INDEX 



373 



Furnishing and managing houses, 

 276-288 ; books on the subject, 

 276, 277 ; ' Lectures ' and 

 views of W. Morris, 277-281 ; 

 the rule of simplicity, 278; 

 fireplaces and tiled hearths, 

 279, 280 ; pianos, 280 ; the use 

 of Sanitas, 280 ; cleanliness, 

 281 ; second-hand goods, 281, 

 282 ; blinds and curtains, 282 ; 

 whitewashed and draped walls, 

 283, 284; bookcases, 284; 

 articles for bedrooms, 284, 

 285; baths, 285 ; bedding, 286 ; 

 pictures, 287; children's tastes, 

 287 ; tables, 287, 288 



GAILLARDIAS, 134, 136 



Gainsborough, portrait of Mrs. 

 Grahame by, 156 



Garden, an old-fashioned, 4, 5, 

 236 ; plan of author's, 87-93; 

 planning and laying out a 

 small, 106, 141, 142, 169; 

 taking notes of a, 137 



Gardening, in winter, 17-19 ; as 

 an employment for women, 40 ; 

 advance of knowledge on, 60 ; 

 love and watchfulness in, 75 ; 

 in France, 83, 84 ; monastic, 

 147, 149 ; in the north of Eng- 

 land and Scotland, 151-153, 

 157, 158; topiary, 159; wild, 

 170, 171, 232, 233 ; in London, 

 194-201 ; an occupation for 

 the elderly, 245 



Garlic, use of, 251 



Garrya elliptica, 43 



Gascony butter, 108 



Generosity and its counterfeit, 

 266 



Gentians, 76 



Geranium, sweet, leaves of, 8; 

 placed on water, 11 ; grown in 

 pots, 113 



Geraniums, double red, for table- 

 decoration, 13 ; in hanging 

 pots, 98; grown in pots, 111, 

 112 ; planting out, 120, 121 ; 

 ivy-leaved, 164 ; for London, 198 



Gerarde's ' The Herbal or General 



Historie of Plants,' 56-58 

 ' Giant ' cultivation, 41 

 Gilbert, Mr., sculpture by, 291 

 Girls, as amateur artists, 307- 

 316 ; increase in their educa- 

 tional advantages, 309 ; their 

 education, 317-332; thinking 

 about marriage, 327-330 ; their 

 liberty and independence, 330; 

 higher education, 331, 332; 

 what they should read, 332, 

 333 ; allowances for, 338, 339 ; 

 their dress, 340, 342 

 Gladioli, 69 



Gloriosa superba, 123, 124 

 Gloucester, Duke of, and the 



Lady Anne, picture of, 293 

 Gnocchi a la creme, 30, 31 

 Gold-fish in garden tanks, 141 

 Gooseberries, bottled, 109; in 



Scotland, 152 

 Gourds, 7, 8 



Governesses, training of, 319, 320 

 Grahame, Mrs., Gainsborough's 



portrait of, 156 

 Grasses, Japanese, 93 

 Greenhouse, plants for, 7, 25, 72, 

 73, 123, 124, 163, 165, 173, 181 

 Gypsophila paniculata, 136 

 gracilis, time for sowing 

 42, 94, 184 



HAM toast, curry of, 109 

 Hampton Court Palace, the 



creeper on the turrets of, 158 

 Handwriting, good, importance 



of, 331 

 Hare, roast, German receipt for 



82 



Haricot of mutton, 252 

 Haricot blanc, 185 

 Hashed mutton, 251 

 Health question, the, in the 



training of children, 258, 270 ; 



books on, 304, 305 

 Heaths, 69 



Helianthemums, 84, 216, 217 

 Helianthuses, 50 

 Helichrysum bracteatum, 7 



