Quince-trees, growth of, 



167 

 propagation of, 85, 167 

 used to graft pear-trees 

 on I 91 

 Quotations, anonymous, 

 54-1 

 from Archseolojia, 10 

 from Browning, 551 

 from Burns, 219, 435, 



502, 551, 552 

 from Byron, 6 

 from Chaucer, 137, 222, 



247, 267, 269, 408, 409, 



444. 555 



from ChSnedolle. 268 

 from Coldwell, s8o 

 from Cowper, 66, 67, 



82, 205, 236, 240, 457, 



531 ^ ^ 



from Crawley, 223, 267 

 from Dante, 220, 234, 



263, 268, 276 

 from DeliUe, 370, 409 

 from Dryden, 46, 83,! 



139. 548 

 from Erasmus, Preface,! 



vii. 268 I 



from Gay, 515 

 from GilbertWhite, 418, 1 



455' ==34 

 from Goethe, i 

 from Gutraud, 305 

 fromHarleianMSS.,537 

 from Hemans,Mrs., 334 

 from Herodotus, 416, 



428, 443 

 from Horace, 37, 92, 95, 



07, 106, 119, I2Q, 131, 



20T, 358, 540 

 from Jules Canonge,483 

 from Keats, 42 

 from Kirke White, 223, 



314 

 from Longfellow, aio, 



265, 535, 536 

 fromManning andBray, 



from Milton, 212, 222, 

 223, 2S1, 435, 548, 549, 



554 . ■ 

 from Moir, 533 

 from Moore, 316, 610 

 from Pope, 152, 425, 



445. 494. 519 

 from Scott, 44, 224, 282, 



309, 411 

 from Shakspeare, 40, 43, 



127, 128, 130, 154, 168, 



184, 213, 223, 228, 272, 



279, 283, 414, 459, 461. 



467, 472, 487, 489, 491, 



Sio, 515, 517, 518, 523, 

 .334. 551. 553 

 frora Sheliey, 213, 214, 



221,225, 292, 345*354. 



455. 544. 556 

 from Sir Hugh Piatt, 



10 

 from Spenser, 40, 152, 



195. 272, 553, 599, 



601, 604, 606, 6og, 



612, 614, 617, 619, 



62 1, 623, 625 

 from Tennyson, 36, 41, 



55. 251. 25s, 33T. 519 

 from Thomson, 153,167, 



172, 204, 21T, 216, 292, 



423, 481, 482, 490, 501, 

 ,525, 541 ^ 

 from Virgil, 47, 56, 91, 



131. 154. 344. 415. 417.. 



41S 

 frora ^Vhite, 466, 467 

 from Wordsworth, 435, 



532, 523* 537. 542, 550 



R. 



Rabbit, 521 

 Radish, 97 



Black Spanish, 07 

 Radish turnip, varieties of. 

 97 

 Rail, land, 52S, 553 



water, 52S 

 RaiiicocU, Mr., 14 

 I^in-gauge, 65 

 Raisin de Calabre vine, 

 189 

 Rake, 58 

 Raleigh, Sir Walter, 200 



his widow's letter, n 



supposed to have first 

 brought the orange- 

 tree to England, 10 

 Ra'lus aquatlcus, 52S 

 Ramaliua fastigiata, 353 

 Ramcock, Mr,, advowson 

 of St. Mary's sold to, 14 

 Rammer, 6t 

 Rana temporaria, 510 

 Ranunculus, 216 



asialicus, 216 



creeping, 344 



ficaria, 335 



water, 339 

 Rapeseed, 94 

 Raphanus sati%'U'5, 97 

 Raspberry, FalstafF Red, 



1S4 



Red Antwei-p, 184 



Vellow Antwerp, 184 



Yellow Autumn, 185 

 Raspberries, growth of. 

 T84 



new varieties of, how 

 obtained, 185 



propagation of, 185 

 Rats, black, 519 



brown, 5x9 



water, 518 



how to deptroy, 519 

 Raj'mond de Laik, family 

 of, at Beddington, 8 

 Rav's wagtail, 545 

 Red Antwerp raspberry, 



..84 



Astrachan apple, 144 

 cabbage, no 

 cedar, 425 



currants, varieties of, 177 

 Dutch currant, 178 

 Filbert nut, 197 

 flowering currant, 439 

 Juneating apple, 144 

 Knight's Sweet currantj 



178 

 Margaret (early) apple, 



144 

 spiders, 179.183. 196,455 

 how to prevent, 453; 

 -155 

 Warrington gooseberry, 



I So 

 worm, 448 

 Redbreasts, 350 

 Redbreast's pin-cushion, 

 464 , ^ 



Redpole, Lesser, 542 

 Redwing, 550 

 Reed, 339 

 common, 332 

 warbler, 547 

 nest of, 547 

 Reeds, English, 44 

 Regidus cristatus, 546 

 Reigate .^sanH, 20 

 Reine Blanche rose, 278 

 Reinette Ananas apple, 

 142, 147 

 dii Canada apple, T47, 

 148 



INDEX. 



Reinette Claude Violette 

 plum, 16S 

 Jaune Hative apple, 144 

 de Madeira apple, 142 

 Petite Grise apple, 142 

 Van Mens apple, 149 



Rennie, Mrs., 376 



Reptile.s in my Garden, 



509:— 



fi.^h lizard, 512 



frog, 510 



hawksbiil turtle, 512 



land tortoise, 511 



Uzards, 510 



ringed snake, 509 



slow worm, 509 



toad, 510 



viper, 509 



water tortoise, 511 

 Reseda odorata, 242 

 Reticulata flore-pleno 

 camellia, 250 



Rev. H. H. Dombrain 

 rose, 275 



l^eve d'Or rose, 275 

 RejTiolds, Mr., 495 

 Rheum, 133 

 Rhododendron, or Alpine 

 rose, 318 



arboreuin, 442 



Blnndj'anum, 441 



Brayanum, 441 



Bi'oughtonianum, 441 



Catawbiense, 441, 442 



concessum, 441 



ferrugineum, 318, 442 



Grand Arab, 441 



John Waterer, 441 



Joseph Whitworih, 441 



Madame Miolan Car- 

 valho, 44T 



Michael Waterer, 44? 



Minnie. 441 



Mrs, John Glutton, 441 



ochroleucum, 441 



scarlet, 441 

 Rhododendrons, varieties 

 of, 441 

 Rhubarb, 135 



Linnasus, 126 



Victoria, 126 

 Rhus cotinus, 44^ 

 Rhynchonella phcatilis, a 

 kind of bivalve shell, 23 

 Ribes sanguineum, 430 

 Ribston Pippin apple, 138, 

 145, 148 



propagation of, 88 

 Rice, 252 



Richard de" Tonebrige. 

 family of, at Beddington, 

 7 

 Richard of Cirencester, 

 cited, 5 

 Ricinus communis, 246 

 Riddlesdown , a fossilized 

 fish found at, 23 

 Ringed snake, 503 

 Rio Janeiro, a garden at, 

 for growth of cochineal, 



595 „ 

 River Bourne, account of, 



33 

 Colne, how formed, 28 

 Lea, how formed, 28 

 limpet, 493 



Wandle, analysis of, as 

 it flows through my 

 Garden, 30 

 a trout-stream, its 



course, 26 

 mean temperature of, 

 36 

 sewage of Croydon 

 sent into it, 31 



Rivers, Messrs., 71, 84, 



9I1 J55» 172^ 197, 200, 20I 



Rivers' Ash-leaf kidney 

 potato, 123 

 Early Favourite plum, 



16S 

 Prolific plum, 169 

 Seedling Eliza straw- 

 berry, 183 

 Robert de Watevile, fa- 

 mily of, at Beddincton, 7 

 Robertson, Mr. H. R, 

 38. 40. 73 

 Robin, 550 



Robinia Pseud-acacia, 424 

 Robinson. Mr., 97 

 Rocca onion, 117 

 Rochester Cluster dam- 

 son, 170 

 Rock dove, 533 

 Rod, 62 



Roges, family of, at Bed- 

 dington, 8 

 Roi d'HoUande azalea, 

 251 

 Roller, 62 



KoUison's Telegraph cu- 

 cumber, 100 

 Roman coins, 3, 4 

 eatable snail, 492 

 glass, fiagments of, 5 

 house at Beddington, 



description of, 2 

 game, part of a, found 



at IJeddinglon, 4 

 pottery foun<i at Bed- 

 dington, 3 

 remains at Barrow 

 Hedges, Carshalton, 

 5 

 at Beddington, 2 

 at Wallington, 5 

 at Walton - on - the ■ 



Heath, 5 

 at Woodcote, 5 

 Roads, account of 

 Stane Street and Great 

 Ermine Street, 5 

 silver spoon found at 



Barrow Hedges, 5 

 ti'es, 3 

 town of Noviomagus, 

 situation of, 5 

 Romans, gardens of thcj 



574 

 Romford sewage-grounds, 

 452 

 Rondelctia speciosa, 255 

 Rookeries in Beddington 



Park, S41 

 RooVs, 541 



nests of, 541 

 Roots, culinary, 120 

 division of, 87 

 of plants, functions of, 



''^■- r 

 position of, 49 



propagation of plants 



by, 86 



Rosa alba, varieties of, 



270 



rubiginosa. 440 



Rosaries, description of, 



41, 268 



one by the side of the 



Lake, and by Fern 



Glen, 39. 41 



Rose, Mrs.Bosanquet, 275 



Mr. P., 443 



Rose aphis, 473 



chafer, 466 



sawfly, 463 



Rosemary, 128 



Roses, blight of, 365 



fungus of, 365 



grown as pyramids, 273 



645 



Roses, growth of, 268 

 new varieties of, how 



obtained, 272 

 propagation of the 

 China, 275 

 of the Hybrid Per- 



petuals, 272 

 of the Mo?s, 278 

 of Noisettes, 276 

 of Rose de Meaux, 

 26^ 



of the Scotch, 269 

 pruning of, 274 



Roses :— 

 Acidalie, 275 

 Alfred Colomb, 271 

 Amadis, 278 

 Aurore du Matm. 271 

 Austrian Briars, 269 

 Uauksian, 276 

 Baron de Wassenaer, 

 273 

 Barcnne de Noumont, 

 275 

 Baroness Adolphe de 

 Rothschild, 271 

 Blairii, 270 

 Cabbage, 270 

 Catherine Guillot, 275 

 Celine Forestier, 275 

 Centifolia rosea, 271 

 Charles Lawson, 270 

 Charles Lefebvre, 271 

 Ch6nedoli6, 270 

 China, varieties of, 275 

 Climbing Devoniensis, 

 277 

 Cloth of Gold, 275 

 Clovis, 271 



Comtcsse de Murenais, 

 273 



Coupe d'Hebe, 270 

 Damask, varieties of,270 

 de Meaux, 269 

 Devonienbis. 277 

 Duke of Edinburgh. 271 

 Dundee Rambler, 278 

 Edwin Morren, 271 

 Eliza Boelle, 271 

 Fairjr, 275 



Felicit6 Perpetueile, 278 

 Frederick SouJie, 278 

 General Milorado - 

 witsch, 271 

 Gloire de Dijon, 277 



des Mousseuses, 278 

 Hybrid Bourbon, varie- 

 ties of, 270 



China, varieties of, 270 



Perpetual, varieties 

 of, 270, 273 

 lie de Bourbon, vane-* 

 ties of, 275 

 John Hopper, 272 

 Lady of the Lake, 275 

 La France, 271 

 Lamarque, 275 



a fleurs jaunes, 275 

 Lanei, 278 



Louise Margottin, 275 

 Macartney, 276 

 Madame Barriot, 271 



Hardy, 270 



Legras St. GermainSr 

 270 



Plantier, 270 



Zoutman, 270 

 Marie Baumann, 271 



de Blois, 278 

 Marquise de Mort* 

 marte, 271 

 Marshal Niel, 277 

 Miss Gray, 275 

 Moss, varieties of, 27^ 

 Mrs. Bosauquet, 475 



