CONTENTS ix 



MAY 



The 'French Sugar Pea' — The 'Westminster Gazette' on 

 Tulips — The legend of the Crown Imperial — Article on 

 ' Sacred Trees and Flowers ' — Peeling of Poppies — Cook- 

 ing receipts — Books on Florence — Mr. Gladstone on 

 travelling — Journey to Italy — Arrival at Arcetri . . 306 



JUNE 



What I saw from my window at Arcetri — Fireflies — Cy- 

 presses — Youthful memories in the 'Cascine' — Deodar in 

 Cloister of San Marco — F6te at Santa Margharita — Villas 

 — Gardens — Want of colour in Tuscany at midsummer — 

 Slight allusion to picture galleries — The cabinet of Cardi- 

 nal Leopoldo di Medici — June 24th in Florence — Botani- 

 cal Garden — Silence of birds and summer sounds . . 335 



JULY 



A night journey — Dawn in the train — Passing Chamber! — 

 A water-cure near Geneva — Amiel and his 'Journal In- 

 time' — The New Museum at Geneva — M. Correvon's 

 garden — An afternoon at BSle — Boecklin again — Cron- 

 berg and the ' Palmengarten ' — Planting shrubs to secure 

 an especial efEect — The cultivation of Alpine Strawberries 

 — Receipts 375 



AUGUST 



Horticultural Show in August — The old Chelsea Physic 

 Garden — Towns out of season — Flat-hunting in London 

 — Overcrowding flats — Marble better than tiles — Cur- 

 tains and blinds — A long note on girls and young 

 women . ' . 402 



INDEX 449 



