CONTENTS ix 



MAY 



PAGE 



The ' French Sugar Pea ' The Westminster Gazette ' on 

 Tulips The legend of the Crown Imperial Article on 

 ' Sacred Trees and Flowers ' Peeling of Poppies Cooking 

 receipts Books on Florence Mr. Gladstone on travelling 

 Journey to Italy Arrival at Arcetri ... . . . 301 



JUNE 



What I saw from my window at Arcetri Fireflies Cypresses 

 Youthful memories in the ' Cascine ' Deodar in Cloister 

 of San Marco Fete at Santa Margharita Villas Gardens 

 Want of colour in Tuscany at midsummer Slight allu- 

 sion to picture galleries The cabinet of Cardinal Leopoldo 

 di Medici June 24th in Florence Botanical Garden 

 Silence of birds and summer sounds . , 329 



JULY 



A night journey Dawn in the train Passing Chamb6ri A 

 water-cure near Geneva Amiel and his ' Journal Intime ' 

 The New Museum at Geneva M. Correvon's garden An 

 afternoon at Bale Boecklin again Cronberg and the 

 * Palmengarten 'Planting shrubs to secure an especial 

 effect The cultivation of Alpine Strawberries Keceipts . 367 



AUGUST 



Horticultural Show in August The old Chelsea Physic 

 Garden Towns out of season Flat-hunting in London 

 Overcrowding flats Marble better than tiles Curtains and 

 blinds A long note on girls and young women . . . 394 



INDEX ....... .439 



