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INDEX 



Mr. Michael Field's lines on 

 love, 430 ; lines on disap- 

 pointed hopes, 436 ; ' The Way 

 of Man,' 441; quotation from 

 Thomas Moore, 446 ; some of 

 the last verses written by Owen 

 Meredith, 446, 447. 



Pomsettia pulcherrima, 134. 



Polenta, 265, 266. 



Polish, for furniture, 218 ; for 

 brown boots, 218. 



PoUenation, 25. [284. 



Polygonatum multiflorum, 211, 



Poh/gonum Leichtlmi, 27. 



— molle, 27. 



— sachalinense, 27. 

 Polygonums, 27. 



Poplar, balsam-bearing, 279. 

 Poppies, 169, 260, 310; packing. 

 Poppy, Oriental, 95. [311. 



Potatoes, warming up, 100, 133 ; 



nourishing properties of, 161 ; 



cooking, 184, 313 ; various 



kinds of, 299. 

 'Pot-pourri,' meaning of, 3, 4. 

 Poulet k I'Indienne, 399. 



— ^ la Marengo, 67. 



— hla Valenoienne, 216. 

 Poultry, diseases of, 300; man- 

 agement of, 301. [142. 



Present-giving at anniversaries. 

 Primrose, Cape, 297. 

 Primula farinosa, 284. 

 Privet, Golden, 95 ; Ligustrum 



sinense, 387. 

 Processions, 350, 351. 

 Pruning, 29, 135. [284. 



Prunus Pissardii, 58, 172, 208, 

 Psalm LXVIII., illustration of a 



passage in, 31. 

 Pudding, fried (German), 69 ; 



chocolate, 400. 

 Pulmonaria, 258. 

 Pumpkins, receipt for cooking, 



43; French, 150; soup of, 150. 

 Purfie, of vegetables, 43 ; of 



carrots, 67. 

 Purslane, cooking, 45, 46, 299. 

 Pyrola, 270. 

 Pyrus Japoniea, 208, 



Quick, E. H., 'Essays on Edu- 

 cational Reformers,' by, 246. 



Eailway-travelling, 328, 375 ; 



companions in, 377, 378. 

 Rain-shower, a poem by Mr. S. 



Phillips on, 283. 

 Rambler, Crimson, 88. 

 Raphael, his portrait of himself, 



80. 

 Rea, Miss Hope, 93. 

 Reading for girls, the question 



of, 19, 20. 

 Receipts, 39-46, 63-70, 97-101, 



150-153, 184-186, 216-219, 



270-273, 312-314, 398-401. 

 Rembrandt, head of, painted by 



himself, 363. 

 Reminiscences of boyhood, 119- 



128. 

 Reticence in girls, dangers of, 



408-410. 

 Reynolds, Sir Joshua, ' Dis- 

 courses ' by, 314-316. 

 Rheumatism, cures for, 220 sqq. 

 Rhine, the, past and present 



appearance of, 71; Turner's 



sketches of, 84. 

 Rhododendron, 28. 

 Bhododendron jasrmniflorum, 173 . 

 Rhone, the, colour of, 384. 

 Rhubarb, cooking, 271; leaves 



of, 299. 

 Riceardi Palace, the, 371, 372. 

 Risotto k la Milanaise, 312, 313. 

 Riviera, the, gardens of, 265. 

 Robinson, W., his English 



Flower Garden,' 27. 

 Rochester, Dean of, 88. 

 Rockeries, 26, 57. 

 Rod, M. Edouard, his criticism 



of Boecklin, 389. 

 Rome, violets in the English 



cemetery at, 263. 

 Rosemary, 58, 292. 

 Roses, mulching, 48; 'MaCapu- 



cine,' 88 ; Lamarque, 88 ; 



Niphetos, 91, 155 ; lists of, 



140, 141 ; climbing, 258. 

 Eossetti, Dante Gabriel, 7, 279. 



