Devonshire, Duke of, xxviii. Dicks, 65 Dickson, 186 Dibdin, Dr. 17, 89. Dodsley, Robert, his attachment to Pope, 125 ---- his generous tribute to Shenstone, 148 Downton Vale, 188 Drake, Dr. 114, 115, 128 Drope, 31 Du Fresnoy, xii. Duncan, 81 Duncan, Dr. A. 190 E. Elizabeth, the lion hearted, 103 Ellis, of _Gaddesden_, on blossoms and fruit, 64 Epicurus, xxxii. Essex, his execution, 103 ---- his character, xxvii. Etienne, an early French writer, viii. Evelyn, John, xxxii., 41, 59, 97 ---- Charles, 59 ---- John, 59 F. Falconer, 183 Fairchild, 60 Fleetwood, 114 Fontaine, xviii. Flowers, 25, 27, 54, 90, 95, 205 Forsyth, 186 Foxley, 191 France, its horticultural writers, see preface Francis I., xix. Franklin, rancorously attacked by Wedderburn, and panegyrised by Lord Chatham, 73, 74 Fresnoy, xii. Fruit blossoms, 41, 53, 64, 121 Fulmer, 79 G. Gainsborough, Earl of, xxix. Gardeners, the age of many, 81 Gardens, their pleasures, see preface, and 24, 27, 28, 30, 39, 47, 63, 64, 89, 110, 121, 153 ---- those of antiquity, 1 ---- those of the Saxons, Danes and Normans, xxxv., xxxvi. ---- near Spitalfields, 36 ---- of France, see preface ---- of cottagers, 171 Gardiner, J. 109 Garrick, 137, 158, 172, 178, 181 Garrle, Capt. 35 Garton, 65 Gerarde, xxx., 15, 87, 123 Gerard's Bromley, its once noble mansion, 23, 107 Gerard, Lady, an acquaintance of Pope's, 25 Gibson, J. 33 Gibson, Dr. 67, 210 ---- on the richness of a fruit garden, 64 Gilbert, 107 Gilpin, Rev. W., vii. 159, 173 Girardin entombed Rousseau in his garden, xv. ---- his eloquent effusion to prevent misery, 78 ---- on the calm of evening, xv. Goldsmith, 199 Gooche, Barn., 12, 48 Gouges de Cessieres, xiv. Graves, Dr., his tribute to Shenstone, 149 Gray, 80, 129, 158, 159 Greeks, 107, 194 Grindall, xxviii. Grossetete, Bishop, 201 H. Halifax, xxviii. Hanbury, Rev. W., 143 Hartlib, the friend of Milton, 19 ---- on orchards, 21 Harward, 17 Hawkins, Sir J. 8, 102, 103 Haworth, Mr. on Miller, 141 Heath, Mr. of Monmouth, 171 Heeley, 79 Henry IV. patronised Olivier de Serres and Mollet, xiv. Hereford, its orchards and villages, 23 Hill, Sir John, 141 Hitt, 65, 138 Hogarth, 56 Hollar, his portraits of the Tradescants, 92 Homer, xxx., 1, 2, 47, 187 Housewife, an amiable and pleasant one, 212 Hudson, Lord, xxvii. Hyll, 85 I Iliffe, 23 J. James, 45 Jones, of Nayland, 61 Johnson, the editor of Gerarde, 18 ---- his testimony to Parkinson, 18 Jonson, Ben, his eulogy on Lord Bacon, 86