376 POT-POURRI FROM A SURREY GARDEN 



Mousse de foies gras a la gelee, 



recipe for, 36 



de volaille, recipe for, 34 

 Mulberries, 139 

 Museums, private, advantages of, 



155 



Music as a sociable hobby, 310 

 Musk, 165 

 Mutton, hashed, 251 ; haricot of, 



252 



Myrtles, 112, 114 

 Myth, of the 'vegetable lamb,' 



52, 53; of the 'Barnacle 



Geese,' 57, 58 



NARCISSUS, 16 ; forcing, 23, 72 



Narcissus poeticus, 105 



Nasturtiums, 46, 198 



National Gallery of Edinburgh, 

 156, 157 



'Natural History of Selborne,' 

 145, 146 



Nerines, 181 



Nettles, preparing and cooking, 26 



Nicotiana, 60 



Nitrate of soda, usefulness of, 173 



North, Miss, flower-painting of, 

 244 



Norway, plants in, 153; compared 

 with Scotland, 156 



Nouilles fraiches, recipe for, 

 36,37 



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 



times compared with the pre- 

 sent, 145, 146, 273 



Oleanders, 112, 113 

 Omphalodes verna, 71 

 Onions, 97, 98 

 Ophiopogon spicatiis, 173 

 Orange, mock, 45 



compote, 254 

 Orchid-growing on a small scale, 



249, 288 



Orniihogalum, 72, 131 

 Ox-tail soup, 80, 81 

 Oxalises, 66, 215 



PACKING cut-flowers, 107 

 Painting, effect of the Beforma- 



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 Kavioli, recipe 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 pur6e, 25 ; stewed, 



129 ; late, 174 



Pelargoniums, 20, 21, 69, 120 

 Percolators for making coffee, 15, 



16 

 Perennials, time for sowing, 134 ; 



watering, 143 



