The vignette in my title-page, and that at page 84, are two of those neat decorations which so profusely embellish the Encyclopædia of Gardening. INDEX. A. Abercrombie, 153 Addison, xxviii., xxxii., 49, 115 ---- reflections on the tombs, 117 Age of gardeners and horticulturists, 81 Alison, Dr. xxxviii., 71, 120, 211 Anderson, 69, 175 Ardenne, J. P. de, his charity, xiv. Arabian literature, 2 Argyle, xxviii. Argenville, xiii. Arnauld d'Andelli, xiii. Arnolde's Chronicle, 5 Astrology, 34 Austen, Ralph, 18 Austin, Fr., 19 B. Bacon, Lord, on flowers that perfume the air, xxx., xxxv., 55 ---- eulogies on him, 88 ---- on Gorhambury, 88 Banks, Sir Jos., 4, 181, 187 Barrington, Daines, 156, 177 Bates, an aged horticulturist, 82 Bauhine, 44 Beale, Dr. John, vi., 16, 17, 20, 21, 54 ---- his attachment to his native country, 23 Belosses, Sir H. 202 Bees, on, by an Italian, 85 Bernazzano, his skill in painting fruit, 56 Bertholan, xviii. Bertrand, Fr., his _Ruris Deliciæ_, xiv. Blake, 19 Blythe, Walter, 8, 88 Bobart, 108 Boileau, tributes to, xxiii. 56 Bonfeil, 19 Bornefond, x. Bos, the eminent painter, 56 Bossuet, xxv. Boswell, 178 Boyceau, ix. Bowles, Rev. Mr. his kind apostrophe to Lord Byron, 130 Boyle, his character, by Boerhaave, 21 Bradley, reprints the _Herefordshire Orchards_, 54 ---- on the planting of wild flowers, 54 Braddick, 211 Bridgman, 129, 132, 135 Brocoli, 51 Brocq, P. le, 82 Brome, W. 22 Browne, Sir Thomas, 94 Browne, Launcelot, 154 Bryant, 79 Brydges, Sir E. 89, 93 ---- on Pope, 131 Bucknall, 84 Bulleyn, Dr. 84 Burleigh, xxvii. Bury, Mr. Barclay's, 170 Byron, Lord, xxxi. 40, 121 ---- on Pope, 129 C. Capell, xxvii. Censura Litt. 6, 12, 15, 16 Chabanon, xiv. Chambers, Sir W. 185 Champier, viii. Charlemagne, xviii. Charles II. 96 Chatham, Lord, xxix., 74 Chesterfield, xxix. ---- on Pope, 125 Chesnut tree at Tortworth, 57, 209 Cicero on agriculture, xxxvi. ---- on his country seat, 3 Clive, 164 Cobbet, on the health of gardens, xxxiv. ---- on Moor Park, 112 Collins, 59 Collinson, xxviii. Compton, Bishop, xxviii., 39 Cook, Captain, xiv., 171, 183 Cooke, Moses, 31 Corregio, his poverty, 17, 202 Cottage gardens, 171 Cotton, Charles, 102 Country life, its pleasures, 48, 49, 63 Coventry, Rev. F. 63, 135 Cowell, 62 Cowley, 46, 93, 100 Cousin, viii. Cowslips, 54, 205 Cradock, Jos. 179 Curtis, W. 184 D. Dallaway, 94, 135, 173, 176 Danby, xxviii. Daniel, H. 5 Darwin, 162, 164 Davy, Sir H. 30, 106 Death, 47, 58 Deepden, Mr. Hope's, 170 De Lille, xiv., xvii., 50, 183, 213 Descartes, his delight in his garden, xxxv.