A.Abernethy biscuits,67.Air, essential both to health and happiness,15.Ale, to brew,46.Almonds, keeping of,40.——, mode of growing,262.American ground,224.—— refrigerator,148.Amusements for the country,403.Ancient houses, situation of,212.Annuals,172.Apiary,380.Apparatus for walking,392.Apple trees, management of,261.Apricot trees, management of,247.Aquarium,191.Aquatic fowls,363.——, mode of preventing them from flying away,365.——, situation of houses for,348.Arboretum, planting an,223.Archery,403.Architectural garden,221.——, mode of planting,223.——, use of,220.Arm bracer,407.Arrow root, substitute for,111.Arrows,406.Artichokes,231.Artist's colour-box,411.Asparagus beds, mode of preparing,230.—— plants, mode of planting,230.—— stalks, time for cutting,230.Asses, management of,302.Assisting the poor in cases of illness,422.Australian house, culture of plants in the,196.Aviary,380.B.Backed bows,404.Banbury cakes,63.Barch,99.Bark stove,189.——, culture of hothouse plants in the,191.Barley-broth, Scotch,103.Barszes,99.Basil,240.Bath buns,64.—— cream cheese,145.Bean goose,367.Beans, mode of growing,234,235.Beasts subject to the forest laws of England,328.Bee-hives,380.Bees, management of,380.Beet, mode of cultivating and cooking,237.Beet-root soup,99.Belt used in archery,407.Berberry, mode of growing,263.Bernicle goose,367.Biennials,179.Biscuits,66.Bittern,380.Black fly on camellias and orange trees, mode of destroying,209.Black slug,397.Black snail, description of,397.Black swan,366.Blancmange,110.Blanquette, to make a,188.Block-book,409.Boat,412.Book-cases,22.Borecole, mode of growing,232.Botany, pleasures of studying,400.Boulettes of cold meat,84.Bows,404.Bowstrings,406.Box edgings,229.Bracer used in archery,407.Bread for toast and butter,61.——, making of,57.——, oven for baking,55.Brent goose,367.Brewing,46.Brioche,65.Broad-bill,370.Broccoli,234.Broiled fowl,79.Broth, Scotch barley,103.Browsing line,218.Brussels sprouts,234.Budding,273.Budding-knife,270.Bulbs, cultivation of,168.Burrow duck,369.Butcher-bird,396.Butter biscuits,66.Butter, modes of making in Scotland, and in England,129.C.Cabbages, mode of growing,233.Cabbage tribe, cultivation of the,232.Californian annuals,170.Calves, management of,320.Camellia house,199.Camellias, cultivation of,208.Canada geese,367.Canard gobe-mouche,370.Canary birds, treatment of,23.Candles, mode of keeping,40.Canvass-back duck,372.Capilotade, a,88.Car-cake,65.Carp,361.Carriages,297.——, close, mode of ventilating,298.Carriage, choice of a,300.Carriage horses, points to be attended to in selecting,301.Carrot,237.Carrots, modes of dressing,85.Cats, kinds of,307.——, management of,307.Catsup, walnut,113.Cattle, destructive in parks,218.Cauliflowers,234.Celery, cultivation of,239.Cellar for keeping ice,146.Charcoal, as fuel,13.Charcoal pans, range of, for French cooking,44.Charlotte de pommes,107.Cheddar cheese,140.Cheesecakes, common,93.——, impromptu,92.Cheese, how to make,131.Cherry trees, management of,247,262.Cheshire cheese,137.Chestnuts, mode of cooking,282.——, mode of keeping,282.Chestnut trees, mode of growing,263.Chickens, Dunelm of,80.——, mode of treating, as soon as hatched,341.Chimneys, reasons why they smoke,12.——, remedy for those which smoke,12.Chinese goose,367.Churns, kinds of,129.Cider, mode of making,55.Cleaning horses,288.Cleanliness, importance of, in stables,287.Climates, nature of,187.Clipping horses,290.Clouds, curious appearance noted in the, during a country walk,401.Cobb,364.Cockatoos, treatment of,24.Coffee-mill, fixing of,39.Coffee, mode of keeping,39.Coke,13.Cold-frame, description of,184.Coleworts,233.Colour-box used by artists,411.Colours, arrangement of, in flower-beds,163.Common greenhouse,197.Common marjoram,240.Conservatory,199.——, cultivation of plants in the,204.Cookery,70.——, the use of, to the poor,420.Coop for fowls,338.Coot,373.Coppers for boiling and brewing,46.Country amusements,403.—— duties,417.——, first impressions of the,5.—— houses, why they should be larger than those in town,8.—— walk, natural objects noted in,394.Cows, diseases of,312.——, feeding,317.——, kinds to be preferred,316.——, management of,309.——, milking,318.——, time they should be dry before calving,319.Cowslip wine,54.Cranberry, mode of growing the,265.Cravat goose,367.Cream,128.—— cheeses, making of,144.Crops, permanent and temporary,230,231.Croustades,88.Crumpets,65.Cucumbers, mode of growing,240.Cucumber vinegar,13.Culinary vegetables, crops of,230.Curing meat,122.Currant bushes, management of,264.Currants, dried, keeping of,40.Currant wine,54.Cut flowers, preservation of,30.Cuttings, propagating by,272.Cygnets,364.D.Dairy,126.Damp stove,190.——, culture of plants in the,195.Deer, kinds of,324,329.Devonshire syllabub,92.Digging,268.Dining-room,32.Disbudding,279.Division, propagating by,271.Dogs, diseases of,305.——, management of,305.Domestic animals,284.Donkeys, management of,302.Double Gloucester cheese,133,136.Dove-cot for pigeons,352.Draughts in country houses, mode of curing,9.Draw-hoe,269.Drawing-room,30.Dry stove,188.——, culture of plants in the,194.Ducklings, mode of treating,351.Ducks, how to cook,82.——, management of,350.——, ornamental kinds of,368.Dun bird,373.Dunelm of chickens,80.Dutch flummery,109.—— sour sauce,86.E.Edgings of box,229.Eggs, a liaison,87.Egyptian goose,368.Eider duck,372.Elderberry wine,54.Elder, mode of growing,263.Employment for the poor,421.Endive, how blanched,239.English national dishes,105.F.Fallow deer,324.Fancy fowls,344.Farriery,291.Fattening ducks,352.—— pheasants,376.—— poultry,338.Feeding horses,290.—— pheasants in the woods,376.—— pigeons,354.Fences against cattle in parks,219.Fennel,240.Fig trees, management of,248.Filbert, mode of growing,263.Fire-places, faults in,12.——, improvement of,10.Fires, management of,10.Fish, gold and silver, treatment necessary when kept in glass globes,27.——, management of,361.Fish-pond, formation of,359.Flies, remedies for,36.Flower-garden, a regular geometric, laying out and planting of,155.Flower-gardens, how to lay out and plant, of different patterns,161.Flowers which are cut, mode of preserving,30.Flummery,109.Forcing grape vines,254.Forcing houses for grapes and early stone fruits,190.Forest scenery, beauty of,213.Forking,269.Fowl, a broiled,79.Fowls, kinds of, to be preferred,342.——, management of,332.Fragrant flowers, suitable for planting near windows,167.Frame, description of a cold,184.France, popular soup of,95.Frangipane,91.Freezing mixture,149.French rolls,62.Fresh air, importance of,15.Fromage à la creme,91.Fruit, mode of keeping, in a fruit-room,282.Fruit-room, mode of fitting up,281.Fruit shrubs, management of,263.Fruit trees, management of,244.——, planting of,245.——, protecting the blossoms of,245.Furnishing rooms,16.Furniture, light colours in, to be preferred for a morning room,21.G.Gadwall,371.Gambo goose,368.Game, to cook,83.Gardening, operations of,268.——, styles in,220.Gâteau d'Avranches,68.Geese, how to cook,82.——, management of,349.——, ornamental kinds of,367.Gentlemen's business room,18.Germany, national dish of,97.Gingerbread,69.Gloucester cheeses, single and double,133,136.Goats, management of,320.Gold fish, management of,27.Gold pheasants,380.Goose, sauce for,83.Gooseberry bushes, management of,264.—— wine,52.Gourds, mode of growing,241.Grafting,275.Granite,401.Grapes, modes of growing,248.——, time to force,254.Grass seeds, mixture of, for lawns,225.Gravel walks, how to renovate,229.——, mode of forming,228.Greater shrike,396.Green gooseberry wine,52.Greenhouse plants for planting in the flower-garden,183.——, winter management of,200.Greenhouses, different kinds of,196.Green peas soup,76.Greffe etouffée,277.Grey duck,371.Guano, mode of using,280.Guernsey partridge,378.Guinea fowls, management of,346.H.Haggis, a Scotch,102.Half-hardy annuals,174.Hall,16.Hams, modes of curing,183.Hardy annuals,172.Hares, how to cook,83.——, objections to,379.Hare soup,76.Haricots blancs,236.Heath house,198.Heaths, cultivation of,204.Heating an oven for baking bread,55.Hen-house,335.Hen-roost,336.Herbaceous grafting,276.Herbs, mode of drying and keeping,41.Herons,379.Hoeing,269.Hoes, sorts of,269.Home-baked bread,57.Home-made wines,52.Horns of deer, natural process by which they are renewed,327.Horsemanship,293.Horseradish,231.Horses, diseases of, and cure for,285,291.——, management of,288.—— for carriages, points to be attended to in selecting,301.Hotbed, how to make,179.Hotch-potch,104.Hothouses, different kinds of,191.Hounds, throwing off of,414.House, improvement of the back front of the,220.Housekeeper's room,37.Houses for aquatic fowls,348.Houses in the country, why they are more difficult to warm than those in town,9.I.Ice-cellar,146.Ice-chest,147.Ice-creams, mixture for freezing,149.——, mode of making,151.——, utensils required for making,150.Ice-house,146.Ice, to cool wine and other liquids by,148.Impromptu cookery,70.—— soups,74.Inarching,277.Indian ale, to brew,51.—— pickle, mixture for,112.Instruments used in gardening,269.Introduction,1.Ireland, national dish of,104.Irish stew,104.Italy, national dish of,96.J.Jerusalem artichoke,237.Junket,92.K.Kale, mode of growing,232.Kernel fruits, management of,261.Kidney beans, mode of growing,236.King duck,373.Kitchen,41.Kitchen garden, laying out of a,226.——, situation for a,227.——, soil suited for a,227.Kitchen range,43.Knotted marjoram,240.L.