INDEX 



Abutilon vitifolium, 179. 



Abutilons, 269. 



Acaoia dealbata, 209. 



Ads autumnalis, 140. 



Aconites, 171, 266. 



Adonis autumnalis, 140. 



— vernalis, 269. 



Agapanthus, 37. 



Albany, Countess of, 320. 



AllenU, 269. 



Almond, 215. 



Alonsoa Warsoewiczii, 140. 



Alpines, 276. 



Alstrcemeria psittadna, 178. 



Alstroemerias, 311. 



Alyssnm, 258. 



Amiel, Professor, his house at 



Geneva and his portrait, 382, 



383. 

 Ampelopsis veitchU, 370, 371. 

 Amygdalus davidia/na, 208, 215. 

 Anchusa capensis, 169. 

 — italica, 169. 

 — sempervi/rens, 169. 

 Andromedas, 270. 

 Anemone fulgens groBoii, 269, 270. 

 — Pulsatilla, 266. 

 Anemone, Scarlet, tradition of, 



310. 

 Angelo, Michael, villa said to 



have been designed by, 356. 

 Annuals, list of, 140, 169, 170 ; 



sowing, 261. 

 Apple trees, 159. 

 Apples, nourishing properties 



of, 159, 160, 273. 

 Apricots, pwr4e of, 314. 

 Araucaria, 96. 

 Artichokes, Jerusalem, 133. 

 Arums, 183. 

 Arve, river, 384. 

 Asclepias incarnata, 869. 



Asclepias tuberosa, 369. 

 Ashburnham collection, the, 164. 

 Asparagus, 59, 182, 263 ; wild, 



277 ; salad, 313. 

 Aspidistras, 172. 

 Aspidium, 209. 

 Association for the Prevention 



of Tuberculosis, 82. 

 Aster amellus, 93. 

 — grandiflora, 92. 

 Auriculas, 294, 295. 

 Austin, Mr. Alfred, definition of 



love by, 421. 

 Azalea indiea alba, 210. 

 Azaleas, 179, 180, 210, 258. 



Babies, management of, 235 sqq. 



Bagehot, Walter, on luxury, 

 231. 



Bctle, its associations with Eras- 

 mus, 387, 388 ; pictures by 

 Boeoklin at, 388. 



Balloon-plants, 176. 



Banana, the, superstition about, 

 310. 



BashkirtsefE, Marie, 327, 412. 



Baskets, Japanese, 268. 



Beans, haricot, to cook, 151. 



Beds, raised, 354. 



Beech trees, avenue of, 50, 51, 

 130. 



Beef, boiled, 100. 



Begonias, 163, 183. [363. 



Berenson, on modem art, 362, 



Besler, Basil, 94. 



Bible, the Tissot, 165. 



Birds, feeding, in winter, 146 ; 

 eating buds, 208 ; the harm 

 and the good they do, 288. 



Blackbeetles, to destroy, 219. 



Blackie, Professor, on squan- 

 dered lives, 376. 



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