INDEX 



Abel, musician, 125 



Acorns exported from Kew, 185 



Addison, quoted, 90 



JEolus, Temple of, 169 



Aiton, John, 102 



Aiton, William, 100 



Aiton, William Townsend, 102 



Albert, Prince, 110 



Amelia, Princess, 64, 79 



Amelia's House, Princess, 30 



Arch, the ruined, 199 



Argyll, Duke of, 9 



Aroid House, 170 



Assassination, George III.'s 



escape from, 36 

 Augusta, Princess of Saxe-Gotha, 



13 



Australian vegetation, 182 

 Ayrton, Mr., 109 

 Azaleas, 196 



Bach, J. C., 40, 125 



Bacon's Essay, Of Gardens, 85 



Bamboos, 186 



Bauer, Francis, 146 



Birch, uses of, 187 



Bluebells, 196 



Bohemia, Anne of, 2 



Boswell, 70 



Botanic Garden at Kew, 95, 101, 



107, 112 

 Botanists, portraits of explorers 



and, 195 



Bradley, Astronomer-Royal, 87 

 Brazil nuts, 193 



Brentford, 8, 77, 113, 119, 132 

 Bridgeman, gardener, 91 

 Brown, "Capability," 95 

 Buckingham Palace, 27, 32, 78 

 Buitenzorg Gardens, Java, 161 

 Burney, Miss, quoted, 46, 59, 



66,67 



Burton, Decimus, 108 

 Bushey Park, 149 

 Bute, Earl of, 19, 23, 95, 123 

 " Buttonmaker," nickname of 



George III., 31 

 Byam, Rev. R. B., 145 



Cactus aloe, 169 



Cambridge Cottage, 46, 123, 163, 



156 

 Cambridge, Duke Adolphus of, 



45, 81, 116, 153 



Cambridge, Duke George of, 154 

 Cambridge, Princess Mary of, 



155 



Capel, Lord, 11, 87 

 Carleton House, 77 

 Carob pods, 193 

 Caroline, Queen, 9, 10, 94, 116 

 Cassava, 194 



Castor-oil plant, the, 193 

 Cedars of Lebanon, 197 

 Chambers, Sir William, 96 

 Character of George III., 22 

 Charles I., 7 



Charlotte, Princess, 80, 81 

 Charlotte, Queen, 24, 47, 52 



68,80 



203 



