646 



INDEX, 



Roses — continued. _ 

 Noisette, varieties of, 



27s 

 Paul Ricant. 270 

 Persian Yellow, 269 

 Prince Humbert, 271 

 Princess Louise Vic- 

 toria, 273 

 Princesse de Laniballe, 

 270 

 Provence. 270 

 Reine Blanche, 278 

 Rev. H. H. Dombrain, 



275 , ^ 

 Reve d'Or, 275 

 Rosa alba, varieties of> 



270 ■ 

 Rose de Meaux, 269 

 Scotch, 269 

 Solfaterre, 275 

 Souvenir deMalmaison, 



Tea, 276 



Triomphe de Rennes, 



Unique de Provence, 



278 

 Vicomtesse de Cazes, 



276 

 Wells's Wliite, 278 

 White Bath, 278 

 Xavier OlibOj 271 



Rosmarinus officinalis, 



128 _ 

 Rotalia Becca.rii, 22 

 Rotaline series, numerous 

 forms of, found in chalk 

 of our district, 22 

 Rotatoria, 447 

 Round-seeded spinach, 

 109 

 Rove beetles, 470 

 Rowan-tree, 418 

 Royal fern, 371 



medlar, 154 



Society, 447 

 Rubus arcticus, 41, 205 



cassjus, 206 



chamsmorus, 205 



saxatilis, 207, 329 

 Rudbeckia, 231 

 Rue, 130 

 Rumbullion gooseberry, 



z8o 

 Rumex acetosa, no 



aquaticus, 344 

 Runners, propagation of 

 plants by, 8^ 

 Rush, flowering, 336 

 Russia, gardens of, 595 

 Russian violet, 222 

 Rust, 366 

 Ruta graveolens, 130 



S. 



Saccoi nova ciimellia, 250 

 Sacred groves, 574 

 Saddle-grafting, 90 

 Sage, 125 

 Sagittaria sagittifolia, 340 



Salad Plants:^ 

 American cress, 94 

 Australian cress, p4 

 beet-root, varieties of, 



102 

 brooklime,,98 

 burnet, 98 

 celeraic, 100 

 ce ery, varieties of, 99 

 ctiicory, varieties of, 96 

 corn salad, or Lamb's 



Lettuce, 98 | 



Salad Tlznts—canfffiuetf. 

 cucumber, varieties of, 



100 

 curled cress, 94 

 dandelion leaver, 98 

 endive, varieties of, 96 • 

 gherkin, loi 

 lettuce, varieties of, 95 

 mustard, 93 

 nasturtium,' 99 

 radish, varieiies of, 79 

 rape-seed, 94 

 shamrock, 98 

 watercress, varieties of, 



9^ . ... 



Sahsburia adiantifolia, 



Salix alba, 4x5 

 babylonica, 416 

 herbacea, 318 

 Ksrksii, 416 

 pm-purea, 416 

 triandra, 416 

 Salmoiario, 494 

 Salmon-trout, bred in the 

 Wandle, and placed 

 in ihe Medway, by 

 mvself, 503 

 Sils fy, 122 

 Salvia nfficinalis, 125 



patens, 237 

 Salvias, 237 

 Sam Young apple, 149 

 Sambucus, 206 



racemosa, 206 

 Samphire, 127 

 Sand, beds of, at my gar- 

 den, 20, 21 

 Reigate, 20 

 Sand-martin, 534, 553 

 Sandpiper, 531, 553 



common, 531 

 Sandpiper, green, 531 

 Saponaria calabrica, pro- 

 pagated by seed, 83 

 Saprolegnei, 369 

 Sarcina ventriculi, 368 

 Sarcoptes Scabiei, 453 

 Satureia hortensis, 129 



montana, 129 

 Savory, summer, 129 



winter, 129 

 Savoy, III 

 Saw, cross-cut, 59 



pruning, 59 

 Sa'v-flies, 463 

 Saxicola cenanthe, 549 

 rubetra, 549 

 rubicola, 549 

 Saxifraga Aizoon, 310 

 aspera, 310 

 bryoides, 310 

 c£espito>a, 310 

 Cotyledon, var. pyra- 



mydalis, 309 

 Geum» 309 

 globifera, 310 

 granulata, single and 

 double, 309 

 Hirculii*:, 310 

 hypnoides, 310 

 intacta minor, 309 

 Juniperina, 310 

 oppositifolia, 308 

 pectinata, 3T0 

 Saxifrage garden, 305, 

 ,3^7 . . 



description of, 43 

 Saxifrages, 308 

 Saxon silver penny, found 



in Roman hou-;e, 3 

 Scabiosa atro- purpureas, 

 245. 

 Scabious, 245 

 Scaeva balteata, 488 

 pyrastri, 4S8 



Scffiva ribesii, 488 

 Scale fern, 398 

 Scarlet crab, 152 



lily, 220 



Nonpareil apple, 138, 



'47 

 rhododendron, 441 

 runner bean, loS 

 sweet pea, 241 

 Scentless clematis, or 

 Traveller's Joy, 282 

 Schizoneura lanuginosa, 

 476 



Scilla bifolia, 314 

 nutans, 314 

 sibirica, 313 

 Scillas, 313 



Scilly Islands, a .garden 

 in the, 595 

 Scissors, grape, 60 

 Sciurus vulgaris, 516 

 Sdavonian grebe, 528 

 Scolopax gallinago, 530 



nisticola, 530 

 Scolopendrium, 43, 399 

 rhizophylium, 399 

 vuJgare, 376 

 Scolopendriums, 43, 371, 

 399 

 Scolytus, 467 



destructor, 467 

 Scorzonera, 122 

 hispanica, 122 

 Scotch elm, 410 

 fir. 427 



laburnum, 422 

 pine, 427 

 rose, 269 

 Scotophilus murinus, 517 



noctula, 517 

 Scott, quotations from, 44. 

 224, 282, 309, 411 

 Scrapers, Celtic, found at 



lieddiDgton, 2 

 Screvetou's Golden Pip- 

 pin apple, 147 

 Screwdriver, 63 

 Scrofularia nodosa, 336 

 Sc>the, 60 

 Sea-kale, 114 

 Sedge-warbler, 546, 553 

 Sedum anglicum, 310 

 fabaria, 311 

 Sieboldii, 311 

 Sedum garden, 305. 307 



description of, 43 

 SedumS) 310 



Seed, propagation of 

 plants by, 83 

 Selaginellafipodum, 407 

 brasiliense, 407 

 cassia, 407 



arborea, 407 

 circinalis, 408 

 deusa, 407 

 denticulata, 407 

 Lyallii. 407 

 Schottii, 407 

 serpens, 407 

 stolonifera, 407 

 umbrosa, 407 

 Wiildenovii. 408 

 Selagineilas, 407 

 Semaphore plant, 265 

 Scmirdmis, gardens 

 formed by her, 567 

 Ssmptrvivum anumalum, 



312 



arachnoideum, 312 

 arboreum, 312 

 i«renarium, 312 

 Bollii, 312 

 californicum, 311 

 ciliare, 312 

 globiferum, 31a 

 nirtum, 312 



Sempervivum montanum, 



Pittoni, 312 

 repens, 312 

 soboliferum, 312 

 spinosum, 312 

 tabulasforme, 312 

 tectorum, 311 

 Wulfenii, 312 

 Sempervivum garden, 305 

 Sempervivums, 41, 311 

 Sensitive Plants, 254 

 Sequoia, 430 



Sewage, manner of dis- 

 posing of it by Croy- 

 don. Board of Health, 

 32 

 grounds Romford, 452 

 of Croydon, analysis 



of. 33 

 killed the trout in the 

 Wandle, 495 

 where it must ulti- 

 mately be carried to, 

 33 

 on the Beddingion 

 sewage - grounds, its 

 amount, 33 

 sent by Croydon Board 

 of Health into Wan- 

 dle, 31 

 Shade sometimes useful 

 in the growth of plants, 

 SB* 54 

 Shakers, garden of the, 

 595 

 Shakspeare, quotations 

 from, 40, 43, 127, 128, 

 130, 154, 16S, 184, 213, 

 223, 228, 272, 279, 283, 

 414, 459, 461, 467, 472, 

 487, 489, 49t, SIC, 516, 

 517. S18, 523, 534, SSI, 

 553 

 Shallots, iiS 



propagated by bulbs, 87 

 Shamrock, 98, 316 

 Shark, tooth of a kind of, 

 23 

 Shears, garden, 59 

 for grass-edgings, 60 

 pruning, 59 

 ShcUey, quotations from, 

 213, 214, 221, 225, 292, 

 345, 354, 455. 544." 556 

 Shells found at Lewis- 

 ham, 26 

 bivalve, foiuid in a cut- 

 ting near my garden, 

 23 

 found in making the 

 the Thames Tunnel 

 Railroad, 26 

 found in Paper Lane, 

 Carshalton, 26 

 Shepherd's crowns found 

 on the Downs north of 

 my garden, 23 

 purse, fungus of, 366 

 Sheppey, Mr., 421 

 '' Sherry," characteristic 

 feature of the dog, 513 

 Short-tailed campagnol, 

 520 

 Shovel, 57 



Shrew-mouse, common, 

 520 

 water, 520 

 Shrimp, fresh-water, 449 



Shrubs, 436 : — 

 Allspice, 442 

 Alpine rose, 442 

 Andromeda speclosa, 



' Aucuba japonica, 437 



Shrubs — continued. 



Azalea pontica, 44^ 

 viscosa, 442 



azaleas 441 

 varieties of, 44? 



bay-trees, 436 



Berberis, 439 

 dulcis, 439 



Black nut, 438 



Bog myrtle, 443 



box, 438 



Daphne Mezerium, 439 



Deutzia gracilis, 439 



eglantine, or sweet- 

 briar, 440 



Eugenia ugni, 440 



Guelder rose, 440 



holly, 438 



Illicium religiosum, 44J 



Japan quince, 439 



Kalnlia latifolia, 442 



Icalmias, 441, 442 



laurel, 436 



lainusrinus, 437 



lilacs, 438 



loquat. 440 



Mahonia aquifolium, 



439 

 meadow-sweet, 440 

 mock orange, 438 

 myrtle, 443 

 , Periwinkles, or Vincas, 



443 

 Philadelphus mcxica- 



nus, 439 

 phillyreas, 437 

 Pomegranate, 446 

 Portugal laurel, 436 

 privet, 437 

 Red Flowering currant, 



439 

 Rhododendron,varietie4 



arbo- 



of, 441 



Rhododendron 

 reum, 442 

 Catawbienset 441, 



442 

 femigihettm, 442 

 Scarlet, 441 

 Skimmia japonica, 44! 

 snowberry, 437 

 spiraeas, 440 

 St. John's Wort, 440 

 Venetian sumacii, 443 

 Vinca major, 443 

 Yellow azalea, 442 

 yew, 438 

 yuccas, 44^ 

 Siagonthenum tenue, 446 

 Siberian Bitter-sweet 

 nipple, 153 

 crab-tree, 434 

 crabs, 152 



fungus of, 367 

 Harvey apple, 153 

 Silene acauUs, 320 



alpestris, 320 

 Silex, law of deposit of, OH 

 decomposinganimal mat- 

 ter, 25 

 Silica, 24 

 Silver ferns, 402 



fir, 4^8 

 Sims, Mr,, 26 

 Sinapis alba, 93 

 Sion House cucumber, 



lOI 



Siphonophora pisi, 476 

 Sir Charles Napier straw* 



berry, 183 

 Sir Edward Dymock lieM 



lands at WalUflgton. 



16 

 Sir Francis Catew ri* 



built Manor House, 9 

 Sir H. Davy, 494 



