638 



INDEX. 



Gauge, rain, 65 



Gault, a thin layer of clay, 



where situated, 25 

 Gay, quotation from, 515 

 Gazania, 239 

 Gee, Richard, of Orping- 

 ton, took name of Carew, 



XI 



Geese, wild, 529 

 General de Marmora vine, 

 tgo 

 Crouot camellia, 250 

 Miloradowitsch rose, 



271 

 Todleben pear, 159 

 General Plan of My Gar- 

 den, 37 

 Genista sagittalis, 328 

 Gentiana acauUs, 324 

 gelida, 325 

 Pneumonanthe, 325 

 verna, 324 

 Genlianas, 324 

 Gentianella garden, 324 

 Gentians, 41, 324 

 Geological Survey, a sec- 

 tion of, given, 21 

 Geology of My Garden 

 20 

 Geometers, 486 

 Geophilus longicomis, 

 456 

 George I., coins of, found 

 at Wallington, 18 

 II. coins of, found at 

 Wallington, t8 

 IV. peach, 173 

 Geotrapes stercorarius, 

 466 

 Geranium, Mrs. Pollock, 



Geraniums, propagation 

 of, 86, 236 



varieties of, 235 

 Germany, gardens of, 595 

 Geum concinneum, 323 

 Gherkin, loi 

 Giant Puff-ball, 361 



sunflower, 242 

 Gibson on the site of 



Noviomagus, 5 

 Gigantic parsnip, 344 

 Gilbert White, 436, 459 

 Gimlet, 63 

 Ginger plant, 133 

 Gipsy moth, 484 

 Girafdus, commonly 

 called Cambrensis, a 



Carew, 9 

 (Mrdled shell, 492 

 Gisborne plum, 170 

 Glade of Ferns, descrip- 

 tion of, 38 

 Gladiolus, 218 

 Glass-bells or cloches, 76 

 Glass-houses, construc- 

 tion of, 67 



cucumber-house, 74 



fernery, 72 



orchard-house, 70 



Poor Man's house, 68 



ventilation of, 76 



vineries, 74 



wanning of, 78, 82 

 Glass, pocket magnifying, 

 66 



Glastonbury Thorn, 423 

 Glaucium flavum, 248 

 Glazier's diamond, 63 

 Gleiphenia flabellata. 388 



microphylla, 388 



s|)eluncac, 38S 

 Gleichenias, 388 

 Glen, Fern, description 

 of, 39 

 Globe Tripoli onion, 117 



Globigerina bulloides, 22 

 Globigerina found in the 

 chalk of the district, 23 

 Gloire de Dijon rose, 

 277 



Gloire des Mousseuses 

 rose, 278 



Gloria Mundi apple, 138, 

 151. 

 Gloriosa, 286 

 Gloucester apple, 149 

 Glout Morceau pear, 160 

 Glow-worm, 466 

 Gloxinia, propagated 

 from a leaf, 86 

 Gloxinias, 263 

 Glycine sinensis, 281 

 Gnaphalium arenarium, 

 327 

 dioicum, 327 

 leontopodmm, 327 

 Gnats, 480 

 Goat moth, 483 

 Goatsucker or Nightjar, 

 534 

 Goethe, quotation from, i 

 Gold ferns, 402 

 Golden-crested wren, 546 

 Gdden Hamburgh vine, 

 189 

 Harvey apple, 138, 147, 



153 

 Knob apple, 149 

 Perfection melon, 196 

 Pippin apple, 153, 146 



propagation of, 88 

 plover, 531 

 pyrethum, 238 

 Gold-fish, 509 



spawn of, 509 

 Goldfinches, 542 

 Goliath plum, 168 

 Goniophlebium squa- 

 matum, 401 

 subauriculatum, 401 

 Goodyera repens orchid, 

 294 

 Gooseberry bushes, .train- 

 ing of, 179 

 diseases of, 179 

 growth of, 178 

 new varieties of, how 

 obtained, 179 

 propagation of, 179 

 pruning of, 179 

 Gooseberry, Banksman, 

 180 

 Eroon Girl, 180 

 Cape, 204 

 Companion, 179 

 Crown Bob, 180 

 Early Sulphur, 180 

 Green-gage, 180 

 Pippin apple, 151 

 Red Warrmgton, 180 

 Rumbullion, 180 

 Smuggler, 180 

 Gordtus aquaticus, 453 

 Gorges, Walter, obtained 

 Manor at Beddington, 8 

 Gossamer, 455 

 Gothic Chapel, remains 

 of, found at Wallington, 

 17 



Graham, Mr., 414 

 grounds at Wallington, 

 17 

 Graham, Professor, law of 

 Dialysis of, 52 

 Grafting, cleft, 90 

 manners of practising 

 it, 89 

 on, 91 



propagation of plants 

 by, 88 

 saddlci 90 



Grand Arab rhododen- 

 dron, 441 

 Grange's Pearmain apple, 



X49 

 Grape hyacinths, 317 



Scissors, 60 

 Grapes, preserving of, 194 

 Grape-vines, growrfi of, 

 185 



fungus on, 364 



propagated by eyes, 87 



Grasses, Ornamental, 

 331:— 



Arundo donax, 333 

 Briza maxima, 331 



media, 331 

 Carex pendula, 334 

 Cock's-foot, 333 

 Couch, 333. 343 

 common reed, 332 

 Lagurus ovatus, 332 

 Lemon, 333 

 Pampas, 331 

 Panicum variegatum, 

 333 

 of Parnassus, 41, 320 

 Stipa pinnata, 332 

 Sweet-scented Vernal, 

 332 

 Tonka bean, 332 

 Water, 532 

 Woodroof, 332 

 Grasshoppers, 472 



warbler, 546 

 Grave of an Angola cat, 



" Blanchet,'* 515 

 Gravel, beds of, at my 

 garden, 20, 21 

 Gravenstein apple, 145 

 Gray, Dr., 492, 494 

 Grayling, placed in the 

 Wandle by myself, 502 

 Great bat, 517 



Butterfly orchid, 293 

 Crimean snowdrop, 314 

 Ermine Street, account 

 of, 5 

 Yellow TJnderwing, 486 

 Greater titmouse, 546 

 Grebe, Little, 527 

 Sclavonian, 528 

 Green Chisel pear, 161 

 Long Pod bean, 106 

 sandpiper, 531 

 woodpecker, 539 

 Greenfinch, 543 

 Green-gage, gooseberry, 

 180 

 plum, 168 

 Green-sand, lower,accoun t 

 of, 20 

 where situated, 25 



Greenhouse Plants, 

 249;— 



acacia, 253 



Amaryllis belladonna, 



formosissima, 256 

 Aponogeton dysta- 



chyon, 260 

 azaleas, 250 

 Balsam of Peru, 253 

 Belladonna lily, 255 

 cacti, 257 

 camellias, 249 

 camphor-tree, 253 

 Cephalotus foliicularis, 



«59 

 Cereus grandiflonis, 257 



speciossimus, 257 

 Cineraria, 254 

 Cochineal opuntia, 258 

 coffee, 252 



Greenhouse Plants — cont. 

 Creeping cereus, 257 

 Cuscuta reflexa, 255 

 cyclamens, 256 

 Daphne indica, 252 

 Darlingtonia califor- 



nica, 259 

 Drosera dichotoma, 359 



rotundifolia, 259 

 Echinocactus tubiflorus, 

 257 . 

 epacris, 251 

 epiphyllum truncatum 

 258 



ericas, 251 



Franciscca Hopeana, 

 252 

 latifolia, 252 

 fuchsia,, 25^ 



growth of, 2<g 

 Impatiens balsamina. 

 254 

 Jacobean lily, 256 

 Lasiandra, 252 

 Limnocharis Humbold- 

 tii, 260 

 mesembryanthemum, 

 256 

 Metrosideros speciosus, 

 254 .. 

 Midnight cereus, 257 

 Mimosa sensitiva, 254 

 Myrospermum Pereirze, 

 253 

 Nymphasa CEerulea, 260 

 oleander, 251 

 Patula. 252 



Primula denticulata,2s8 

 Nepauliensis, 258 

 sinensis, 258 

 rice, 252 



Rondeletiasoeciosa, 255 

 sugar-cane, 252 

 tea, 252 



Thea bohea, 253 

 Vallisneria spiraJis, 260 

 Vallota purpurea, 256 

 Venus's Fly-trap, 258 

 Whitby lily, 256 

 Greenhouse, construction 

 of Poor Man's, 68 

 Greeks, gardens of the, 



572 

 Grey-bearded wagtail, 545 

 Grindstone, 60 

 Grosse Mignonne peach. 



Ground ivy, 337 

 Groundsel, 343 

 Groves, Mr., microscopic 

 objects of, 22 

 sacred, 574 

 Grneber, Mr. H., Preface, 

 viii. 



Grus cinerea, 530 

 Gryllotalpa vulgaris, 471 

 Guano sometimes used for 

 a manure for plants, 52 

 hurtful to strawberries, 

 52 

 Guelder rose, 422, 440 

 Guiraud, quotation from, 



30s 

 Gulls, 531 



Gunnera scabra, 234 

 Giinther, Dr. 495, 512 

 Gumey, Mr. S., 497 

 Guy de la Val came into 

 possession of lands at 

 Wallington. 16 

 Gymnogramma calomela- 

 mos, 402 



chrysophylla, 402 

 Gymnogrammae, 402 

 Gyp, characteristic fea- 

 ture of the dog, 513 



H. 



Habenaria 



Chlorantha, 

 293 



Hair-worm, 453 

 Halesia tetraptera, 427 

 Haliday, Mr., 478 

 Haling Park, Celtic 

 scrapers found at, 2 

 Hamilton, Rev. J., a 

 former Rector of St. 

 Mary's, Beddington, 12 

 Hamlet of Wallington, si- 

 tuation of, I 

 Hammer, common, 63 



sledge, 63 

 Hammersmith Cabbage 

 lettuce, 94 

 Hand-barrow, 59 

 Hanging gardens of 



Babylon, 565 

 Hardy, Sir Duffus, map 

 of Roman roads, 5 

 Harebell, 325 

 Harleian MS., quotation 

 froni, 537 



Harrington, Sir James, 

 held lands at Wallington, 

 16 

 Harris, Mr., 476 

 Harting, Mr., 537 

 Hart's-tongue fern, 376 

 Harvest bug, 454 



mouse, 520 

 Hatfield, chalk appears at 

 surface at, 21 

 Haulf, Mr., 389 

 Hautbois strawberry, 183 

 Hawfinch. 543 

 Hawk, sparrow, 553 

 Hawksbill turtle, 512 

 Hawthorn, butterfly, 483 

 Hawthomden apple, 150 

 Hawthorns, 423 

 double pink, 423 

 single scarlet, 423 

 Hay-fever, remedy for, 

 ^334 



Hay-scented fern, 399 

 Heartsease, 223 

 Heat and cold thermome- 

 ters, 64 

 Heat required for the 

 growth of plants, 53 

 Heath, common, 444 

 Heather, 317, 444 

 Heaths, 317 

 Heating of frames, 68 

 of glass-houses, 78 

 of indoor fernery, 73, 74 

 of orchard-house, 71 

 of pine-pit, 80 

 of Poor Man's house, 70 

 Hedera helix, 280 

 Rsegneriana, 28b 

 Hedgehog, 516 



holly, 425 

 Hedge-sparrow, 549 

 Hedges made of thorns, 

 how planted, 423 

 made of willows, 416 

 Helianthemum vulgare, 

 321 



Helianthus decapetalus, 

 231 

 tuberosus, 121 

 Helichrysum, 242 

 Helicina, 492 

 Heliotrope, 237 



Jenny Lind, 237 

 Heliotropes, propagation 

 of> 237 



Helix aspersa, 491 

 cantiana, 492 

 concinna, 492 

 ericetorum, 494 



