Naushon, Gorse on,222;sun-dial at,374.
Nemophila,315.
New Amsterdam, flowers of,17-18.
New England's Prospect,3.
New England's Rarities,5.
Nicotiana,423.
Nigella,33,434,435.
Night-scented Stock,421-422.
Nightshade,448.
Night Violets,422.
Noon-marks,355.
None-so-pretty,135.
Oak of Jerusalem.SeeAmbrosia.
Obesity, cure for,122.
Old Man.SeeSouthernwood.
Oleanders,52,329-330.
Olitory,113.
Open knots,57-58.
Ophir Farm, sun-dial at,376et seq.
Opyn-tide, meaning of,143.
Orange Lily,50.
Orchard seats,192.
Orpine,444-445.
Orris-root,259.
Osage Orange,69,406.
Ostrowskia,262.
"Out-Landish Flowers,"58.
Oxeye Daisies, introduction to America,25.
Oxford, sun-dial at,97.
Pansies,134,318.
Pappoose-root,293.
Parkman, Francis, Rose Garden of,471.
Parley, Peter, quoted,343.
Parsons, T. W., on Lilacs,153.
Parterre,58et seq.
Pastorius, Father,11.
Patagonian Mint,347-348.
Patience,6.
Paulownias,29.
Peach blossoms,158.
Peacocks,395et seq.
Pear blossoms, scent of,318.
Pedestals for sun-dials,374et seq.
Pennsylvania, sun-dials in,370et seq.
Penn, William, encouraged gardens,11.
Peony,42et seq.
Peppermint, as medicine,118.
Pergolas,82-83,385et seq.
Peristyle,389.
Periwinkle,62,439et seq.
Perpetual Roses,468.
Persians, colors of,253;plant names of,292;flower love of,462.
Persian Lilac,152.
Persian Yellow Rose,320,469.
Peter's Wreath,41-42.
Petunias,179,423.
Phlox,40,45,162,423.
Piazzas,388-389.
Pig-nuts,332.
Pilgrim's Progress, quotations from,201.
Pinckney, E. L., floriculture by,14.
Pine at Yaddo,90.
Pink-of-my-Joan,135.
Pinks, as edgings,34,47,61,292,422-423.
Pippins,345.
Plane trees in Pliny's garden,97.
Plantain,197,443-444.
Plant-of-twenty-days,42.
Platycodon grandiflorum,262.
Playhouse Apple tree,199.
Pliny, quoted,342,349;gardens of,96-97.
Plum blossoms,157-158.
Plume Poppy,175et seq.
Plymouth, Massachusetts, early gardens at,3.
Poet's Narcissus,318.
Pogonia,247.
Poison Ivy,403.
Polling, of trees,387.
Polyantha Rose,467.
Polyanthus, as edging,62.
Pomander,212.
Pomatum,209-210.
Pompeii, standards at,87et seq.
Pond Lily,345.
Pony Roses,467.
Poppies,163-164,243-244,309et seq.,431.
Pops,337.
Portable dials,356-357.
Portulaca,178-179.
Potatoes, planted by Raleigh,230.
Potocka, Countess, quoted,327.
Pot-pourri,471.
Preston Garden,15-16,18,24,101.
Prick-song plant.SeeLunaria.
Primprint.SeePrivet.
Prince Nurseries,26et seq.,230.
Privet,54,317,406,408.
Provence Roses,459.
Prunella,264-265.
Prygmen,99.
Pudding,304.
Pulmonaria,437-438.
Pumps, old,67-68.
Pussy Willows,155,247.
Puzzle-love,435.
Pyrethrum,242.
Quabbin,419.
Queen Anne, hatred of Box,94.
Queen's Maries, bower of,103.
Queen of the Prairies Rose,468.
Quincy, Josiah,407.
Ragged Robin,291.
Ragged Sailors,265.
Rail fences,399et seq.
Railings,62.
Raleigh, Sir Walter, garden of,230.
Rapin, René, quoted,94,323;on gardens,227.
Red, influence of,251.
Remontant Roses,468.
Rent, of a Rose,469et seq.
Rescue of an Old Place, cited,103,290.
Rhodes, Cecil, garden of,261.
Rhododendrons,42,182,244,245.
Ridgely Garden,57,60,95,101.
Ring dials,356.
Rock Cress.SeeArabis.
Rocket.SeeDames' Rocket.
Rose Acacia,185,406.
Rose Campion,33,174,175.
Rose Garden, at Yaddo,81et seq.
Rosemary,5,55,59,110.
Rose of Four Seasons,467.
Rose of Plymouth,295.
Rose Tavern,470.
Rose tobacco,475.
Rose-water,472.
Rossetti, D. G., picture by,380;quoted,380.
Roxbury Waxwork.SeeBittersweet.
Rue,5,110,123et seq,434.
Ruskin, John, quoted,243,283,255,279,309.
Sabbatia,295.
Saffron-tea,118.
Sage,125et seq.
Sag Harbor, sun-dial at,362.
Salpiglossis,262.
Salt Box House,128.
Sand, in parterres,56,58.
Santolina.SeeLavender Cotton.
Sapson Apples,201-202.
Sassafras,343.
Satin-flower,170et seq.
Sauce Saracen,472.
Scarlet Lightning,443.
Scilla,255.
Scotch Roses,48,464,469.
Scott, Sir Walter, sun-dial of,219,377.
Scythes,391.
Seeds, sale of,32et seq.
Serpentine Walls,414.
Setwall.SeeValerian.
Seven Sisters,435.
Seven Sisters Rose,463.
Shade alleys,59.
Shaded Walks,64.
Shakespeare Border,217et seq.
Sheep bones, as edgings,57-58.
Shelley, Garden,223.
Shell flower,436-437.
Shirley Poppies,255,312.
Simples,115.
Skepes,354,391et seq.
Slugs, in Box,95.
Smithsonian Institution, sun-dials in,357-358.
Snakeroot,423-424.
Snapdragons,33,175.
Snowballs,71.
Snowberry,169.
Snowdrops,234.
Snow in Summer,47.
Snow Pink.SeePinks.
Soldier and his Wife,438.
Sops-o'-wine.SeeSapson.
Sorrel,6,240,332.
South Carolina, gardens of,14.
Southernwood,5,341,348et seq.
Southey, Robert, quoted,266.
Spenser, Edmund, quoted,54;flowers of,215,284.
Spider-flower.SeeLove-in-a-mist.
Spiders in medicine,303,343.
Spiderwort,435-436.
Spiræas,189.
Spitfire Plant.SeeFraxinella.
Spring Beauty,294.
Spring Snowflake,234,235.
Spruce gum,332.
Spurge, Cypress,434et seq.
Squirrel Cups,260.
Squirt, for water,390.
Star of Bethlehem,34,235.
Star Pink.SeePink.
Statues in garden,85,389.
Stockton, Richard, letter of,30-31.
Stones, for edging,58.
Stonecrop,135.
Stone walls,399et seq.
Strawberry Bush.SeeCalycanthus.
Striped Grass,438-439.
Striped Lily,61.
Stuyvesant, Peter, garden of,18-19.
Succory.SeeChicory.
Summer-houses,392.
Summer Roses,468.
Summer savory,124.
Summer-sots,17.
Sun-dials of Box,62,80,87,88,97et seq.
Sun-flowers,178,287.
Sunken gardens,72-73.
Sunshine Bush,189.
Swan River Daisy,263,264.
Sweet Alyssum.SeeAlyssum.
Sweet Brier,6,25,48,302,464,465.
Sweet Fern,2.
Sweet Flag,343.
Sweet Johns,285.
Sweet Marjoram,124.
Sweet Peas,33,178,224.
Sweet Rocket,34.
Sweet Shrub.SeeCalycanthus.
Sweet Williams,34,162,285et seq.
Sylvester Manor, gardens at,104et seq.
Syringas,71.
Tansy,6,126et seq.
Tansy bitters,128.
Tansy cakes,128.
Tasmania, Thistles in,26.
Tea Roses,320,469.
Telling the bees,393.
Temperance Reform,204.
Tennyson, on blue,266;on white,420-421.
Thaxter, Celia, cited,311.
Thistles, in Tasmania,26.
Thomas, Edith, quoted,229.
Thoreau, H. D., quoted,148,197,198,199,275,276,345,346,417.
Thoroughwort,145et seq.
Thrift, sun-dials in,97;as edging,61-62.
Thyme,34,60,302et seq.
Tiger Lilies,45,162.
Toad-flax,450et seq.
Tobacco.SeeNicotiana.
Tongue-plant,347-348.
Topiary work in England,408;at Wellesley,409et seq.;in California,412.
Tradescantia.SeeSpiderwort.
Trailing Arbutus,299.
Traveller's Rest, sun-dial at,350,370.
Tree arbors,199,384-385.
Tree Peony.SeePeony.
Trillium,154,457,458.
Trumpet vine,449-450.
Tuckahoe, Box at,102,105.
Tudor gardens,55.
Tudor Place, garden at,103.
Tulips,18,138,168.
Turner, cited,61,236.
Tusser, Thomas, quoted,115.
Twopenny Grass,61.
Valerian,34,313et seq.
Van Cortlandt Manor, garden at,20et seq.
Van Cortlandt, Pierre,21.
Vancouver's Island,26.
Van der Donck, Adrian, quoted,17-18.
Velvet Roses,466.
Vendue,50-51.
Venus' Navelwort,33,441-442.
Versailles, Box at,97.
Victoria Regia,74-75.
Vinca.SeePeriwinkle.
Viola tricolor,134.
Violets, edgings of,71;in backyard,154;gallant grace of,166;scent of,259,317-318.
Viper's Bugloss,273-274.
Virginia Allspice.SeeCalycanthus.
Virginia, sun-dials in,369-370;Rose-bowers in,385;lyres in,385.
Virgin's Bower.SeeAdlumia.
Wake Robin.SeeTrillium.
Walden Pond,198,345.
Walpole, New Hampshire, garden in,237et seq.,464et seq.
Walton, Izaak,127.
Wandis,62.
Warwick, Lady, sun-dial of,98;gardens of,84,85,110;Shakespeare Border of,217.
Washings, semi-annual,99.
Washington, Betty, sun-dial of,370.
Washington Family, in England,367;sun-dial of,367et seq.
Washington, George, sun-dials of,357,368.
Washington, Martha, garden of,12-13.
Washington, Mary, sun-dial of,369;garden of,370.
Wassailing,206.
Waterbury, Connecticut, sun-dial at,379.
Waterford, Virginia, bee-hives at,393.
Water gardens,73-74.
Watering-pot,391.
Watson, Forbes, cited,425,433.
Waybred,443-444.
Weed-smother,300.
Weeds of old garden,8,48,52.
Wellesley, gardens at,409et seq.
Well-sweeps,68,390.
White animals on farm;416et seq.
White Garden,415et seq.
Whitehall, home of Bishop Berkeley,194,195.
White Man's Foot,443-444.
White Satin,170et seq.
White, value in garden,157,255,419.
Whiteweed,291.SeeOxeye Daisy.
Whitman, Walt, quoted,152-153.
Whittier, J. G., sun-dial motto by,373-374.
Wild gardens,237et seq.,453-454.
Wine-sap.SeeSapson.
Winter, in a garden,327et seq.
Winter posy,131.
Winthrop, John, quoted,1,3.
Wistaria,166,182,188et seq.,232.
Woad-waxen,24,25.
Wordsworth, W., quoted,193.
Wort,113.
Wort-cunning,113.
Yaddo, garden at,81et seq.
Yew,406.
York and Lancaster Rose,62,460et seq.
Yucca,293,429-430.
Zodiac, signs of, on sun-dial,376.