INDEX. 



647 



Sir Harry strawberry, 183 

 Sir Henry Bridges, 14 

 Sir Henry James, 28 



Geological Survey, 

 copied by, 21 

 Sir Hugh Piatt's account 

 of keeping back cherries, 



xo 



Sir James Harrington, 

 held lands at WalUngton, 



16 

 Sir J. Paxton strawberry, 



183 



Sir J. Tyler, 202 

 Sir Nicholas Carew, first 



owner of Beddington, g 

 ' Sir Nicholas Throckmor- 

 ton, inherits the lands at 



Beddington, xo 

 Sir W. Willoughby, held 



lands at Beddingtop, 8 

 Sir Walter Raleigh, said 



to have brought orange 



trees to Beddington, ro 

 Sir W. J. Hooker, 388 

 Siredon pisciformis, 512 

 Sirex gigas, 464 

 juvencus, 463 

 Sittus europEca, 537 

 Situation of my garden, i 

 Skeletons, Anglo-Saxon. 



discovered on Irrigation 



fields, 6 , 



Skimmia japonica, 441 

 Skylarkst 544 

 Sledge-hammer, 63 

 Slow-worm, 509 

 31u^. black, 49 X 



milky, 591 

 Slugs, 491 

 eggs of, 491 

 of the garden. 491 

 Small's Golden Pippin 



apple, 149 



Smee, Mr. Alfred Hutch- 

 ison, 25, 227 

 Smee, Mr. F., 553 

 Smee or Smew duck, 526 

 Smith, Dr., 91 



397 , 395 

 Smith, Mr., of Kew, 392, 



39s 



Smith, C. Roach, 170 

 Smith, Mr., 595 

 Smith, Mr. Worthington, 



359- 361. 362* 367> 397 

 Smuggler gooseberry, 180 

 Snails, eggs of, 491 



in the river, 492 



Snails OF THE Garden, 

 491:— 



Bithinia tentaculata, 

 493 . 

 ventncosa, 493 

 common atiber, 492 

 Cyclas cornea, 493 

 Creissena polymorpha, 



493 

 garden, 491 

 Girdled Shell, 492 

 Helix aspersa, 491 



cantiana, 492 



concinna, 492 



cricetorum, 494 



fasciolata, 494 



nemoralis, 492 



pomalia, 491 



pulchella, 494 



umbilicata, 494 



virgata, 494 

 Horny Coil Shell, 493 

 Limna:i, 492 

 Limnseus Pereger, 492 



Stagnalis, 492 

 Neat, 493 



S nails — continued. 

 Planorbis carinatus, 493 



complanatus, 493 



contortus, 493 



corneus, 493 



vortex, 493 

 River limpet, 493 

 Roman eatable, 492 

 Valyata piscinalis, 493 

 Zonites crystallinus,492 



lucidus, 492 



Snakes, none in my gar- 

 den, 509 

 Snapdragons, 42, 228, 246 



Alpine, 322, 41 

 Snipe, common, 530 



Jack, 531 



summer, 531, 553 

 Snowberry, 437 

 Snowdrop, Great Crimean, 



Snowdrop-tree, 427 

 Snowdrops, 210 

 Snowflake, Spring, 214 



Summer, 215 

 Snow's Muscat Ham- 

 burgh vine, 188 

 White broccoli, 114 

 Snowj' Mespilus, 427 

 Botanic, 142, 251, 252. 

 265, 375 

 Horticultural, 142, 148, 

 i79i 183, 188, 190, 202, 

 203, 2 [3, 219,' 229, 252; 

 567» 37S, 383, 478 

 Lmnaean, 447 

 Society of Antiquaries, 3 



Royal, 447 

 Soils in my garden, 49 

 some require nitrogen- 

 ized matter to be 

 added, 51 

 used for camellias and 

 azaleas at Florence, 49 

 Solanum iinthropophago- 

 rum, 133 

 dulcamara, 342 

 esculentum, 124 

 tuberosum, 123 

 SoUianella alpina, 327 

 Solfaterre rose, 275 

 Solidago cambrica. 329 

 Somner, on the site of 

 Noviomagrus, s 

 Song thruRh, 550 

 Songs of birds, 353 

 Sorex araneus, 520 



fodiens, 520 

 Sorrel. I TO 

 South Essex water- works 



29 

 South Minn's, chalk ap' 

 pears at surface, 21 

 Souvenir de Malmaison 



rose, 275 

 Souvenir de Prince Albert 

 azalea. 251 

 Sow-thistle, 344 

 Sowerby, Mr., 341 

 Spade, best kind of, 56 

 Spain, gardens of, 594 

 Spanish chestnuts, 434 



onion, 117 

 Sparrow, hedge, 549 

 house, S43 

 mite, 453 

 tree, 543 

 Sparrow-hawk, 553 

 Spawn of gold-fish, 509 

 Spawning of trout, 496 

 how performed, 496 

 Spears and Jackson, 



Messrs., of Sheffield, 56 

 Special flower garden, 268 

 Speedwells, 319, 337 



Stlpa pinnata, 332 

 Stirling Castle apple, 151 

 Stoat, 521 

 Stock dove, 531 

 Stocks, 242, 247 

 Stonebcrry, 329, 444 



'growth of, 207 

 Stonechats, 549 

 Stonecrop, 310 



common yejlow, 310 

 Stone piue, 427 

 Storing of pears, 166 

 Storyii camellia, 250 



Spenser, quotations from, 

 40,152, 195.272,553,599, 

 601, 604,606,609,612,614, 

 617, 619. 621, 623, 625 

 Sphssrothecapannosa, 365 

 Sphagnum acutlfolium, 



Spider, Angelina labyrin- 

 theca, 455 



garden, 455 



gossamer, 455 



hunting, 455 



red, 183, 196, 453, 455 

 or Acarus, 179 

 how to prevent, 453 

 Spiders, 455 

 SpilocEea, 368 

 Spinaceous vegetals, 109 

 Spinach, 109 



beet, 109 



fungus of, 363 



New Zealand, 109 



prickly- seeded, 1C9 



round-seeded, 109 

 Spinacia oleracea, 109 

 Spindle-tree, 426 

 Spirsea cnllosa, 440 



ulmaria, 337, 440 

 Spirseas, 337, 440 

 Spirit-level, 63 

 Spondylus spinosus, 24 

 Sponges, fresh-water, in 

 my garden, 448 



silicihed, 24 

 Spongilla fluviatilis, 449 

 Spoon, Roman, 5 

 Spores, propagation of 

 mushrooms by, 91 

 Spotted fly-catcher, 552 



;r,ia, 293 



Spring Ribston apple, 149 

 Snowflake, 214 



Sprouting broccoli, 114 



Spruce fir, 428 



Spud, 57 



Squirrels, 516 



St. Jean walnut, 198 



St. John's wort, 440 



St. Sauveur apple, 149 



Stag-beetle, 465 



Stag-horn ferns, 403 



Standish, Mr., on site of 

 Staiie Street, 5 



Standish's Citronelle vincj 

 188 



Stane Street, account of, 5 



Stanhopo, Michael, keep- 

 er of Manor House, 8 



Stanhopea orchid, 300 



Stanley, cited, 424 



Stapelia plantii, 257 



Staphylinus (Ocypus) 

 oleus, 470 



Starlings, 541 

 migration of, 541 



Statice latifolia, 332 



Stella azalea, 251 



Stellaria media, propaga- 

 ted by seed, 83 



Stephanotis floribunda, 

 •?8n 



of 



Strawberry plants, new 

 varieties of, how ob- 

 tained, 181 



propagation of, 87, i8i 

 Strix flammaea, 553 

 Struthiopteris, 372, 384 

 germanica, 384, 389 

 pennsylvanica. 384 

 Stuart, W., commonly 

 called Old Spoti the 

 veterinarian, 15 . 

 Student Selected parsnip. 

 121 



Stove plants, growth of, Stukeley, on the site of 

 Noviomagus, 5 

 Sturmer Pippin apple, 148 



26X 

 Stove Plants : — 



Stephens, Messrs, 



Gloucester, 152 

 Stepping-stones across the 

 brook into Forest of 

 Ferns, 43 

 in Fern Glen, 39 

 Stembergia lutea, 316 

 Sticklebacks, 508 

 nests, curious construe- Strawberry plants, 



Achimenes, 264 

 Alocasia metallica, 263 

 Anaectochilus argen- 



teus, 262 

 begonias, 262 

 caladiums, 264 

 Cape jasmine, 265 

 climbing begonia, 262 

 crotons, 263 

 Cuscuta reilexa, 266 

 Cycads, 265 

 Desmidium gyrans, 265 

 Eucharis amazonica,264 

 gloxinias, 263 

 marantas, 262 

 palms, 265 

 pancratiums, 263 

 Poinsettia pulcherrimaj 



266 

 semaphore plant, 263 

 Torenia asiatica. 261 

 Tradescantia discolor, 



261 

 variegated pine, 262 



Strawberries, r8i ;— 



alpine, varieties of, '181, 



184 

 Amateur 183 

 Black I'rince, 182 

 British Queen, 1S3 

 Carolina superha, 183 

 Comte de Paris, 183 

 Crimson Queen, 183 

 Dr. Hogg, 183 

 Dundas, 183 

 Eleanor, 183 



Elton, 183 

 3 Eu 



183 



Empress Eug6ni6, 

 Filbert Pine, 183 

 Frogmore, 183 

 Hautbois, 183 

 Keen's Seedlings, 181, 



182 

 Late Pine, 183 

 May Queen, 182 

 Myatt's Pine, 183 

 Nimrod, 183 

 Oscar, 183 

 President, 183 

 Prince of Wales, 1S3 

 Princess Alice Maud, 



183 

 Princess of Wales, 183 

 Rivers' Seedling Eliza, 



183 

 Sir Charles Napier, 183 

 Sir Harry, 183 

 Sir J. Paxton. 183 

 Victoria, 183 

 Wonderful, 183 



cells 



tion of, 508 

 Stigmaphyllon ciliatumj 



290 



Stillingfleet, on the site ofj 

 Noviomagus, 5 



of, 184 

 diseases of, 183 

 forcing of, i8i 

 growth of, i8r 

 guano injurious to, 52 



Sturnus vulgaris,' 541 

 Siylonichia, 446 

 Succinea or Helix putrls, 

 492 



Suckers, propagation of 

 plants by, 85 

 Sugar, beet-root, 102 

 cane, 252 

 maple, 420 

 Sulphur, employed to de- 

 stroy fungus, 364 

 used to keep fruit, 368 

 Sumach, Venetian, 443 

 Summer Golden PipPin 

 apple, 149 

 savory, 129 

 .snipe, 531, 553 

 snowflake, 215 

 Summer-house, garden, 

 its site, 42 

 near Croquet-ground, 

 44 



one by Indoor Ferneryi 

 42 

 Sunflower, giant, 242 

 Surinella biscriata, 350 

 Survey, Geological, a seC' 

 tion of, given, 21 

 Sutton chalk-pit, descrip- 

 tion of, 21 

 railroad, the, 23 

 fossilized fish found 

 in cutting of. 23 

 Sutton's Ringleader pea, 

 103 

 SwaUows, 534, 553 

 migration of, 536 

 nests of, 534 

 Swan, common, 523 



hooper, 523 

 Swannery in my gardep, 

 523 



SwanSj fattened for eat' 

 ing, 524 , 

 Sweet Sultan. 243 

 Sweet Will am. 248 

 fungus of, 366 

 propagated by seed, 83 

 Sweet-briar, 440 

 Sweet-peas, 233 



scarl . t, 241 

 Sweet-sccnied vernal 

 grass, 332 



Sweetwater vine, 186 

 Swift, 534. 553 

 Switzerland, gardens of, 



595 



Sycamore, 420 

 Sykehouse Russet apple, 

 149 

 Sykes, Colonel, 190 

 Sylvia arundinacci, 547 

 horfensis, 548 

 locustella, 346 

 Phragmites, 546 

 sylvicola, 548 

 trochilus, 348 

 Symphoricarpus race- 

 mosus, 437 

 Syringe, 6x 



