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