INDEX 



AeuTiLotr vitifolium, 177 

 Abutilons, 263 

 Acacia dealbata, 206 

 Acis autumnalis, 139 

 Aconites, 168, 261 

 Adonis autumnalis, 139 



vernalis, 264 

 Agapanthus, 37 

 Albany, Countess of, 314 

 Allenti, 264 

 Almond, 211, 304 

 Alonsoa Warscewiczi, 139 

 Alpines, 271 



Alstrcemeria psittacina, 175 

 Alstro3merias, 305 

 Alyssum, 253 



Amiel, Professor, his house at 

 Geneva and his portrait, 373, 

 374 



Ampelopsis veitchii, 362, 363 



Amygdalus davidiana, 205, 211 



Anchusa capensis, 167 



italica, 167 



sempervirens, 167 

 Andromedas, 265 

 Anemone fulgens grcecii, 264 



pulsatilla, 261 



Anemone, scarlet, tradition of, 

 304 



Angelo, Michael, villa said to 

 have been designed by, 348 



Annuals, list of, 139, 167 ; sow- 

 ing, 256 



Apple-trees, 157 



Apples, nourishing properties of, 

 157, 158, 268 



Apricots, puree of, 307 

 Araucaria, 95 



Artichokes, Jerusalem, 131 

 Arums, 181 

 Arve, river, 375 

 Asclepias incarnata, 361 



tuberosa, 361 

 Ashburnham collection, the, 



162 

 Asparagus, 58, 180, 258; wild, 



272 ; salad, 307 

 Aspidistras, 169 

 Aspidium, 205 

 Association for the Prevention of 



Tuberculosis, 80 

 Aster amellus, 91 



grandiftora, 91 

 Auriculas, 289, 290 



Austin, Mr. Alfred, definition of 



love by, 412 

 Azalea indica alba, 207 

 Azaleas, 176-178, 207, 253 



BABIES, management of, 231 sgg;. 

 Bagehot, Walter, on luxury, 



231 

 Bale, its associations with 



Erasmus, 378, 379 ; pictures by 



Boecklin at, 379 

 Balloon-plants, 174 

 Banana, the, superstition about, 



304 



Bashkirtseff, Marie, 321, 403 

 Baskets, Japanese, 263 

 Beans, haricot, to cook, 150 



