376 POT-POURRI FROM A SURREY GARDEN 



Mousse de foies gras a la gelee, 



receipt for, 36 



de volaille, receipt 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, 50 



Nitrate of soda, usefulness of, 173 



North, Miss, flower-painting of, 

 244 



Norway, plants in, 153; compared 

 with Scotland, 156 



Nouilles fraiches, receipt 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 



Old times compared with the pre- 

 sent, 145, 146, 273 



Oleanders, 112, 113 



Omphalodes verna, 71 



Onions, 97, 98 



Ophiopogon spicatus, 173 



Orange, mock, 45 



compote, 254 



Orchid-growing on a small scale, 

 249, 288 



Ornithogalum, 72, 131 



Ox-tail soup, 80, 81 



Oxalises, 66, 215 



PACKING cut-flowers, 107 

 Painting, effect of the Eeforma- 



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 Eavioli, receipt 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 puree, 25 ; stewed, 



129 ; late, 174 



Pelargoniums, 20, 21, 69, 120 

 Percolators for making coffee, 15, 



16 

 Perennials, time for sowing, 134 



watering, 143 

 Pergolas, 45, 95, 



