INDEX 



375 



Lamb-plant, the, myth of, 52, 53 



Lancaster, its general appearance 

 and canal, 159 



Lard, a substitute for, 78 



Laurels, 19, 167, 180 



Lavender, 8, 104 



Lawns, objections to, 138 ; break- 

 ing up, 138, 139, 142, 169 



Leaves, dried, for perfuming 

 rooms, 8 



Leighton, Lord, last work by, 292 



Leonotis leonurus, 182 



L'&pte de la Vierge, 131 



'Leper's Wife, the,' picture of, 

 293, 294 



Letters, prompt answers to, 331 



Lettuce, 37, 97 



Leucojum vernum, 24 



Leycesteria formosa, 119 



Liberalism defined, 146 



Libraries, gardening, for villages, 

 248 



Lilac Daphne, 39 



Lilacs, 100 ; pruning, 117 



Lilium auratufo, 163 



candidum, 130 



chalcedonicum, 200 



Lily, St. Bruno's, 9; creeping, 



123, 124 ; Madonna, 130, 184 ; 



of the valley, 133, 200 ; water, 



141 



Limnanthes Donglasii, 164, 184 

 Linarias, 75 



Lind, Jenny, anecdote of, 154 

 Linnasus, 60; his 'Life' and 



works, 67, 68 

 Linnea borealis, 69 

 Linums, 74 



Lobelia, 142, 143, 188, 198 

 London, gardening in, 194-201 ; 



a day in, 289-295 

 -Pride, 106,169,187,188, 198 

 Loudon, Mrs., story of her 



marriage, and her works, 218- 



221 



J. C M works of, 217-219 

 Love-in-the-mist, time for sow- 

 ing, 42, 184 ; 63, 94, 95 



Love-lies-bleeding, 113 

 'Loves of the Plants, The,' 

 Darwin's, 62, 63, 124 



Luncheon dishes: mayonnaise 

 souffl6 of crab, 125 ; tomatoes 

 with mayonnaise sauce, Ac., 

 125 



Miens, 24, 25 



Magnolia conspicua, 44, 171, 196 



grandiflora, 12, 43, 196 



purpurea, 44 



- stellata, 44, 171 



Maigre dishes, 80, 81 



Maize, and its cultivation by Red 



Indians, 55, 56 

 Manure, 11, 17. 18, 41, 144 

 Marguerites, French, 112, 201 

 Marigolds, 132, 188, 189, 198, 205 

 Marmalade, orange, making, 27 

 Marriage, preparation for, 327- 



330 



Marriages, poor, 273, 274 

 Martin's illustrations of th 



Bible, 157 

 Marvels of Peru, 50 

 Mayonnaise sauce, 25 

 Meconopsis, 128 

 Megaseas, 169, 184 

 Melon compote, 186 

 Mesembryanthemuma, 164 

 Mezereum, 39 

 Mignonette, time for sowing, 42, 



165; 197 



Mill, J. S., on education, 335 

 Mint, 98 

 Model, artist's, in the Academy, 



294, 295 

 Money, the value of, importance 



of teaching boys, 263-266 

 Montbretias, 112 

 Moral faults, lenient views of, 



351, 352 

 Morley, Mr. John, on excessive 



addiction to pleasure and sport, 



271 ; on success, 272 ; on 



popular culture, 325 

 Morris, W., his ' Lectures on Art ' 



and ideas on house-furnishing, 



277-280 

 Mothers, tact of, 269, 322 ; their 



ignorance of their children, 



318 ; hints to, 321-324, 333 



