INDEX 



641 



Lower Tertiary beds, ac-l 

 count of, 26 

 of clay and sand exist 

 at my garden, 21 

 Lower Tertiary aeries, 

 account of, -^o 

 Jjucanus cervus, 465 

 Lumbricus fcetidus, 448 

 minor, 448 

 terrestris, 447 

 viridis, 44S 

 Luminous centipede, 456 

 Lupms, 225, 245 



propagation of, 225 

 )jUpinus polyphyllus. 225 

 Lycaste aromatica orchid, 



299 



Lychnis, 366 

 Lycogala epidendrum, 



Lycoperdon giganteum, 



Lycopersicum esculen- 

 tum, 133 



Lycopodium clavatum, 

 406 



Selago, 406 

 Lycopods, 406 

 Lygodium, 404 



palmatum, 404 



scandens, 404 



volubile, 404 

 Lygus soiani, 473 



umbellatarum, 473 

 Lyngbya muralis, 346 

 Lysimachia nummularia, 



,337 , ,. . 



Lysons, the historian, 

 quoted, 13 

 mentions remains of a 

 Roman house, 5 

 Lythrum roseum, 336 

 sahcaria, 335 



M, 



Macao, garden of Camo- 

 ens, the Tortugiiese poet, 

 at, 594 



Macartney roses, 276 

 Machine mowing, 60 

 Mackenzie, Mr., 199 

 JVIacphersou, Rev. W. , 

 308, 380 

 Madame Barriot rose, 271 



Dominique Vervaene 

 azalea, 251 



Hardy rose, 270 



Legras Sl. Germains 

 rose, 270 



Miolan-Carvalho rho- 

 dodendron, 441 



Plantier rose, 270 



Vmvaene azaleas, 251 



Zoutman rose. 270 

 Magnetism or electricity, 

 its influence on plants, 54 

 Magnolia conspicna, 426 



grandiftora, 426 

 Magnolias, 426 

 Magpie moth, 485 

 Magpies, 540 

 Mahebeb, used for work- 

 ing cherry-trees on, 91 

 Mahonia aqnifolium, 439 

 Maidenhair fern, 374 



tree, 423 

 Marjoram, 129 



knotted, 129 

 Mala Cala apple, 142 

 MalcoImi:i maritima, 240 

 Male ferns, 372, 399 

 Mallet. 63 

 Mallow plant, 338 

 Malva sylvcstris, 338 

 Man, enlozoa of, 451 



Man orchids, 393, 317 

 Mandevilla suaveolens, 

 289 



Mangold-wurzels, can be 

 used for bread, 102 

 Manico, Mr., 44 

 Manning and Bray cited, 

 II 

 Mannington's Pearmain 

 apple, 146 



Manor House, built by 

 Sir Francis Carew, 9 

 Manor, lord of the^ 16 

 Manors at Beddmgton, 

 account of, 7 

 of Huscarle, 14 

 at Wallington, account 

 of, 16 

 Mantisia saltatoria orchid, 



298 

 Manure, the best kind for 

 a garden, 51, 52 

 Maple, American, 420 

 Japan variegated, 420 

 sugar, 420 

 Maranta fasciata, 262 

 micans, 262 

 regulis, 262 

 vittata, 262 

 Warsawiczti, 262 

 zebrinp, 262 

 Marantas, 262 

 Maranthcmum bifolium, 



319 

 Marasmius oreades, 359 



Marattia laxa, 405 

 Marchantia, 341 

 MarpI apple, 149 

 Marie Baumann rose, 271 



de Blois rose, 278 



Louise pear, 158 

 Marigold, Marsh, 335 

 Marigolds,^ 126 

 Marine origin of chalk 

 shown, 23 

 Marking-iron, 64 

 Marquise de Mortemart 

 rose, 271 

 Marrows, 119 

 Marrubium vulgare, 130 

 Marsh, Dr., former Rector 

 of St. Mary's, Bed- 

 dington, 14 

 Marsh fern, 41, 380, 371 



marigold, 335 



orchid, 317 

 varieties of, 294 



tit, S46 

 Marshal Niel ro-^c, 277 

 Marsilea ouadrifolia, 407 



macropus, 407 

 Martin, nouse, 53^, 553 



sand, 534, 553 

 Masdevallia Veitchii or- 

 chid, 303 



M ason's hygrometer, 65 

 Mathiola, 242 

 Mathotiana camellia, 250 



alba camellia, 250 

 Mattock, 57 



Maurice de Creon, had 

 lands at Wallington, 16 

 Maxillaria fimbriata or- 

 chid, 2951 



Harrisonii orchid, 299 

 Maxillarias, orchids, va- 

 rieties of, 299 

 Maximum thermometer, 

 64 

 May Duke cherry, 176 



Queen strawberry, 182 



red, 423 



whire, 423 

 May-flies, 479* 481 

 Mazagan begn, 106 

 Mazus pumilio, 320 



McClellan apple, 149 

 Meadow pipit, 544 

 Meadow-sweet, 337, 440 

 Mealy bug, 472, 478 

 Measly pork, how occa- 

 sioned, 452 



Mediaival histoi-y of Bed- 

 dington, 7 

 Medlar, Dutch, 154 



Nottingham, 154 



Royal, 154 

 Medlars, growth of, 154 



storing of, 154 



lime for gathering of, 



Mehcerta ringens, 447 

 Melissa officinalis, 123 

 Melolontha vulgaris, 465 

 Melon aphis, 196, 477 



apple, 142, 146 

 Melon, Beecliwood, ig6 



Bromham Hall, 196 



Golden Perfection, ig6 



Orion, rg6 



Queen Anne's Pocket, 

 igS 



Turner's Gem, 196 



Williams' Paradise 

 Gem, 196 

 Melon-pit, ventilation of, 

 77 

 Melons, diseases of, ig6 



growth of, 195 



propagation of, 195 

 Melosira varians, 351 

 Membranous-winged in- 

 sects, ji.58 

 Meniscium, 402 



simplex, 402 

 Mentha, 124 



piperita, 124 

 Menyanthes trifoliata, 330 

 Menziesia polifolia, 317 

 Mergns albeilns, 526 

 Meridion circulare, 351 

 Merulius lacrymans, 36S 

 Mesembryantliemum, 256 

 Mespihis, snowy, 427 

 Metrosideros speciosus, 

 254 

 M]dge=, 4B9 

 Midnight cereus, 257 

 Michael Waterer rhodo- 

 dendron, 4-1.1 



Microscopic objects of 

 Mr. Groves, 22 

 Mignonette, 242 

 Migration of starlings, 



541 

 of swallows, 536 

 of wood pigeons, 532 



Mildew, 365 



Milky slug, 491 



Millipedes in My Gak* 

 DEN, 456 : — 

 Elaniiilusguttatus, 456 

 earth-snake, 456 

 flattened millipede, 456 

 Julus Londinensis, 456 



terrestris, 456 - 

 Polydesmus complana- 

 tus, 456 

 Mill, paper, at Carshal- 

 ton, 27 

 close to my garden, 26 

 view of, Irom Lake, 44 

 Miil-tail, 44 



Mills at Wallington, ac- 

 counts of, 16 

 trieir number, 16 

 flour, at Carshalton, 27 

 mentioned in Dooms- 

 day Book as being at 

 Beddington, 7, 8 

 inuff, at Beddington, 26 



Milne, Rev. Mr., 308 

 Miltonia orchid, 302 

 Milton, quotations from, 

 212, 222, 225, 2S1, 435, 

 .548, 549.554. 

 Mimosa sensitiva, 254 

 Mimulus moschatus, 248 

 Minervini, M. le Com- 

 mandeur, 4 

 Miniature aster, 244 

 Minimum thermometer, 

 64 

 Minnie rhododendron, 441 

 Mint, 124 



Miss Grey rose, 275 

 Missel thrushes, 550 

 Mistletoe, cells of, 91 _• 

 Mitcham famous for its 

 peppermint, 124 

 Mites, varieties of, 453 

 Acarus domesticiis, 453 

 Gamasus coleoptrato- 

 rum, 453 

 Mouse mite, 453 

 Myobia musculinus, 453 

 Sarcoptes Scabiei, 453 

 Sparrow mite, 453 

 Tyroglyphus destructor, 

 ,453 



fannse, 453 

 of plants, 453 

 R.ed spider, 453 

 Mnium cuspidatum, 352 



undnlatum, 352 

 Mock plane-tree, -^20 



orange, 438 

 Moir,quotations from, 533 

 Mole, 517 



cricket, 471 

 Moles, fleas of, 450 

 Monads, 445 

 Moneywort, 337 

 Mongredien, JMr., 423 

 Monkshood, 221 

 Montserrat, Viscount de, 



595 

 Monuments in St. Msry s 



Church, Beddington, 13 

 Moon-worL, 381 

 Moore, quotations from, 



316, 610 

 McorKens, 528 



nests, 52S 

 Mooi-park apricot, 171 

 Morchel'a crassipes, 361 



esculenta, 360 

 Morello cherry, 176 

 Morels, 36a 

 Morleys, family of the, at 



Beddington, 8 

 Mornington, Lady, 426 

 Morus nigra, 201 

 Mosquitoes, 489 _ 

 Moss roses, varieties of, 



277 . . ^ 



]\Iosseiy, desciiption of, 

 41 



Mosses, 351:— 



Bryum intermedium, 



^353 ^ 



Cepatodon purpureus, 



35.3 

 Club moss, 406 

 Feather moss, 353 

 Fontinalis antipyretica, 



351 . , 

 Funaria hygrometnca, 



351' 

 Hypnum ruscifohum, 



rutabulum, 353 

 sei-pens, 353 

 splendens, 353 

 Mnium cuspidatum, 

 352 



Messes — coiiihi ued. 

 Mnium undulatum, 352 

 Pottia truncata, 353 

 Sphagnum acutifohum, 



352 

 Tortula murahs, 353 

 Motacilla Boarnla, 545 



Rayi, 545 

 Yarrelli, 544 

 Moth, Brown-tail, 484 



Codlin, 485 



Currant, 179 



Death's-head, 487 



Garden-tiger, 4S7 



Gipsy, 484 



Goat, 483 



Lackey, 484 



Ma^ie, 485 



White willow. 484 



Wood leopard, 4S4 



Yellow-tail, 484 

 Mother apple, 149 

 Mountain ash, 417 



fei-n, 380 



ferns, 371 

 Mouse, common, 519 



common .shrew, 520 



field, 520 



harvest, 520 



mite, 453 

 Moxon, Dr., 445,447 

 Mrs, Bosaiiquet rose, 275 

 Mrs. John Glutton rhodo- 

 dendron, 441 

 Mr'^. Pollock geranium, 

 235 

 Blulbcrrv, growth of, 201 

 MilUer, Mr., 350 

 Murrav, Mr., yo 

 Mus merisorius, 520 



miisculus, 519 



sj'lvatica, 520 

 Musa Cavendishii, 203 

 Muscat grape-vines, 191 



of Ale.x'andi'ia vme, igr 



Bowood. iQi 



Canon Hall, igi 



Ingram's Prolific, 187 



St. Laurent ^'ille, 1S9 



Tottenham Park, 191 

 Muscicapa grisola, 552 

 Mushroom spawn, 358 



spores germinating, 91 

 Mushrooms, cells of, 357 



growth of, 357 



propagation of, 358 

 Musk beetle, 468 



plant, 24S 

 Musselburgh leek, iiS 

 jMustard, 93 

 Muste'a erminea, 521 



vulgaris, 521 

 My Alpineries, how con- 

 stmcted, 305 



ferneries, 369 



fishery, 494 



forest trees, 409 



fruit garden, 137 



Garden, situation of, i 

 animals, 512 

 general plan of, 37 

 geology of. 20 

 tools, 56 



glass-houses, 67 



orchids, 192 

 Myatt's garnishing pars- 

 ley, 131 



Pine strawberry, 183 

 Mycelium, fungus propa- 

 gated by the, 91 

 Myobia musculinus, 453 

 Myosotis dissitiflora, 225, 

 318 . 



palustns, 319, 338 



sylvatica, 318 



sylvestris, 225 



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