Index 
Bee-hives, 354, 391 et seq. 
Beekman, James, greenhouse of, 19. 
Bee Larkspur, 265, 268. 
Bell-bind, 181, 182. 
Bell Flower, Chinese or Japanese. See 
Plaly codon grandijiorum. 
Belvoir Castle, Lunaria at, 171-172. 
Bergamot, 166. 
Bergen Homestead, garden of, 23. 
Berkeley, Bishop, Apple trees of, 194- 
195 - 
Bitter Buttons. See Tansy. 
Bitter-sweet, 25, 238. 
Black Cohosh, 423-424. 
Black Roses, 466. 
Bleeding-heart. See Dielytra. 
Blind, herb-garden for, 131. 
Bloodroot, 154, 457. 
Bluebottles, 265. 
Blue-eyed Grass, 278-279. 
Blue-pipe tree, 144. 
Blue Roses, 253. 
Blue Sage, 264. 
Blue Spider-flower, 435. 
Bluetops, 265. 
Bluets, 260. 
Blue-weed. See Viper’s Bugloss. 
Blush Roses, 466. 
Bocconia. See Plume Poppy. 
Boneset, 145 et seq. 
Bosquets, 387. 
Botrys. See Ambrosia. 
Boulder, sun-dial mounted on, 377. 
Bouncing Bet, 52, 450. 
Bourbon Roses, 467. 
Boursault Roses, 48, 463. 
Bowers, 385. 
Bowling greens, 240. 
Bowne, Eliza Southgate, diary of, 31. 
Box. See Chapter IV. ; also 29, 47, 
48, 54, 59, 7L 80, 112, 338. 
Break-your-spectacles, 265. 
Brecknock Hall, Box at, 103-104. 
Bricks for edging, 59, 71 ; for walls, 71- 
72, 412 et seq. 
Brier candy, 473. 
British soldiers, graves of, 77 et seq. 
Broom. See Woad-waxen. 
Broughton Castle, Box sun-dial at, 97, 
98. 
Brown, Dr. John, cited, 103. 
Browne, Sir Thomas, quoted, 306. 
Brunelle. See Prunella. 
Buck-thorn, 387, 407. 
Bulbs, 157. 
Burgundy Roses, 465, 466, 467. 
Burnet, 305. 
Burnet-leaved Rose, 466. 
Burroughs, J., quoted, 195, 451-452. 
Burying-grounds, Box in, 94; Dog- 
wood in, 155; Thyme in, 303; 
Spurge in, 434. 
Butter-and-eggs. See Toad-flax. 
Buttercups, 166, 291, 294. 
Cabbage Rose, 297, 320, 459, 460, 471. 
Calceolarias, 179. 
Calopogon, 247. 
Calycanthus, 297. 
Cambridge University, sun-dial at, 97. 
Camden, South Carolina, gardens at, 
15 - 
Camellia Japonica, 16. 
Camomile, 192. 
Campanula, 52, 262. 
Candy-tuft, as edging, 59. 
Canker-bloom, 465. 
Canterbury Bells, 34, 162, 262, 333 et seq. 
Caraway, 341, 342. 
Carnation, green, 239. 
Catalpas, 26, 31, 293. 
Cat-ice, 453. 
Catnip, 315. 
Cat road, 452. 
Cat’s-fancy, 315. 
Cat-slides, 453. 
Cat-sticks, 453. 
Cedar hedges, 387. 
Cedar of Lebanon, 29. 
Centaurea Cyanus. See Bachelor’s 
Buttons. 
Cerinthe. See Honey wort. 
Charles I. sun-dials of, 357. 
Charles II, sun-dials of, 357. 
