[INDEX.]
[A]. [B]. [C]. [D]. [E]. [F]. [G]. [H]. [I]. [J]. [K]. [L]. [M]. [N]. [O]. [P]. [Q]. [R]. [S]. [T]. U. [V]. [W]. X. [Y]. [Z].
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.
Landed proprietor, conduct towards his tenants, [417].
Landscape gardening, [210].
Larder, [119].
Laughing goose, [368].
Lawns, mixture of grass seeds for, [225].
Layers, how to make, [272].
Leaven, to make, [58].
Lemonade, [109].
Lemon cream, [109].
Lemons, how to pickle, [112].
Lettuces, kinds of and mode of growing, [238].
Liaison of eggs, [87].
Library, [18].
Loaf cheese, [142].
M.
Macaroni, mode of preparing, [96].
Macaroons, [68].
Macaws, treatment of, [24].
Magnonnaise, to make a, [84].
Making bread, [57].
Manures, different kinds and use of, [279].
Marinade, to make a, [88].
Marjoram, [240].
Marmozets, treatment of, [26].
Meat, curing of [122].
——, pickling of, [121].
Medlar, best situation for, [262].
Melons, mode of growing, [240].
Milk, management of, [127].
Milk cakes, [62].
Milking cows, [318].
Milking, times for, [127].
Mill for pepper, [39].
——, mode of cleaning, [40].
Mint, [240].
Mixture for cooling wine and freezing ice-creams, [149].
Mole, [395].
Monkeys, treatment of, [26].
Morning sitting-room, [18].
Muffins, [65].
Mulberry trees, best situation for, [262].
Mules, for drawing carriages, [301].
——, their value, [304].
Muscovy duck, [368].
Mushrooms, how to gather, [242].
——, mode of growing, [241].
Mutton hams, [125].
N.
Naples biscuits, [67].
National cookery, [95].
Nectarine trees, forcing of, [259].
——, management of, [246].
Nidulària campanulàta, [395], [398].
O.
Oat cakes, [64].
Offsets, [272].
Olla podrida, [101].
Omelettes, [88].
Omelettes aux fines herbes, [89].
Omelette soufflée, [90].
Onion sauce, [86].
Onions, mode of growing, [238].
Operations of gardening, [268].
Orangery, [199], [207].
Orchidaceous plants, culture of, [195].
Orchideous house, [190].
Ornamental aquatic fowls, [363].
Oven for baking bread, [55].
——, to heat with coal, [57].
P.
Park, [210].
——, scenes in, [217].
Parliament, to make, [69].
Parmesan cheese, [142].
Parrots, treatment of, [24].
Parsley, [240].
Parsnep, [237].
Partridges, [377].
——, how to cook, [83].
Patte d'oie, [222].
Peach trees, forcing of, [259].
——, management of, [246].
Peacocks, management of, [347].
Pea-hens, [347].
Pear trees, management of, [201].
Peas, mode of growing, [231].
Peat, as fuel, [13].
Pencils for sketching, [410].
Perch, [362].
Perdrix aux choux, [83].
Perennials, [177].
Permanent crops, [230].
Perry, how to make, [55].
Pheasants, how to cook, [83].
—— in parks, [374].
Pickle, mode of making the mixture for, [120].
Pickling meat, [121].
Pigeon-house, [352].
Pigeons à la crapaudine, [82].
—— aux petits pois, [82].
——, management of, [353].
——, modes of cooking, [81].
Pigs, management of, [321].
Pike, [362].
Pine-apple cheese, [142].
Pine-apples, mode of growing, [258].
Pine cones, good for lighting fires, [12].
Pinetum, [224].
Pintail duck, [371].
Pipings, [273].
Plaiting coarse straw, or bulrushes, [422].
Plans, how to transfer, from the paper to the ground, [160].
Plantations near the house, use of, [211].
Plant houses, use of, [187].
Planting a shrubbery, [215].
Plants in windows, treatment of, [19].
——, lists of, for a regular geometric flower-garden, [157].
——, mode of keeping them in a growing state, [281].
——, modes of propagating, by seeds, [270].
——, modes of propagating, by division, [271].
Plant stoves, [188].
Pleasure-boats, [412].
Pleasure-grounds, [211].
Plum pudding, [105].
Plum-trees, management of, [247], [262].
Pochard, [373].
Poland, national dish of, [99].
Pomegranate, management of, [248].
Ponds, inhabitants of, [359].
Pony-carriage, [297].
Pork pies, [115].
Potatoes, mode of growing, [236].
Potato flour, [111].
—— omelette, [89].
—— starch, [111].
Pot-au-feu, [95].
Potherbs, [240].
Pot-marjoram, [240].
Poultry, diseases of, and their cure, [355].
——, how to cook, [78].
——, management of, [332].
Poultry-houses, [333].
Poultry-yard, inhabitants of the, [330].
——, management of the, [332].
Pound cake, [68].
Propagation, different modes of, [270].
Pruning, [278].
Pruning-shears, [270].
Pruning the vine, [253].
Puchero, to make a, [101].
Pudding, an excellent Yorkshire, [105].
——, cabinet, [108].
——, French apple, [107].
——, Mr. Sopwith's almond, [108].
——, Mr. Sopwith's Victoria, [106].
——, parsnep, [108].
——, plum, [105].
——, Sir Joseph Brookes's, [106].
Puff paste, to make, [93].
Q.
Quadrupeds kept for amusement, [284].
—— supplying food, [309].
Quagga, [302].
Quince, best situation for, [262].
Quiver for carrying arrows in, [408].
R.
Rabbits, diseases of, [324].
——, management of, [323].
Radishes, times for sowing, [237].
Raisins, mode of keeping, [40].
Raking, [269].
Raspberries, mode of growing, [265].
Ratafia drops, [68].
Red beet, mode of cultivating and cooking, [237].
Red-crested duck, [373].
Red deer, [327].
Red goose, [368].
Red-legged partridge, [378].
Red spider, description of, and remedy for the, [193].
Refrigerator, [147].
——, the American, [148].
Reins, directions for holding, [295].
Relieving the poor, [418].
Renovating gravel walks, [229].
—— turf, [225].
Repotting, mode of performing, [202].
Reserve-garden, situation for, and use of, [170].
Rhubarb, [231].
——, mode of growing, [267].
Rice cream, [111].
—— flummery, [109].
Riding, [284].
Ripe gooseberry wine, [53].
Roe, [327].
Rolls, [61].
Roosting-houses for poultry, [336].
Rose-garden, [224], [225].
Rotation of crops, [231].
Ruddy goose, [369].
Runners, [272].
Rural seats, [393].
—— walks, [390], [393].
Rusks, [63].
S.
Saddles, [296].
Safes, for uncooked and cooked meat, [126].
Sage, [240].
—— cheese, [136].
St. Cuthbert's duck, [373].
Salad, of cold game, [84].
Sally Luns, [62].
Sand-bath for fowls, [334].
Sauce à la Bechamel, [87].
—— à la Tartare, [87].
—— blanche, [85].
——, kinds of, [86].
——, velouté, [87].
Sauer kraut, mode of making, [97].
Savory, [240].
Savoys, mode of growing, [233].
Scarlet runners, [236].
Schools, establishment of, [419].
Scotch barley broth, [103].
—— greens, mode of growing, [232].
—— haggis, [102].
—— hotch-potch, [104].
—— national dishes, [102].
Scullery, [45], [127].
Sea-kale, cultivation of, [231].
Sea pheasant, [371].
Seats of rustic work, [393].
Seeds, propagating by, [270].
Self bows, [404].
Servants' offices, [37], [119].
Sheds for poultry, [333].
Sheep, [324].
Shelter for aquatic fowls in winter, [365].
Shieldrake, [369].
Shoes for walking, [392].
Shooting-glove, [407].
Short paste, to make, [94].
Shoveller, [370].
Shrike, [396].
Shrubberies, mode of planting, [166].
——, effect of, in harmonising a flower-garden with a park, [215].
——, openings in, to admit distant prospects, [216].
Shrubbery, [215].
Silk of a piano, mode of saving from flies, [21].
Silk-worms, management of, [385].
Siller cups, [398].
Silver fish, treatment of, in glass globes, [27].
—— pheasants, [380].
Single Gloucester cheese, [133].
Sirop de Cerises, [115].
Sitting-box for hens, [335].
Sitting hens, [341].
Situation of ancient houses, [212].
Skating, [413].
Skeeling goose, [369].
Sketching in the open air, [408].
Slate, use of a, in the housekeeper's room, [41].
Snow goose, [368].
Soap, keeping of, [40].
Soup made in a minute, [75].
—— made in an hour, [74].
—— of France, [95].
——, stock for, [72].
——, white, [75].
Soups, various kinds of, [74].
Spain, national dish of, [101].
Spinach, mode of growing, [237].
Sponge-cake, [67].
Sporting terms, [415].
Squirrel, food for, [23].
Stable, management of, [285].
Stamped biscuits, [66].
Standard fruit trees, management of, [260].
Stew, an Irish, [104].
Stews for fish, [363].
Sticklebacks, how they prevent the stocking of a pond, [362].
Stilton cheese, [132].
Stock for soup, [72].
Stone fruits, [246], [262].
Store closet, [37].
Stoves, objections to, [13].
Strawberries, management of, [265].
Style of gardens, [221].
Succory, how blanched, [239].
Suckers, propagating by, [271].
Sugar, moist and lump, mode of keeping, [39].
Sugar paste, to make, [94].
Summer savory, [240].
Surf scoter, [373].
Swan, [363].
Sweet chestnuts, mode of cooking, [282].
——, mode of growing, [263].
Sweet-marjoram, [240].
Swinging, [411].
Syllabubs, [92].
T.
Table ale, to brew, [46].
Target, [404].
Tart-rhubarb, [231].
——, management of, [267].
Tassel, used in archery, [407].
Teaching the poor, [420].
Teal, [371].
Tea, mode of keeping, [39].
Temporary crops, [231].
Tench, [361].
Tender annuals, [175].
Terms used by sportsmen, [415].
Terrace, use of, [221].
Terrine, a, [88].
Thinning-out trees in a shrubbery, [215].
Throwing off of the hounds, [414].
Thrust-hoe, [269].
Thyme, [240].
Tomatoes, mode of growing, [241].
Tomatoes, Spanish mode of keeping, [114].
Tomato sauce, [113].
——, the Spanish way, [114].
Tops and bottoms, [63].
Training, [278].
—— standard fruit-trees, [260].
—— the vine, [254].
Transplanter, use of, [270].
Trees, difference in the foliage of, [213].
——, reasons for cutting down, [14].
——, the probable reason why they are planted in front of a dwelling, [8].
——, touch of the different kinds of, to be attended to in sketching, [411].
——, why clipped into formal shapes, [220].
Trout, [362].
Trowel, use of, [270].
Turf, how to renovate, [225].
Turkeys, management of, [344].
Turnip, [237].
Turnips, to remove the unpleasant taste they give to milk, [130].
V.
Vegetables, crops of culinary, [230].
Ventilating close carriages, mode of, [298].
Ventilation, importance of, [15].
Vine, principal points to be attended to in its culture, [258].
——, pruning the, [253].
——, training the, [254].
Vinery, construction, preparation, and management of, [249].
Vines, management of, [249].
——, time to force, [254].
W.
Walking, apparatus for, [392].
Walks, mode of forming, [228].
Walnut catsup, excellent, [113].
Walnut, mode of growing the, [263].
Walnuts, mode of keeping, [282].
Warming rooms, [10].
Water-fowl, [363].
Water-ices, mode of making, [151].
Water near a house, [211].
Water plants, [191].
Weeds on gravel-walks, mode of destroying, [229].
Western duck, [373].
Whistling duck, [372].
White soup, [75].
Wicker-work, coverings of, for preserving plants, [185].
Widgeon, [372].
Wiltshire cheeses, [141].
Wine cakes, [67].
Wine, freezing mixture for cooling, [149].
——, mode of cooling, by ice, [148].
Winter marjoram, [240].
Winter savory, [240].
Wood fires, [11].
Wood, kinds of, best suited for fuel, [11].
Woods, inhabitants of, [374].
Woundwort, [399].
Y.
Yeast, artificial, how to make, [58].
——, best way of keeping, [60].
——, mode of recovering, when sour or putrid, [59].
York cream cheese, [144].
Yorkshire cakes, [62].
—— pudding, to make an excellent, [105].
Z.
Zebra, [302].