INDEX 



ritpestris, 45 

 Abstinence in relation to health, 



270 



Acanthus, 120 

 Aconite, 17 



Acorns for decorating, 13 

 JEsculus parvifolia, 144 

 Agapanthus, 50, 114 

 Ailiums, 102 

 Allotment system, 243 

 Aloes, Cape, 182 

 Alonsoa linifolia, 164 

 - Warscewiczii, 104 

 Aloysia citriodora, 45, 99 

 Alpines, 76, 88, 239 

 Alstroemerias, 132, 133 

 Alyssum, yellow, 103 

 Alyssums, 140 

 Amaranthus caudatus, 113 

 Amaryllis, 11, 12, 74 

 belladonna, 161, 162 

 Amateur artists, 307-316 

 Amateurs, ambition of, 250 

 America, late springs and early 



heat in, 200 

 Ainnelopsis veitchii, 157, 158, 



194, 195 



Andrews, H., works of, 68, 69 

 Anemone apennina, 101 

 Anemones, 72, 184 

 Animal food, a warning against, 



304 

 Anne, Queen, and her laws 



against Catholics, and Horace 



Walpole's designation of her, 



59 



Annuals, time for sowing, 42, 86, 

 87, 132 ; selection of, 164 



Anthemis tinctoria, 143 



Antirrhinums, 134, 135 



Aponogeton, 141 



Apple-tart, with peach-leaves, 177 



Apple-trees on turf, 169 



Apples, how to keep, 103; wind- 

 falls of, 184 



Arbutus, 84 



Aristolochia, 95 



Art for girls, 310, 311 ; first 

 lessons, 311, 312 ; defects of 

 schools, 312 ; an opening for 

 teachers of water-colour sketch- 

 ing, 312 ; beginners to per- 

 severe, 313, 314 ; suggestions 

 for getting over difficulties, 

 314, 315 ; water-colour drawing 

 more suitable for amateurs 

 than painting in oils, 315, 316 



Art in the house, 277-280 



Artemisia abrotanum, 94 



Artichokes, Jerusalem, cooking, 

 203 



Arums, 16, 39, 72 ; often mis- 

 called 'lilies,' 74 



Arundo donax, 119, 120 



Asparagus, time for planting and 

 treatment of, 40, 41 ; method 

 of boiling, 98 



Asparagus plumosa, 39 



Aspidistras, treatment of, 8 



Astrantias, 128, 129 



Athletics, excessive addiction to, 

 271 



