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JANUARY, 1899 



Difficulties of growing Daphne indica Journey last year to 

 Ireland Cutting down and re -planting trees Apples 

 Skimmed milk Manure heaps Winter Honeysuckle 

 Botanical Gardens in Dublin Botticelli's drawings 

 Tissot's Bible Rippingille's patent stove Blue flowers 

 ' Snowdrop-time ' ' The Sun-children's Budget ' 

 Floral notes from 'The Scotsman' Receipts . . 154 



FEBRUARY 



Mistresses and servants Difficulty of getting servants 

 Girls instead of boys Registry Offices The employ- 

 ments that do not take up characters Early rising 

 Baron Humboldt Coverings for larders Blackbeetles 

 Children's nurses Ignorance of young married women 

 Some natural history books Forcing blossoming branches 

 Horticultural Show Letter from San Moritz Re- 

 ceipts 187 



MARCH 



Confessions about diet Cures for rheumatism Effects of 

 tea- drinking Sparing animal life a bad reason for vege- 

 tarianism The Berlin foot-race Mrs. Crow in Edin- 

 burgh Bagehot on luxury A word about babies 

 German and English nurseries Sir Richard Thome 

 Thorne on raw milk The New Education Difficulty of 

 understanding young children Gardening Cooking . 220 



APRIL 



Newspapers on cremation More about Suffolk Maund on 

 flowers that close Asparagus growing on the seacoast 

 Peacock feathers for firescreens Dining-room tables 



Petroleum tubs in gardens Neglect of natural his- 

 toryCactuses again Old mills Mr. Burbidge on 

 sweet-smelling leaves Florist Auriculas Seed -sowing 



Kitchen garden Poultry . . . . . .274 



