INDEX 



453 



Eucalyptus dtriodora, 174. 

 — gunnii, 392. 

 EucrypMa pinnatifolia, 215. 

 Eugenia ugni, 181 . 

 Eulalia Japonica, 60. 

 Eupatorium purpureum, 140. 

 Euphorbia splendens, 87. 

 Excitements of society, 435. 



Palkenstein, establishment for 

 the open-air treatment of 

 phthisis at, 80, 81. 



Ferns, 57, 91, 141, 209, 310. 



Mcus repens, 174. 



Field, Mr. Michael (quoted), 430. 



Figs, 35, 36, 129. 



Fire-bricks, blaokleading, 203. 



Fireflies in Italy, 338. 



Fire-screen, a Eossetti, 279, 280. 



Pish, application of boracie acid 

 to, 65 ; howj to dress, 101 ; 

 receipts for cooking, 217, 270, 

 271. 



Pish, fresh-water, to dress, 64, 

 65. 



Plammarion, Camille, 135. 



Plat-hunting in London, 404. 



Flies, receipt for the destruc- 

 tion of, 202. 



Florence: Boboli Gardens, 129; 

 literature, 314, 317, 320, 326, 

 345 ; the author's experiences, 

 335 sqq.; Galileo's tower, 335 ; 

 a view from a window, 337 ; 

 cypresses, 337, 339 ; fireflies, 

 338 ; lemon trees, 339 ; the 

 'Caseine,' 340 f lime trees, 

 341 ; the Duomo, 341, 368 ; 

 destruction of old buildings, 



343 ; convent of San Marco, 



344 ; Mr. Howells' ' Tuscan 

 Cities,' 345; Certosa monas- 

 tery, 347 ; tomb of Cardinal 

 Buonafede, 347 ; festival of 

 Corpus Cbristi, 348-350 ; 

 church of Santa Margharita, 

 348 ; costumes and habits of 

 the people, 350 ; Monte Sen- 

 naria, 351 ; villa gardens, 352, 

 353 ; villa said to have been 



designed by Michael Angel o, 

 356 ; villa Gamberaia, 356 ; the 

 aziola or night-owl, 357; Ary 

 Soheffer's picture of ' Paolo 

 andFrancesea,' 358; Burmese 

 goldfish, 359 ; pictures by 

 Botticelli in the Pitti Gallery, 

 360, 361 ; fondness for the 

 early Florentine masters, 362 ; 

 cabinet of Cardinal Leopoldo 

 del Medici, 364; 'Eomola,' 

 365, 366; the great 'Festa,' 

 367 ; fireworks, 369 ; Botanical 

 Garden, 369, 370 ; Eieeardi 

 Palace, 3711; old Medicean 

 room, 372; San Miniato, 372; 

 the longing of the South for 

 the iafluence of the North, 

 373, 374. 



Flower-glasses, 172, 173. 



Flower-tablea, 96. 



Food in relation to health, 220 

 sctq. 



Foot-race in Berlin, 234. 



Forcemeat, 98. 



Forcing-boxes, 168. 



Forenia asiatica, 173. 



Forsythia intermedia, 270. 



— suspensa, 284. 



France, dressing fresh-water 

 fish in, 64, 65. 



Frankfort, visits to, 70-75, 391 ; 

 Jewish cemetery at, 75; sec- 

 ond-hand bookseller of, 93 ; 

 the ' Palmengarten' at, 391. 



Franking letters, 120. 



Freesias, 210. 



Friendship between men and 

 women, 427, 430. 



Fritz Quihou, 180. [268. 



Frost, protection against, 141, 



Froude, J. A., his 'Life and 

 Letters of Erasmus,' 388. 



Fruits, bottled, 305. 



Fruit trees, treatment of, 29, 

 131,132; for hedgerows, 51. 



Fungi, 213. 



FunMa Sieboldi, 28. 



Furniture, buying, 203; polish- 

 ing, 218. 



