INDEX 



379 



Sedum spectabile, 132 

 Seedlings, treatment of, 165 

 Servants and their management, 



348, 349 



Shading a window, 194 

 Shelter in gardens, 99 

 Shrubberies, flowers in, 151; 



treatment of, 166, 167 ; thinning 



out, 168 ; edging for, 169, 181 

 Sickness, nursing in, 296-302; 



often caused by excess in taking 



drugs, 303, 304 

 Silene, 106, 184 

 Simplicity in house-furnishing, 



278 

 Simpson, Sir James, and his 



brothers, story of, 266 

 Smith, Sydney, one of the sayings 



of, 335 



Smoking indoors, 276, 277 

 Snapdragons, 134, 135, 170, 184 

 Snowdrops, 20, 24, 197 

 Snowflakes, 24 



Social entertainments, 350, 351 

 Solanumjasminoides, 17, 113 

 Sorrel, 76 

 Soup, pure"e, 25 ; pot au feu, 28 ; 



consomme^ 28, 29 ; julienne, 



29, 30 ; consomm6 aux ailerons, 



30 ; paysanne, 79 ; ox-tail, 80, 



81 ; onion, 83, 126 ; cauliflower, 



126 ; artichoke, 203 

 Southernwood, 94 

 Spanish Armada, and a tradition 



on the coast of Scotland, 155, 



156 



Sparmannia africana, 182 

 Spencer, Mr. Herbert, book on 



education by, 328 

 Spiderworts, 103, 104 

 Spirc&a aruncus, 5 

 thunbergi, 93 

 Spiraeas, 93, 206 

 Sprayer for watering, 76 

 Stachys lanata, 104, 105 

 Stae'l, Mme. de, her description 



of evergreens, 19 ; on parents 



and children, 334 

 Stapelias, 122 

 Stewed meats, 252 

 Stewpans, 16 



Strawberries, selection of varie- 

 ties and growing, 120; com 

 pote of, 120 



Suburbs, living in the, advan- 

 tages of, 289, 290 



Success, meaning of, 272 



Succession duties, and allow- 

 ances to children, 266 



Suet, boiled, for frying purposes, 

 78 



Sumach, Venetian, 118, 139 



Sundials, 94, 140 



Sunflowers, 50, 86 



Sunsets, 91 



1 Superficial ' education, 325, 326 



Surrey, soil and climate of, 17 



Swanley Horticultural College, 

 39,40 



Sweet-peas, 165 



Sweet pepper bush, 93, 113, 144 



Sweet Sultans, time for sowing, 

 42 



Sweetbriar, 4, 104 



Sweetness and light in a house, 

 280 



Sweets with meat, eating, 15 



TABLE decoration, 10-13, 75, 106, 



138; list of flowers, &c., for, 



192, 193 ; Appendix, 353-365 

 Tables, 287, 288 

 Tagetes, 132 

 Tamarisks, 119 

 Tanks for the garden, 137, 140, 



141 



Tarragon, 97, 98 

 Tarts, making, 27 

 Taylor, Sir Henry, ' Notes from 



Life ' and other works by, 268, 



269 



Teetotalism, benefits of, 304 

 Telekia speciosa, 136 

 Temper in children, treatment 



of, 327 

 Temple Gardens flower shows, 



24, 103 

 ' Theatre of Plants,' Parkinson's, 



54-56 

 Tiarella cordifolia, 103, 169 



