Mary proclaimed queen, 154 Masque of flowers, 303 May Day, 166, 171, 172 Mediterranean, 12 Mentone, 11 "Mezeron tree," 62 Milburgha, Saint, 30, 32, 59, 60 Milton, John, 6, 313 Mistress Tuggy's bower, 299 Montaigne, 3, 115 Moody, Tom, 202, 203, 204 Moor-hen, 134 Moor Park (Herefordshire), 296 Moor Park (Surrey), 296, 297 More, Sir Thomas, 84 Morris dancers, 195 Mortola (La), gardens at, 11, 12 Moss roses, 281 Mouse-ear, 259 Mytton, Sheriff, 83 N Nanny Morgan, 89, 90 Napoleon, 12 Narcissus, Stella and Cynosure, 162 Nest, a forsaken, 240 Nonsuch, 294, 301 O Oak-apples, 226, 227 Oaken gates, 168 Old Soul, 203, 204 Oreilles d'Ours, 176 Osborne, Dorothy, 297 Ounts, 101 P Palm Sunday, 150 Parson Mortimer, 168 Patrick's (Saint) shamrock, 123 Peacock, 9 Pear varieties, 108 Penance, 250 Penzance briars, 283 Peonies, 251, 259 Peonies (tree), 282 Periwinkles, 121 Piers Ploughman, 149 Pigeons, 9 Pinks, 258 Pittosporum, 11 Poke-puddings (tomtits), 8, 239 Poppies, Oriental, 251 Poppies, Shirley, 52 Posenhall, 155 Primroses, 121, 159 _Primula_, _Cashmeriana_ and _Japonica_, 176 Punishments, ancient, 246 Q Quice (wood-pigeons), 94, 184 R Ranunculi, 108, 109, 228 Raven's bowl, the, 196 Redstart, 217, 218 Ribes, 135 Ring-ouzel, 219 Robin, 29, 99 Roger de Montgomery, 33, 161, 313 Rooks, 9, 101, 102, 103, 159 Rose haters, 319, 320 Rose, Japanese, 137 Roses, hybrid tea, 135 Roses, old, 43 Roses, red, 299 Roses, tea, 40 Roses, varieties, 108, 282, 318 Rosemary, 255 Royal oak, 227 Rue, 292 Rupert, Prince, 53 S Scilla Sibirica, 162 Servant hiring, 244 Severn, 147 Sheinton Street, 56 Sherlot Forest, 121 Shinewood, 83, 84 Shipton, 84, 291 Shropshire games, 304-12 Silverton, 79 "Sister Helen," 66, 71 Skylark, 122, 123 Spital Street, 154 Stafford, Lord, 320 Starlings, 8, 63 Stocks, 246 Stonhill coppice, 168 Storm-cock, 94, 233 Swans, 134, 135 T Temple Garden, 292 Temple, Sir William, 297 Theobalds, 299 Thomas à Kempis, 48 Thrush, 95, 239, 253 Tiberius, the Emperor, 269 Tomtits, 8, 239 Tong Church, 299 Tradescant, John, 301 V Violas, 235 Violets, 94 garden varieties, 174 white, 120 W Wagtail, yellow, 240 Wake Sunday, 196 Watch-tower, 9 Well, St. Milburgha's, 61 Wenlock station, 321 Wife, sale of a, 247 Wormwood, 261 Wrekin, 147, 197 Wrekin doves, 249 Wrens, 8, 98 THE END