640 



INDEX. 



Ipomcea Horsfallias, 2S1 



Learii, 281 



mbro-coerulea, 281 

 Iris, 218, 317 



attica, 317 



English. 218 



germanica, 218 



nudicaulls, 3*7 



pseud-acorus, 335 



rhcEtica, 317 



Spanish, 218 



Yellow water, 335 

 Irish Bristle fern, 391 



fern, 372, 375 



Peach apple, t38, 144 



yew, 424_ 

 Iron, marking, 64 

 Irrigation fields at Bed- 



dington, Anglo-Saxon 



remains found there, 6 



Roman coins found 



at, 4 

 Italy, gardens of, 580 

 Itinerary of Antoninus, 

 quoted, 5 



Ivcryana azalea, 251 

 Ivory's Nonsuch celery, 



100 

 I vie*!, 279 



Ivory dust, used for 

 manuring plants, 51 

 Ivy, common, growth of, 



27d 



ElegantUsima, z8o 



Gold-striped, 280 



Ground, 337 



Hedera Ksegneriana, 



280 



Irish, or large-leaved, 



280 



New Silver-edge, 280 



small or natural, 280 

 Ixias, 218 



Jack, characteristic fea- 

 ture of the dog, 512 

 Jack snipe, 531 

 Jackdaws, 540 

 Jackson, Mr^ coins found 

 in his ^rden, 18 

 Mrs., 27, 429 ; Preface, 

 viii. 

 Mr. Herbert, 103, 433 

 found fossilized fish 

 in cutting of Sutton 

 Railway, 23 

 Jacobean lily, 256 

 James I. of Scotland, 

 coins o^ found at Bed- 

 dington, 17 

 James, Sir Henry, 28 

 Geological Survey co- 

 pied by, 21 • 

 Japan quince, 439 



Variegated maple, 420 

 Japanese chrysanthe- 

 mum, 232 

 honeysuckle, 283 

 Jargonelle pear, 156 

 ether, 156 

 propagation of, 84, 88 

 Jasmine, Cape, 265 



common white, 284 

 Jasmimim grandillorum, 

 284 

 nudiflorum, 283 

 Sambac, 2S4 

 Jay. S40 



Jefferson plum, i63 

 Jenny Lind heliotrope, 



237 

 Jerusalem artichokes, 121 

 John Hopper rose, 272 



John Waterer rhododen- 

 dron, 441 



Johns, Rev, A., 391 



Jonquil, 213 



Joseph Whitworth rho- 

 dodendron, 441 



Josephine de Maline; 

 pear, 160 



Juglans, regpia, 198 



Julius Csesar azalea, 442 



Julus Londinensis, 456 

 terrestris, 456 



June bug, 466 



Juneating apple, 139 



Juniper, 425 



Juniperus communis, 425 

 virginiaaa, 425 



K. 



Kale, 112 



Asparagus, 113 



Cottager's, 113 



Variegated, 113 

 Kalmia latifolia, 442 

 Kalmias, 441 

 Keats, quotation from, 42 

 Kedleston Pippin apple, 

 149 

 Keen's Seedling straw- 

 berries, 181, 182 

 Kentish cherry, 177 



cob nut, 197 



snail, 492 

 Kerry Pippin apple, 145 

 Kestrel, S53 



Keswick Codlin apple, 150 

 Kidney bean, 107 

 Killamey fern, 41, 375 

 King of the Pippins 

 apple, 14s 



Kmgdom, animal, 445 

 Kingfisher, 536 

 Kirby & Spence, Messrs 

 466 



Kirke White, quotations 

 from, 223, 314 

 Knife, asparagus, 60 



budding, 60 



pruning, 50 



putty, 63 

 Knight, Mr,,of Hailsham, 

 Sussex, 272 

 Knight's Monarch pear, 

 161 



Protecting brocoli, 114 



Sweet currant, 178 

 Knotted majoram, 129 

 Kitchen apples, list of, 149 

 Koch, Herr, 454, 474 

 Kohl rabi, irz 

 Kolliker, Herr, 464 

 Kiikenmeister, Herr, 454 



L. 



La Deesse azalea, 251 

 La France rose, 271 

 Labels, 63 

 Laburnum, 421 



seeds, poisonous;, 422 



English, 422 



Scotch, 422 



Waterer's variety, 422 

 Lace-wings, 479 

 Lacerta agilis, 510 

 Lackey moth, 484 

 Lactuca sativa, 94 

 Lady Downe's Seedling 

 vine, 188 



Lady fern, 40, 371, 381 

 L^dy of the Lake rose, 275 

 Ladybird, 470 



Lagena, found in chalk of 

 the district, 23 

 Lagurus ovatus, 332 

 Lake in my garden, 39 

 trout, in the Wandle. 



, 495 



Lamarque rose, 275 



4 fleurs jaunes rose, 275 

 Lamb Abbey Pearmain 

 apple, 149 



Lamb's lettuce, or corn 

 salad, 98 

 Lampem, 506 



structure of cartilage 

 of, 507 

 Lampyris noctiluca, 466 

 Land tortoise, 511 

 Land-rail, 528, 553 

 Lanei rose, 278 

 Lapageria rosea, 29T 

 Larch-trees, 432 



attack -".d by aphides,433 

 Larix europxa, 432 

 Larks, 544 

 Larkspur, annual, 246 



perennial, 229 

 Larva of various insects, 

 479—481 

 Lasiandra, 253 

 Lastrsea xmula, 380 



cristata, 380 



curvata, 383 



dilatata, 380 



Filix-mas, 3P0 



men tana, 380 



Opaca, 383 



patens, 383 



rigida, 380 



Sieboldii,38j, 



Standishii, 383 



Thelypteris, 371, 380 



varia, 383 

 Lastrseas, 380—383 

 Late Admirable peach, 173 



Duke cherry, 176 



Dutch honeysuckle, 283 



Pine strawberry, 183 

 Latham, Mr., En^eer to 

 the Board of Health at 

 Croydon, invention of, 32 

 Lathyrns latifolius, 233 



ordoratus, 341 



tuberosus, 233 

 Laurel 436 



Portugal, 436 

 Laurels propagated by 

 cuttings, 86 

 Laurus camphora, 253 



nobilis, 436 

 Laurustinus, 437 

 Lavender, 127 

 Lavendula spica, 127 

 Lavinia Maggi camellia, 

 250 



La wes & Gilbert, Messrs., 

 49 



Lawrence, the late Mrs., 

 300 



Lawrence's Gage plum, 

 t68 

 Layers,' propagation of 

 plants by, 85 

 Lea river, how formed, 

 28 

 Leaves of plants, functions 



of, 48 



propagation of plants 



by, 86 

 Lecanora subfusca, 353 

 Lee, Mr. Henry, 26 



Mr., of Hammersmith, 



148 

 Lee's Black currant, 177 



Perpetual fig, 201 

 Leeches, 448 



in my garden, 448 



Leek, 117 



London, 118 

 LcguDiinous plants, 102 

 Lemna minor, 339 



trisulca, 339 

 Lemon apms, 478 



grass, 333 



scented verbena, 423 



thyme, 125 



tree, 200 

 Lepidoptera, 482 

 Lcpidum sativum, 94 

 Leptopteris, 403 



hymcnophylloides, 403 

 Leptus autumnalis, 454 

 Lepus cuniculus, 521 

 Lesser bindweed, 343 



dodder, 345 



redpole, 542 ^^ 



spotted woodpecker, 539 



whitethroat, 548 

 Letter of the widow of 



Sir Walter Raleigh, 11 

 Lettuce, 94 



Bath Cos, 94 



Cabbage, 94 



Cos, 94 



Dixon's, 95 



Hammersmith Cab- 

 bage, 94 



Neapolitan Cabbage, 95 



Paris Cos, 94 

 Lettuce-mould, 363 

 Leuciscus vulgaris, 507 

 Leucojum sestivum, 215 



vemum, 214 

 Level, spirit, 63 

 Lice, plant, 472 

 Lichens, 353 



Lecanora subfusca, 354 



Physcia parietina, 353 



Ramaliua fastigiata, 

 353 

 Light required for the 

 growth of plants, 54 

 Ligustrum vulgare, 437 

 Lilac, 438 



Persian, 438 



Whitb>, 256 

 Lilies, 219 



of the field, 41, 316 



Jacobean, 256 



Martagon, 220 



scarlet, 220 



white, 2ig 



white water, 219, 336 



of the valley, 226 



yellow water, 336 

 Lilium auratum, 219 



canadense Ravum, 219 



candidum, 219 



chalcedonicum, 220 



lancifolium, 219 



Martagon, 2x9 

 Lily, on the ate of No- 

 viomagus, 5 

 Limax agrestis, 491 

 Lime, 413 



bi-sulphide of, 368 

 used to destroy fun- 

 gus, 364 



used for manuring 

 _ plants, 51 

 Limestone fern, 378 

 Limn^ei, 492 

 Limnseus, 205, 318, 405 



Pereger, 492 



Stagnalis, 492 

 Limnocharis Humboldtii, 

 260 



Limpet, river, 493 

 Linaria alpina, 322 



tristis, 322 

 Lindaea cultrata, 394 

 Linden-tree, 413 

 Lindley, Dr., 253 



Line and reel, €fi 

 Linnasa borealis, 318, 444 

 Linneean Society, 447 

 Linneeus rhubarb, 136 

 Linnet, common, 542 

 Linota cannabina, 542 

 Linum flavum, 329 

 Lion's-paw cudweed, 327 

 Liparis auriflua, 484 



chrysorrhoea, 484 



dispar, 484 



salicis, 484 

 Liriodendron tulipifera, 

 426 



Listera corda^ orchid, 204 

 Lithobius forficatus. 456 

 Lithospermum frutico- 

 suin, 324 



scandens, 282 

 Litobrochia vespertilionis, 

 393 

 Little grebe, 527 



Pisde cabbage, no 

 Liverworts, 341 



Marchantia polymor- 



. pba, 354 

 Living of Beddington, 14 



of Wallington, accouni 

 of, 17 

 Lizard, active, 510 



fish, 512 

 Lluyd, on the site of No- 

 viomagus, 5 

 Lobel'a, 236 



fulgens, 233 



syphilitica, 236 

 Ix)b-wonn, 447 

 Lock to great door of halt 

 of Manor-house, account 

 of, 9 



Loddi^es, Messrs., 87 

 Lomaria alpina, 384, 3^ 



alpina major, 384 



attenuata, 30 



Banksii, 396 



chilenas, 43, 372, 384 



crinita, 384 



gibba, 396 



gigantea, 396 



minor, 396 



Patersoni, 396 



spicant, 396 

 Lomarias, 396 

 Lombardy poplar, 410 



poplars, 43s 

 London basin, 28 



my garden at the edge 

 of, 21 

 London leek, ixS 



pride, 309 



kidney-leaved, 309 

 Long Pod bean, 106 



Surrey carro^ lai 



turnips, 120 

 Long-tailed tit, 546 

 Longevity, case of, at 



Beddington, 15 

 Longfellow, quotations 

 from, 210, 266, 535, 536 

 Lonicera fragrantissima, 

 283 



Looker, Messrs., 75 

 Loosestrife, purple, 335 

 Loquat, 202, 440 

 Lord of the Manor, Wal- 

 lington, 16 

 Lord Derby apple,i38,i50 



Suffield apple, 138, 150 

 Lota vulgaris, 502 

 Lcuise Bonne of Jersey 



pear, 157 

 Louiie Margottin rose, 

 _275 ^ 

 Lower Green-sand,spoVen 



of, 20 



where situated. 25 



