Pot-pourri from a Surrey garden

Sedum spectabile, 132 Seedlings, treatment of, 165 Servants and their management, 348, 349 Shading a window, 194 Shelter in gardens, 99 Shrubberies, flowers in, 151; treatment of, 166, 167 ; thinning out, 168 ; edging for, 169, 181 Sickness, nursing in, 296-302; often caused by excess in taking drugs, 303, 304 Silene, 106, 184 Simplicity in house-furnishing, 278 Simpson, Sir James, and his brothers, story of, 266 Smith, Sydney, one of the sayings of, 335 Smoking indoors, 276, 277 Snapdragons, 134, 135, 170, 184 Snowdrops, 20, 24, 197 Snowflakes, 24 Social entertainments, 350, 351 Solanumjasminoides, 17, 113 Sorrel, 76 Soup, pure"e, 25 ; pot au feu, 28 ; consomme^ 28, 29 ; julienne, 29, 30 ; consomm6 aux ailerons, 30 ; paysanne, 79 ; ox-tail, 80, 81 ; onion, 83, 126 ; cauliflower, 126 ; artichoke, 203 Southernwood, 94 Spanish Armada, and a tradition on the coast of Scotland, 155, 156 Sparmannia africana, 182 Spencer, Mr. Herbert, book on education by, 328 Spiderworts, 103, 104 Spirc&a aruncus, 5 — thunbergi, 93 Spiraeas, 93, 206 Sprayer for watering, 76 Stachys lanata, 104, 105 Stae'l, Mme. de, her description of evergreens, 19 ; on parents and children, 334 Stapelias, 122 Stewed meats, 252 Stewpans, 16 Strawberries, selection of varie- ties and growing, 120; com pote of, 120 Suburbs, living in the, advan- tages of, 289, 290 Success, meaning of, 272 Succession duties, and allow- ances to children, 266 Suet, boiled, for frying purposes, 78 Sumach, Venetian, 118, 139 Sundials, 94, 140 Sunflowers, 50, 86 Sunsets, 91 1 Superficial ' education, 325, 326 Surrey, soil and climate of, 17 Swanley Horticultural College, 39,40 Sweet-peas, 165 Sweet pepper bush, 93, 113, 144 Sweet Sultans, time for sowing, 42 Sweetbriar, 4, 104 Sweetness and light in a house, 280 Sweets with meat, eating, 15 TABLE decoration, 10-13, 75, 106, 138; list of flowers, &c., for, 192, 193 ; Appendix, 353-365 Tables, 287, 288 Tagetes, 132 Tamarisks, 119 Tanks for the garden, 137, 140, 141 Tarragon, 97, 98 Tarts, making, 27 Taylor, Sir Henry, ' Notes from Life ' and other works by, 268, 269 Teetotalism, benefits of, 304 Telekia speciosa, 136 Temper in children, treatment of, 327 Temple Gardens flower shows, 24, 103 ' Theatre of Plants,' Parkinson's, 54-56 Tiarella cordifolia, 103, 169 380 POT-POURRI FROM A SURREY GARDEN Tiepolo, paintings of, 156, 157 Tomatoes, with mayonnaise sauce, &e., 125 ; stewed when unripe, 175 Tomtits, arrangement for feed- ing, 18 Topiary gardening, 159 Tradescantia virginica, 103, 161 Training of children, 257-275 Trees, destroyed in Sutherland- shire, 153, 154 Tricuspidata, 158 TropcBolum speciosum, 46, 152 Truthfulness, and the training of children, 260, 261 Tuberoses, 162 Tubs, growing plants in, 110, 111 Tulip gesneriana, 96 Tulips, forcing, 23 ; varieties, 72, 103 ; history, 96 ; in the au- tumn, 184 Turf, substitutes for, 84, 169 ; to be avoided in London, 195 Turkeys, natives of America, 15 Turnip-tops, preparing and cook- ing, 26 Turnips, cooking, 187 VASES, Japanese, 10 and note, Appendix, 360 1 Vegetable lamb,' the, myth of, 52,53 Vegetables, dressing and cooking, 3, 13, 14, 16, 25, 26, 41, 76, 175, 176, 185, 187, 203, 252, 253 ; for soups, 25, 28-30, 41, 76, 126, 203 ; neglect of their cultivation after the Keforma- tion, 147, 149 Vegetarianism, benefits of, 304 Verbascums, 134