INDEX

Abel, musician, [125]
Acorns exported from Kew, [185]
Addison, quoted, [90]
Æolus, Temple of, [169]
Aiton, John, [102]
Aiton, William, [100]
Aiton, William Townsend, [102]
Albert, Prince, [110]
Amelia, Princess, [64], [79]
Amelia’s House, Princess, [30]
Arch, the ruined, [199]
Argyll, Duke of, [9]
Aroid House, [170]
Assassination, George III.’s escape from, [36]
Augusta, Princess of Saxe-Gotha, [13]
Australian vegetation, [182]
Ayrton, Mr., [109]
Azaleas, [196]
Bach, J. C., [40], [125]
Bacon’s Essay, Of Gardens, [85]
Bamboos, [186]
Bauer, Francis, [146]
Birch, uses of, [187]
Bluebells, [196]
Bohemia, Anne of, [2]
Boswell, [70]
Botanic Garden at Kew, [95], [101], [107], [112]
Botanists, portraits of explorers and, [195]
Bradley, Astronomer-Royal, [87]
Brazil nuts, [193]
Brentford, [8], [77], [113], [119], [132]
Bridgeman, gardener, [91]
Brown, “Capability,” [95]
Buckingham Palace, [27], [32], [78]
Buitenzorg Gardens, Java, [161]
Burney, Miss, quoted, [46], [59], [66], [67]
Burton, Decimus, [108]
Bushey Park, [149]
Bute, Earl of, [19], [23], [95], [123]
“Buttonmaker,” nickname of George III., [31]
Byam, Rev. R. B., [145]
Cactus aloe, [169]
Cambridge Cottage, [46], [123], [153], [156]
Cambridge, Duke Adolphus of, [45], [81], [116], [153]
Cambridge, Duke George of, [154]
Cambridge, Princess Mary of, [155]
Capel, Lord, [11], [87]
Carleton House, [77]
Carob pods, [193]
Caroline, Queen, [9], [10], [94], [116]
Cassava, [194]
Castor-oil plant, the, [193]
Cedars of Lebanon, [197]
Chambers, Sir William, [96]
Character of George III., [22]
Charles I., [7]
Charlotte, Princess, [80], [81]
Charlotte, Queen, 24, 47, 52 [68], [80]
Chatterton, quoted, [98]
Chelsea, Physic Garden of, [101]
Chestnuts, [194]
Chrysanthemums, [196]
Church House, [123]
City State Barge, [143]
Clarence, Duke of, [45], [70], [81]
Cobbett, William, [136]
Coca leaves, [192]
Coco-nut of Seychelles, [166]
Coco-nut trees, uses of, [188]
Colton, Charles Caleb, [143]
Confucius, House of, [96]
Cook’s Voyages, [105]
Copernicia cerifera, a tree-of-all-work, [189]
Cotton window, the, [191]
Cowley, quoted, [84]
Crocuses, [196]
Cuba jungles, [171]
Cumberland, Ernest, Duke of, [45], [81], [116], [150], [151]
Cumberland, William of, [12], [18]
Daffodils, [196]
“Dairy House,” the, [11]
D’Arblay, General, [71]
Darwin, Erasmus, quoted, [98]
Darwins, the, [102]
Dates, [194]
Deans, Jeanie, [9]
De Candolles, the, [102]
De Jussieus, the, [102]
Diary, George Rose’s, [74]
Dictionary of National Biography, quoted, [75]
Digby, Colonel, [67]
Dissertation on Oriental Gardening, [96]
Diversions of Purley, the, [134]
Doddington, Bubb, [20]
Dowager Princess of Wales, [20], [95]
Dragon-tree at Orotava, [180]
“Drake, Peter,” [95]
Drawing-rooms at St. James’s, [50]
Duck, Misses, [116]
Duck, Stephen, [94], [116], [117]
Dutch House, the, [11], [29], [74]
Edinburgh Botanical Garden, [103]
Edward III., [2]
Elizabeth, Queen, [5]
“Elizabeth’s house, Princess,” [46]
Engleharts, the, [126]
Ernest, King of Hanover, 107 [150], [151]
Ernst, the page, [126]
Eucalyptus, [181]
Evelyn, John, [86]
Explorers, portraits of botanists and, [195]
“Farmer George,” [31]
Finch, Lady Charlotte, [46]
Fischer, musician, [40], [125]
Fitzherbert, Mrs., [45]
Fortnum, [125]
Frederick, Duke of York, [37], [43], [46]
Frederick, Prince of Wales, [11], [15], [88]
Gainsborough, Thomas, [129]
Gardening, art of, [88]
Gardens, celebrated, [87], [88]
Gardens, the Story of the, [82]
Garrick, quoted, [96]
George, Duke of Cambridge, [154]
“George, Farmer,” [31]
George I., [8]
George II., [8], [10], [24]
George III., [13], [74], [76], [78], [95], [120]
George III., accession of, [24]
George III.’s character, [22]
George III.’s escape from assassination, [36]
George III.’s illness, [51]
George III. meets Miss Burney, [47]
George III.’s tutors, [17]
George IV., [77], [106]
George IV., Prince of Wales, [37], [40], [53], [55]
George IV.’s intrigue with “Perdita” Robinson, [41]
Giant gum trees at Melbourne, [164]
Gordon, General, [166]
Great Palm House, [165]
Green, the gardener, [99]
Greenhouse, the, [170]
Greville, Charles, quoted, [150]
Grey, Lady Jane, [4]
Gwyn, Mrs., the “Jessamy Bride,” [145]
Ha-ha fence, [93]
Ham House, [87], [114]
Hampton Court, [3], [8], [10]
Hanover, Ernest, King of, [107]
Hanover, George of, [152]
Haverfield, John, [99]
Hawkins, the brothers, [123]
Helps, Sir Arthur, [147]
Hemp plants, [192]
Henry, Prince, [6]
Herbaceous ground, [169], [198]
Herbarium library, [152]
Heroic Epistle, Mason’s, [95]
Hervey, Lord, quoted, [12], [14]
Highwaymen, [121]
Hill, Sir John, [96]
Hofland, Barbara, [146]
Hollow Walk, the, [123]
“Honour, Maids of,” [8]
Hooker, Sir J. D., [109], [181]
Hooker, Sir W. J., [108], [109]
Horne Tooke, John, [132]
Horse-chestnut, old, [196]
Horticultural Society’s Garden, [107]
Huntingdon, William, S.S., [138]
Hurlbut, W. H., quoted, [171]
“Improvers,” [88]
India-rubber plants, [195]
Islay, Lord, [97]
Italian Gardens, [89]
Jacobi, Mdlle., [69], [72]
James I., [5]
Jefferies, Richard, quoted, [198]
Jones, Henry, [98]
Jones, Inigo, [88]
Juniper Hill, [71]
“Junius,” [134]
Kava root, [192]
Kent, Duke of, [45], [81]
Kent, William, [88]
Kew Bridge, [118]
Kew Castle, [77]
Kew Church, [115]
Kew Churchyard, [129]
Kew Cottage, [147]
Kew Green, [75], [157]
Kew House, [10], [29], [32], [46], [51], [54], [64], [76]
Kew in favour, [31]
“Kew in lilac-time,” [158]
Kew Observatory, [9], [88], [97], [111]
Kew, origin of name, [1]
Kew Palace, [10], [78], [80], [112], [197]
Kew Priory, [143]
Kew Volunteers, [149]
Kingston, [2]
Kirby, Joshua, [129]
Kit-Cat Club, [114]
Kneller, Sir Godfrey, [114]
Kneller Hall, [114]
Knight, Charles, [79]
Knight, Miss Cornelia, [73]
Lacon, quoted, [144]
Lake, the, [197]
Langley, Batty, [91]
Lauderdale, Duke of, at Ham House, [87]
Lebanon, cedars of, [197]
Lely, Sir Peter, [113]
Lennox, Lady Sarah, [26]
Le Nôtre, [89]
Levens Hall, [89]
Linnean classification, the, [190]
Linnés, the, [102]
Lion Gate, the, [197]
Liquorice root, [192]
Little, John, story of, [141]
“Love Lane,” [33]
Macaulay, quoted, [47]
Macnab, James, [103]
Macnab, William, [102]
Macnab, William Ramsay, [103]
“Maids of Honour,” [8]
Mammoth sequoia, [181]
Marvell, A., quoted, [93]
Mary of Cambridge, Princess, [155]
Mason’s Heroic Epistle, [95]
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Dowager Grand-Duchess of, [155]
Melbourne, giant gum-trees at, [164]
“Merlin’s Cave,” [94]
Meyer, Jeremiah, [126]
Molyneux, Samuel, [11], [87]
Monastery of Sheen, the, [83]
Montague, Lady Mary Wortley, [123]
Moor Park, Hertfordshire, [85]
Murray, Miss Amelia, quoted, [124]
Museums and Economic Houses, [185]
New Zealand Vegetation, [183]
Niepce, J. N. de, [146]
“No Popery” riots, [34]
North Gallery, [199]
North, Miss Marianne, [161], [163], [199]
Nôtre, Le, [89]
Noyes, Mr. A., quoted, [158]
Observatory, the, [9], [88], [97], [111]
Old Brentford, [132]
Old Deer Park, [36], [111], [141]
Opium, [192]
“Orangery,” the, [190]
Orotava, dragon-tree at, [180]
Pagoda, the, [1], [96], [197]
Palace at Richmond, proposed new, [28]
Palm House, [108]
Papendiek, Mrs., Memoirs of, [34], [40], [43], [56], [72], [99], [120], [121], [123], [125]
Papyrus reeds, [167]
Pavilion, the Brighton, [77]
Peradenia, Gardens of, [164]
Petersham, [114]
Phillips’s Morning’s walk from London to Kew, [142]
Physic Garden, Chelsea, [101]
Pond, the, [197]
Pope, quoted, [15], [89]
Portraits of botanists and explorers, [195]
Potato, the, [185]
Prain, Colonel, [109]
Prince Albert, [110]
Prince Frederick of Wales, [11], [15], [88]
Prince George of Hanover, [152]
Prince Henry, [6]
Princess Amelia, [30], [64], [79]
Princess Charlotte, [80], [81]
“Princess Elizabeth’s House,” [46]
Princess Marie’s wedding, [155]
Princess Victoria, [81]
Pringle, Sir John, [123]
Proctor, Richard, [147]
Queen Caroline, [9], [10], [116]
Queen Charlotte, [27], [68], [80]
Queen Elizabeth, [5]
Queen Victoria, [112], [149]
“Queen’s Cottage,” the, [29], [196]
“Queen’s Lodge” at Windsor, [32]
Quinine, [193]
Rafflesia, [162]
Recollections of a Happy Life, [200]
Regency Bill, [53], [62]
Regency, the Prince’s, [79]
Repton, Humphrey, [93]
Richmond, [3], [5], [113], [140]
Richmond Gardens, [94], [110]
Richmond Lodge, [8], [10], [28], [32], [97], [110]
Richmond Palace, [3]
Richmond Park, [7], [30]
Richmond, proposal of new palace at, [28]
Rio de Janeiro, Botanic Garden, near, [164]
Riots, “No Popery,” [34]
Robinson, “Perdita,” [41]
Rock Garden, the, [168]
Rogers, John, Reminiscences, [34], [101]
Rose, George, Diary of, [74]
Roses, [196]
St. James’s Drawing-rooms, [50]
St. James’s Palace, [27]
Saxe-Gotha, Princess Augusta of, [13]
Scholarship, George IV.’s, [37]
Schwellenberg, Mrs., [49], [68]
Scotsmen as gardeners, [100], [105]
Senna, [192]
Seychelles, coco-nut of, [166]
Sharp, Granville, [122]
Sheen, [2]
Sheen Common, [94]
Sheen, the Monastery of, [83]
Snowdrops, [196]
Somerset, Protector, [84]
South African plants, [168]
Spectator, the, quoted, [90]
Spencer, Lady Elizabeth, [27]
Story of the Gardens, the, [82]
Strand-on-the-Green, [113], [126]
Strawberry Hill, [90], [91]
Succulent House, [169]
Sudbrook Park, [114]
Suffolk House, [4]
Sun, Temple of the, [169]
Sunday opening, [110]
Sussex, Duke of, [45]
Swift, quoted, [114]
Switzer, Stephen, [87], [91]
Sydney, Botanic Gardens at, [164]
Syon House, [4], [84]
Syon Vista, the, [197]
Tamerlane’s garden, [100]
Teck, Duke of, [155]
Temple, Sir William, [87]
Temple of Æolus, [169]
Temple of the Sun, [169]
Temple Grove, [87]
Thackeray, quoted, [34]
Theobald’s Park, Enfield, [5]
Thiselton-Dyer, Sir W. T., [109]
Thomson, James, [140]
“Thresher-poet,” the, [116]
Thresher’s Labour, The, quoted, [117]
Thurlow, Lord Chancellor, [62]
Timber Museum, No. III., [190]
Tooke, John Horne, [132]
Topiarian art, the, [89]
Trimmer, Mrs., [129]
Tropical Lily House, [166]
Tropics, plagues of the, [176]
Tulips, [196]
Turner, Dr. William, [83]
Tutors of George III., [17]
Twickenham, [21]
“Two Kings of Brentford,” the, [132]
Upas tree, [195]
Victoria Gate, [112]
Victoria, Princess, [81]
Victoria, Queen, [112], [149]
Victoria Regia, the, [162], [167]
Visiting the Gardens, [157]
Wales, Dowager Princess of, [20], [95]
Wales, Prince Frederick of, [11], [88]
Wallace, Dr. A. R., quoted, [174]
Walpole, Horace, [9], [14], [15], [17], [18], [19], [21], [28], [45], [63]
Wedding of Princess Marie, [155]
Wells, Mr. J. W., quoted, [189]
West, Sir Algernon, quoted, [109]
Weymouth, [65], [76]
White House, the, [46]
White Lodge, [155]
Whitton Place, [97]
Wild hyacinths, [196]
Wilkes, John, [26], [131]
Wilkes’s head, [76]
“Wilkes and Liberty,” [89], [133]
Wilkinson, Mr., Reminiscences, [154]
William of Cumberland, [12], [18]
William III., [8], [89]
William IV., [87]
Willis, Rev. Dr., [56], [68]
Willises, the, [75]
Windsor Castle, [32], [50], [78]
Wolsey, [3]
Wyatt, Sir Thomas, [118]
York, Frederick, Duke of, [37], [42], [64]
Zoffany, John, [127]

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