Allen, James Lane, quoted, 195. Almond, flowering, 39, 41, 159. Aloe, 429. Alpine Strawberries, 62. Alstroemeria, 438. Alyssum, sweet, 59-60, 179; yellow, 137. Ambrosia, 48, 235 _et seq._ _Anemone japonica_, 67, 187. Annunzio, G. d', quoted, 94. Apple betty, 211. Apple butter, 212-213. Apple frolic, 211 _et seq._ Apple hoglin, 211. Apple-luns, 209. Apple mose, 209. Apple moy, 209. Apple paring, 207. Apple pie, 208. Apple sauce, 213. Apple slump, 211. Apple stucklin, 211. Apple tansy, 209. Aquilegia, 260. Arabis, 47. Arbors, 384. Arbutus, trailing, 166, 291, 299. Arches, 384, 387, 418. Arch-herbs, 384. Arethusa, 247 _et seq._, 295, 299 _et seq._ Arlington, pergola at, 385. Arnold, Matthew, quoted, 225, 226. Ascott, sun-dial at, 98. Asters, 179, 180. Athol porridge, 393. Azalea, 16. Baby's Breath, 257. Bachelor's Buttons, 52, 176, 265, 291. Back-yard, flowers in, 154. Bacon-and-eggs, 138. Bacon, Lord, cited, 44-45, 55, 56, 144. Balloon Flower. _See_ _Platycodon grandiflorum_. Balloon Vine, 183-184. Balsams, 257. Baltimore Belle Rose, 468. Bancroft, George, Rose Garden of, 471. Banksia Rose, 463. Bare-dames, 17. Barney, Major, landscape art of, 101. Bartram, John, 12. Basil, sweet, 121 _et seq._ Battle of Princeton, 78. Batty Langley, cited, 383. Bayberry, 302. Beata Beatrix, 380. Beaver-tongue, 347-348. Beech, weeping, 231. Bee-hives, 354, 391 _et seq._ Beekman, James, greenhouse of, 19. Bee Larkspur, 265, 268. Bell-bind, 181, 182. Bell Flower, Chinese or Japanese. _See_ _Platycodon grandiflorum_. Belvoir Castle, Lunaria at, 171-172. Bergamot, 166. Bergen Homestead, garden of, 23. Berkeley, Bishop, Apple trees of, 194-195. Bitter Buttons. _See_ Tansy. Bitter-sweet, 25, 238. Black Cohosh, 423-424. Black Roses, 466. Bleeding-heart. _See_ Dielytra. Blind, herb-garden for, 131. Bloodroot, 154, 457. Bluebottles, 265. Blue-eyed Grass, 278-279. Blue-pipe tree, 144. Blue Roses, 253. Blue Sage, 264. Blue Spider-flower, 435. Bluetops, 265. Bluets, 260. Blue-weed. _See_ Viper's Bugloss. Blush Roses, 466. Bocconia. _See_ Plume Poppy. Boneset, 145 _et seq._ Bosquets, 387. Botrys. _See_ Ambrosia. Boulder, sun-dial mounted on, 377. Bouncing Bet, 52, 450. Bourbon Roses, 467. Boursault Roses, 48, 463. Bowers, 385. Bowling greens, 240. Bowne, Eliza Southgate, diary of, 31. Box. _See_ Chapter IV.; also 29, 47, 48, 54, 59, 71, 80, 112, 338. Break-your-spectacles, 265. Brecknock Hall, Box at, 103-104. Bricks for edging, 59, 71; for walls, 71-72, 412 _et seq._ Brier candy, 473. British soldiers, graves of, 77 _et seq._ Broom. _See_ Woad-waxen. Broughton Castle, Box sun-dial at, 97, 98. Brown, Dr. John, cited, 103. Browne, Sir Thomas, quoted, 306.