 Portraits in the Royal Academy, 292 Pot au feu soup, 28 Pot-pourri, a receipt for, 241, 242 Potage paysanne, receipt for, 79 Potatoes, cooking, 13, 98, 252 253 Pots, plants in, and evaporation, 98 ; hanging, 98 ; growing plants in, 110-115 Poultry, preparing and roasting, 78,79 Primroses, 140, 164, 199 Primula japonica, 89 — sieboldii, 72 — sinensis, 11 Primulas, for table decoration, 13 ; Chinese, 24 ; Japanese, 89 Privet, 169, 195 Procosma variegata, 114 Proteas, 68 Protection for plants, 144, 198 199 Pruning, shrubs, 116, 117, 180; instruments for, 181 Prunus, double, 105 — spinosaflore pleno, 10 Public schools, training of, 259 Pudding, receipt for a, 77 Puree, 25, 26 Pyracanthuses, 44, 204 Pyrethrum, 173 Pyrus japonica, 43, 44 ; pruning, 117 ; Appendix, 364 378 POT-POURRI FROM A SURREY GARDEN QUINCE jam, 184, 185 BABBIT'S EAES plant, 104, 105 Bain-water, storage of, 137, 288 Ranunculus lingua, 89 Bavioli, preparation for, 32, 33 Beading of novels by girls, 333 Bedbreast, the, tameness of, 178 ; lines to, 178, 179 Beformation, the, its effect on the cultivation of gardens, con- sumption of vegetables and fish, 147, 148 Bhododendrons, 96, 167, 237 Bhubarb, receipt for cooking, 26, 27 ; jam, 96 Rhus cotinus, 118 Bibbon-borders, 151 Ribes sanguinum, 104, 196 Bice for curry, to boil, 108, 109 Bichter, J. P. F., on an unhappy marriage, 329, 330 Bisotto, Italian receipts for, 107, 253, 254 Bobinson, W., his 'English Flower Garden ' and other works, 1, 231, 233-235, 248 Robinsoniana, 72 Rochea falcata, 163 Bock-roses, 84, 85, 216 Bockery, making a, 88-90 Sockets, double, 5, 73 ; single, 103 Booms, plants and flowers for, 7-13 ; letting the autumn sun into, 202 Bose, Beve d'Or, 43 ; La Marque, 43, 137; Marshal Niel, 43; McCartney, 45 ; Aim6e Vibert, 45 ; Gloire des Rosemaines, 45 ; Fallenberg, 45 ; tea, 88, 140, 205 ; moss, 93 ; Gloria Mundi, 95 ; Cottage-maid, 95 ; De Meaux, 95 ; cabbage, 95, 209; Ayrshire, 139; Mal- maison, 209 ; Banksia, 209 ; Christmas, 18; lucida, 209; Bourbon, 229 Bosemary, 104 Boses, Bedoute's illustrations of, 209 Boyal Academy of Arts, pictures and sculpture in, 291-295 — Horticultural Society, spring exhibition of, 23, 24 ; member- ship of, 24 Buling by force, 267, 268 Bush, sweet-smelling, 141; flower- ing, 141 Buskin, Mr., on gathering flowers, 4 ST. JOHN'S WORT, 169 ' St. Luke's Summer,' 188 Salads, 24, 25, 95, 96, 97, 254 Salpiglossis, 165 Salsifys, cooking, 13 Salvias, 173, 174 Sambucus racemosa, 153 Sanitas in a house, use of, 280 Sargent, Mr., Portrait of a Lady, 292 Sauce, Bechamel, 25, 31, 32; mayonnaise, 25 ; supreme, 34, 35 ; fish, 107 ; for wild duck, 253 Savins, 139 Saxifraga granulata flore pleno, 73 — wallacei, 73 Saxifrages, 24, 105, 138, 140, 184, 187, 198 Scabiosa caucasica, 184 Scabious, 132 Scarlet runners, preserving, 150 ; flavour of, 174 ; cooking, 176, 185 ; growing, 205 Schizophragma hydrangeoides,46 Schizostylis coccinea, 187 Schools, and the training of boys, 259, 260 Scilla campanulata, 105 Scillas, 24, 72, 197 Scotland, a trip to, 151-158 Sculpture of Mr. Gilbert, 291 Scythian lamb, the, myth of, 52 53 Sea-birds in Scotland, 154 Seaweed, the Laver, as a vegetable dish, 253 Second-hand furniture, 281, 282 INDEX 379