Chapter 17

Cowslips,294.

Cowslip mead,393.

Crab Apple trees,192.

Craigie House,141.

Crape Myrtle,16,71.

Creeping Jenny,60.

Crocus,136.

Crown Imperial,40;loquitur,322et seq.

Culpepper, N., cited,349.

Cupid's Car,266.

Currant, flowering,298.

Cyanus,33.

Cyclamens,448.

Cylindres,355.

Cypress,406.

Daffodil Dell,84.

Daffodils,137et seq.;318.

Dahlias,176et seq.

Daisies,165.

Damask Roses,462,465,466.

Dames' Rocket,422.

Dandelion,117,135,154-155,330.

Dante's Garden,228.

Deland, Margaret, quoted,64,229,267,429.

Delphinum.SeeLarkspur.

Derby family, gardens of,30-31.

Deutzias,189.

Devil-in-a-bush,435.

Devil's-bit,289.

Dialling, taught,372.

Dicentra.SeeDielytra.

Dickens, Charles, sun-dial of,376.

Dickinson, Emily, quoted,341,417.

Dielytra,185et seq.

Dill,5,341-343.

Dodocatheon,448.

Dog Roses,465.

Dogtooth Violet,434,437.

Dogwood,155.

Double Buttercups,176.

Double flowers,425.

Douglas, Gavin, quoted,257.

Dovecotes in England,394;at Shirley-on-James,394et seq.

Draytons, garden of,16.

Drumthwacket, garden at,76et seq.

Drying Apples,207.

Dudgeon,99-100.

Dutch gardens,19,20et seq.,71et seq.

Dutchman's Pipe,184.

Dumbledore's Delight,266.

Dyer's Weed.SeeWoad-waxen.

Egyptians, sun-dials of,359.

Elder,304.

Election Day, lilacs bloom on,148.

Elijah's Chariot,271.

Ely Place, rental of,471.

Emerson, R. W., quoted,138,376.

Endicott, Governor, garden of,3;nursery of,24;bequest of Woad-waxen,24,25;sun-dial of,358.

Erasmus quoted,109.

Evening Primrose,10,428,429.

Everlasting Pea,427.

Fairbanks, Jonathan, sun-dial of,344,358.

Fairies, charm to see,304.

Fair-in-sight,334.

Fairy Roses,467.

Fairy Thimbles,337.

Faneuil, Andrew, glass house of,19.

Fennel,5,341et seq.

Fitchburg, Massachusetts, garden at jail,101,102.

Fitzgerald, Edward, quoted,316,330.

Flag, sweet, striped,438;blue,278.

Flagroot,343et seq.

Flax,262.

Flower closes,240.

Flower de Luce,257et seq.

Flowering Currant,64.

Flower-of-death,441.

Flower-of-prosperity,42.

Flower toys,156.

Flushing, Long Island, nurseries at,26;et seq.,156,230et seq.

Fore court,40.

Forget-me-not,265.

Formal garden,78et seq.

Forsythia,133,189,190.

Forth rights,58.

Fortune, Robert,187et seq.

Fountains,69,85-86,380,389.

Fox, George, bequest of,11;at Sylvester Manor,105.

Foxgloves,162,427.

Frankland, Sir Henry,29.

Franklin cent,365.

Fraxinella,432.

Fringed Gentian,265,273,294.

Fritillaria,81,165,446et seq.

Fuchsias,52,331.

Fugio bank note,364,365.

Fumitory, Climbing,183.

Funerals, in front yard,51;Tansy at,128et seq.

Funkias,70.

Gardener's Garters,438.

Garden Heliotrope,313.

Garden of Sentiment,110.

Garden Pink.SeePinks.

Garden, Significance of name,280.

Garden-viewing,338.

Gardiner, Grissel,104.

Garland of Julia,323.

Garland Roses,467.

Garrets with herbs,115.

Garth,39.

Gas-plant.SeeFraxinella.

Gate of Yaddo,81,82;at Westover-on-James,388,389;at Bristol, Rhode Island,389.

Gatherer of simples,118.

Gaultheria,118.

Gem of the Prairies Rose,468.

Genista tinctoria.SeeWoad-waxen.

Geraniums,244.

Germander,59.

Germantown, Pennsylvania, gardens at,11,12;sun-dial at,371et seq.

Ghosts in gardens,431.

Gilly flowers,5.

Ginger, Wild,343.

Girls' Life Eighty Years Ago,31.

Glory-of-the-snow,137.

Gnomon of sun-dial,379et seq.

Goethe, cited,431.

Goncourt, Edmond de, quoted,248,249.

Gooseberries,338,339et seq.

Goosefoot,59.

Gorse,221,222.

Grace Church Rectory, sun-dial of,364,374.

Grafting,391.

Grape Hyacinth,255et seq.

Graveyard Ground-pine,434.

Green apples,200et seq.

Green, color,138,233et seq.

Green galleries,385.

Greenhouse, of James Beekman,19;of T. Hardenbrook,19.

Ground Myrtle,439.

Groundsel,292.

Guinea-hen flower,447.

Gypsophila,175.

Hair-dye, of Box,99.

Hampton Court, Box at,94.

Hampton, garden at,14,58,60,95,101.

Hancock garden,30.

Hawdods,265.

Hawthorn,292,300.

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, quoted,153,299.

Headaches,309.

Heart pea,184.

Heather,221,222.

Hedgehog Roses,464.

Hedgerows,399et seq.,403et seq.

Hedges, of Box,99;of Lilac,143-144,406;of Privet,406,408;of Locust,406.

Heliotrope, scent of,319.

Hermerocallis.SeeLemon Lily.

Hemlock hedges,406.

Henbane,434.

Hepatica,259.

Herbaceous border,113et seq.

Herber,113,384.

Herbert, George, quoted,114.

Herb twopence,61.

Hermits,245.

Herrick, flowers of,216.

Hesperis,421-422.

Hiccough,342.

Higginson, T. W., quoted,74.

Hips of Roses,472.

Holly,406.

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, quoted,91,139-140,226,268,301,313.

Hollyhocks,5,6,33,52,332et seq.,336.

Honesty.SeeLunaria.

Honeyblob gooseberries,338.

Honey, from Thyme,303;in drinks,393.

Honeysuckle,182,332,450.

Honeywort,33,442.

Hood, quoted,228-229.

Hopewell, Lilacs at,148.

Houstonia,260.

Howitt Garden,223.

Howitt, Mary, quoted,326,330,345.

Humming-birds,243.

Hundred-leaved Rose,460,469.

Hutchinson, Governor, garden of,54.

Hyacinths,257.

Hydrangea,182;blue,260;at Capetown,261.

Hyssop,54.

Iberis.SeeCandy-tuft.

Independence Trees.SeeCatalpa.

Indian Hill,144,415et seq.

Indian Pipe,455.

Indian plant names,293et seq.

Innocence.SeeHoustonia.

Iris,427.SeealsoFlower de Luce.

Italian gardens,75et seq.

Jack-in-the-pulpit,154.

Jacob's Ladder,265.

James I., quoted,62.

Japan, flowers from,40,67,157,158,406.

Jenoffelins,17.

Jewett, S. O., quoted,38,49.

Joepye-weed,145et seq.

Johnson, Dr. Samuel, dial motto of,219.

Jonquils,318.

Joseph and Mary,437,438.

Josselyn, John, quoted,4et seq.,8.

Joy-of-the-ground,441.

Judas tree,158.

June Roses,464.

Kalendars,355.

Kalm, cited,128,203,408.

Karr, Alphonse, quoted,272,302,453,454.

Katherine flowers,435.

Keats, cited,223et seq.

Kiskatomas nut,294.

Kiss-me-at-the-garden-gate,135.

Kitchen door,69.

Knots, described,54et seq.

Labels,217.

Labrador Indians, sun-dials of,359.

Laburnum,168,169,231.

Ladies' Delights,48,133et seq.

Lad's Love.SeeSouthernwood.

Lady's Slipper,293.

Lafayette, influence of,241;dial of,357.

Lamb, Charles quoted,360.

Landor, Walter Savage, quoted,140,362-363,415,420.

Larch,300.

Larkspur,33,162,267et seq.

Latin names,291.

Lavender,5,33,121.

Lavender Cotton,5,61.

Lawns,53,240.

Lawson, William, quoted,56.

Lebanon, Cedar of,29.

Lemon Lily,45,80.

Lennox, Lady, Box sun-dial of,97-98.

Leucojum,234-235.

Lilacs, at Hopkinton,29, also140-153,318et seq.,406.

Lilies,180.

Linen, drying of,99;bleaching of,99.

Linnæus, classification of,282;horologe of,381-382;discovery of daughter of,431et seq.

Liricon-fancy,45.

Little Burgundy Rose,467.

Live-forever.SeeOrpine.

Live Oaks,16.

Lobelia,33,271-272.

Loch,259.

Locust, as house friend,22-23;blossoms sold,155;on Long Island,156;in Narragansett,401et seq.;in a hedge,406-407.

Loggerheads,265.

Lombardy Poplars,27.

London Pride,45,443.

Longfellow, quoted,141;garden of,102,431.

Lotus,74.

Lovage-root,343.

Love divination, with Lilacs,150;with Apples,205et seq.;with Southernwood,349.

Love-in-a-huddle,435.

Love-in-a-mist,435.

Love lies bleeding,287.

Love philtres,118et seq.

Lowell, J. R., quoted,48-49,89,227,277.

Luck-lilac,150.

Lunaria,5,33,170et seq.

Lungwort,437-438.

Lupines,33,163,253,275et seq.

Lychnis.SeeMullein Pink; alsoLondon Pride.

Lyre flower.SeeDielytra.

Lyres,385,386.

Madame Plantier Rose,71,463,464.

Magnolia-on-the-Ashley, gardens at,16.

Magnolias,26,71,155-156.

Maiden's Blush Roses,466.

Maize,293-294.

Maltese Cross,443.

Manheim, Rose for rent in,470.

Maple, only Celtic plant name,292.

Marigolds,33,52,315et seq.

Maritoffles,17.

Markham, Gervayse, cited,40,54,115.

Marsh Mallow,434.

Marsh Marigold,294.

Marvell, Andrew, quoted,231,239,381.

Mather, Cotton, quoted,337,342.

Matrimony Vine,185,449-450.

Mayflower,166,291,299.

Maze, described,54-55;in America,55;at Sylvester Manor,106.

Meadow Rue,175-176.

Meet-her-in-the-entry, Kiss-her-in-the-buttery,135.

Meeting-plant,348.

Meet-me-at-the-garden-gate,135.

Meredith, Owen, quoted,166.

Meresteads,3.

Meridian lines,355.

Mertensia,438.

Michigan Roses,62,468.

Mignonette, scent of,319.

Milkweed silk,328,331.

Mills, for cider-making,203.

Minnow-tansy,127.

Mint family,117-264.

Miskodeed,294.

Missionary plant,25.

Mitchell, Dr., disinterment of,129et seq.

Mithridate,123.

Moccasin flower,293.

Mole cider,212.

Molucca Balm,436-437.

Money-in-both-pockets,170et seq.

Moneywort,60-61.

Monkshood,266,329,433.

Moon vine,430-431.

Moosewood,452et seq.

Morning-glory,181-182.

Morristown, sun-dial at,359,374.

Morris, William, quoted,240,425.

Morse, S. B. F., lines on sun-dial motto,363.

Mosquitoes,74.

Moss Roses,345,465,466.

Mottoes on sun-dials,88,360,et seq.

Mountain Fringe.SeeAdlumia.

Mount Atlas Cedar,29.

Mount Auburn Cemetery, sun-dial at,373.

Mount Vernon, garden at,11-12;sun-dial at,369.

Mourning Bride,297,339et seq.

Mulberries,27.

Mullein Pink,174.

Musk Roses,464,469.

Names, old English,284et seq.

Naked Boys,455.

Napanock, garden at,69-70.


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