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INDEX 



Jews, hatred on the Contment 

 of, 75 ; cemetery at Frankfort 

 for, 75; meat eaten by, 81. 



Johnson, Dr., quarrelling with 

 his bride on the way to 

 church, 428. 



Jowett, Dr., on friendship be- 

 tween men and women, 430, 

 431 ; on success in life, 432, 

 433 ; on useless learning, 434, 

 435. 



Jugs, tin, rusting of, 203. 



Kale, 'thousand-headed,' 184. 

 Kaulfussia amelloides, 140. 

 Kerria Japonica, 134. 

 Khayyam, Omar, 7. 

 Kindergarten system, 248. 

 Kingfisher, the, 22. 

 Kissing, 418. 



Kitchen garden, 29; seeds for, 

 165-167. 



Label, rockery, 270. 



Lachenalias, 210. 



Lake villages, curiosities from, 

 378. 



Lamb, Lady Caroline, 71. 



Lamp-wicks, theirsmoking pre- 

 vented, 218, 219. 



Larders, coverings for, 201. 



Larkspurs, 355. 



Laurestinus, 169. 



Lavender, 59. 



Lawler, Mr. William, 162. 



Learning, useless, 434, 435. 



Lecky, Mr. (quoted), 429. 



Leeks, 182, 183. 



Lemon trees, leaves of, 292; 

 scent in Italy from, 339. 



Lemons, usefulness of, 272, 273. 



Lentils, 151, 399, 400. 



Letter-writing, good, 106. 



Letters of the author's parents, 

 107-113; of Mary Wollstone- 

 eraft, 106 ; franking, 120. 



Lettuces, 271, 272. 



Lewes, €r. H., on Goethe as an 

 artist, 76, 77. 



lAionia Jloribwnda, 257. 



Lighting country houses, 145. 

 lAgustrum sinense, 387. 

 IMcusma grandiflora, 176. 

 Lilacs, 97, 183, 215, 257. 

 Lilies, 96, 178, 216, 370; water, 



402. 

 lAlium candid/wm, 370. 



— giganteum, 175. 



— speoiosum, 216. 



— testaceum, 178. 



Lily, Belladonna, 24 ; Japanese, 



25; Chinese, 134; Day, 387. 

 Lime trees of Florence, 341. 

 lAnaria aureo-purpwrea, 170. 



— hipartita, 170. 



— repens alba, 176. 



— reticulata, 170. 



Linnasus, 161 ; flower of, 386. 



Literature, educational, 17, 19. 



Liver of chickens, 153. 



London: shops at Christmas- 

 time, 141; destruction of. old 

 buildings, 343 ; flat-hunting 

 in, 404. 



Loneliness, 101, 148. 



Lonicera fragrantissima, 163. 



Loudon, Mrs., the Amateur 

 Gardener ' by, 4 ; her 'Ladies' 

 Flower Garden,' 31, 90; her 

 'Arboretum et Fruticetum,' 

 130. [94. 



Louis Xni. , copyright given by. 



Love, Professor Max Miiller on, 

 104, 105; girls' views of, 420; 

 poets' thoughts on, 421-423, 

 425, 426; Platonic, 427; mis- 

 takes of, 428, 429; its de- 

 velopment into perfect friend- 

 ship, 429, 430 ; its growth 

 after marriage, 430. 



Love-in-the-mist, 169. 



Love-letters of Edward Villiers, 

 107-113 ; of the Brownings, 

 437. 



Lungwort, 285. 



Luther, house where he stayed, 

 at Frankfort, 77. 



Luxury, Bagehot on, 235. 



ZygopetaVum mackayi, 133. 



Lyndoch, Lord, portrait of, 137. 



