380 POT-POURRI FROM A SURREY GARDEN 



Tiepolo, paintings of, 156, 157 



Tpmatoes, with mayonnaise 

 sauce, &c., 125 ; stewed when 

 unripe, 175 



Tomtits, arraiDgement for feed- 

 ing, 18 



Topiary gardening, 159 



TradescanUa vwgmka, 103, 161 



Tiaining of children, 257-275 



Trees, destroyed in Sutherland- 

 shire, 153, 154 



Tricuspidata, 158 



TropesoVum speaiosum, 46, 152 



Truthfulness, and the training of 

 children, 260, 261 



Tuberoses, 162 



Tubs, growing plants in, 110, 

 111 



Tuli^ gesneriema, 96 



Tulips, forcing, 23 ; varieties, 72, 

 103 ; history, 96 ; in the au- 

 tumn, 184 



Turf, substitutes for, 84, 169 ; to 

 be avoided in London, 195 



Turkeys, natives of America, 15 



Turnip-tops, preparing and cook- 

 ing, 26 



Turnips, cooking, 187 



Vases, Japanese, 10 and note, 

 Appendix, 360 



' Vegetable lamb,' the, myth of, 

 52, 53 



Vegetables, dressing and cooking, 

 3, 13, 14, 16, 25, 26, 41, 76, 

 175, 176, 186, 187, 203, 252, 

 253; for soups, 25, 28-30,41, 

 76, 126, 203 ; neglect of their 

 cultivation after the Eef orma- 

 tion, 147, 149 



Vegetarianism, benefits of, 304 



Verbascums, 134 



Verbena, sweet, leaves of, 8 ; for 

 walls, 45; cultivation, 99, 100; 

 (or Iiondon, 198 



Veromica spicata, 132 



Veronicas, 84, 114, 249 



Viburnum, pruning, 117, 169 



Villagers' gardens, 243 



Vine, claret-coloored, 45, 95, 

 139 



Vines, taking cuttings of, 104 ; 

 for window-shading, 194 



Violas, 138, 187, 198 



Violets, giant (' Princess Bea- 

 trice '), 19 ; Neapolitan, 11, 73, 

 172, 205 ; white dog-tooth, 105 ; 

 Harie Louise, 172 ; Czar, 173 ; 

 grown in Dutch gardens, 183 



Virginia creeper, 157; in London, 

 194, 195 



Vitis coigneticB, 45 



— vulpma,66 



Vol-au-vent an maigre, 81 



Voltaire, his cynical remark on 

 Dante, 206 



Wallfloweks, 164, 184 ; time 



for planting, 200 

 Walls, creepers for, 43-46, 157 ; 



whitewashed, for rooms, 283 

 Water buttercup, 89 

 Water-plants, 141 

 Watercress, 83 

 Watering, 76, 143, 196, 199 

 Watson, Forbes, his ' Flowers 



and Gardens,' and some of his 



opinions, 235-238 

 Wax for fruit-bottles, 109, 110 

 Weather, whims of the, 70 

 Weediiig, 90, 116 

 Weigelias, pruning, 117 

 West aspect for country houses, 



91 

 Wheat-growing on moss, 12, 13 

 Whims of the weather, 70 

 White's 'Natural History of 



Selborne,' 145, 146 

 Whitewashed walls, advantages 



of, 283 

 Whitings, French method of 



cooking, 41, 42 

 Wild gardens, 170, 171, 232, 233 

 Willow-weed, 75 

 Window, shading a, 194 

 Window-boxes in London, 200, 



201 

 Winter gardening, 7, 17-19 



