INDEX 



205 



George III.'s tutors, 17 



George IV., 77, 106 



George IV., Prince of Wales, 37, 



40, 53, 55 

 George IV.'s intrigue with " Per- 



dita" Robinson, 41 

 Giant gum trees at Melbourne, 



164 



Gordon, General, 166 

 Great Palm House, 165 

 Green, the gardener, 99 

 Greenhouse, the, 170 

 Greville, Charles, quoted, 150 

 Grey, Lady Jane, 4 

 Gwyn, Mrs., the "Jessamy 



Bride," 145 



Ha-ha fence, 93 

 Ham House, 87, ] 14 

 Hampton Court, 3, 8, 10 

 Hanover, Ernest, King of, 107 

 Hanover, George of, 152 

 Haverfield, John, 99 

 Hawkins, the brothers, 123 

 Helps, Sir Arthur, 147 

 Hemp plants, 192 

 Henry, Prince, 6 

 Herbaceous ground, 169, 198 

 Herbarium library, 152 

 Heroic Epistle, Mason's, 95 

 Hervey, Lord, quoted, 12, 14 

 Highwaymen, 121 

 Hill, Sir John, 96 

 Hofland, Barbara, 146 

 Hollow Walk, the, 123 

 "Honour, Maids of," 8 

 Hooker, Sir J. D., 109, 181 

 Hooker, Sir W. J., 108, 109 

 Home Tooke, John, 132 

 Horse-chestnut, old, 196 

 Horticultural Society's Garden, 



107 



Huntingdon, William, S.S., 138 

 Hurlbut, W. H., quoted, 171 



" Improvers," 88 

 India-rubber plants, 195 



Islay, Lord, 97 

 Italian Gardens, 



Jacobi, Mdlle., 69, 72 



James I., 5 



Jeiferies, Richard, quoted, 198 



Jones, Henry, 98 



Jones, Inigo, 88 



Juniper Hill, 71 



" Junius," 134 



Kava root, 192 



Kent, Duke of, 45, 81 



Kent, William, 88 



Kew Bridge, 118 



Kew Castle, 77 



Kew Church, 115 



Kew Churchyard, 129 



Kew Cottage, 147 



Kew Green, 75, 157 



Kew House, 10, 29, 32, 46, 51, 



54, 64, 76 

 KEW IN FAVOUR, 31 

 " Kew in lilac-time," 158 

 Kew Observatory, 9, 88, 97, 111 

 Kew, origin of name, 1 

 Kew Palace, 10, 78, 80, 112, 197 

 Kew Priory, 143 

 Kew Volunteers, 149 

 Kingston, 2 

 Kirby, Joshua, 129 

 Kit-Cat Club, 114 

 Kneller, Sir Godfrey, 114 

 Kneller Hall, 114 

 Knight, Charles, 79 

 Knight, Miss Cornelia, 73 



Lacon, quoted, 144 

 Lake, the, 197 

 Langley, Batty, 91 

 Lauderdale, Duke of, at Ham 



House, 87 



Lebanon, cedars of, 197 

 Lely, Sir Peter, 113 

 Lennox, Lady Sarah, 26 

 Le Notre, 89 

 Levens Hall, 89 



