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.

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

Johnson, Dr. 48, 70, 114, 116, 154, 178, 179

—— on portraits, vii.

—— on Charles II., 96

—— on Sir T. Browne, 95, 96

—— on Shenstone, 147

Johnson's Eng. Gardening, xxxv., xxxvi., xxxvii., 83, 84, 85, 88, 91, 100, 102, 109, 115, 154,

177, 183, 201

—— on Sir W. Temple, 113

—— on Switzer, 209

Justice, 63, 13

K.

Kames, 69, 151

Kennedy, 78

Kent, 132

Knowlton, 52, 61

Knight, R. P. xxvi., 187

—— on the celebration of high mass, 195

—— on listening to professors, 196

Kyle, 79

L.

Lamoignon, xxii.

Langford, 33

Langley, 142

Latapie, xvi.

Lawrence, Ant. 33

Lawrence, Rev. J. 120

Lawson, 17, 202, 212

Leibault, viii.

Le Maitre, xiii.

Lestiboudois, his tranquil end, 83

Lesay de Marnesia, xviii.

Liger, Louis, x., 42

Ligne, Prince de, on gardens, xxxiv., 55

—— on De Lille, xiv.

—— on Antoinette, xxxiv.

—— interview with Voltaire, xxxiv.

—— on Milton, 132

—— on Walpole, 177

Linant, xiii.

Linnæus, 139, 167, 171, 192

Locke, 113

London and Wise, 35

Louis, xiv., xx.

Loudon's Encycl. of Gardening, xi., xii., xviii., xix., xx., xxxvi., 4, 54, 80, 81, 95, 99, 109, 116, 121, 128, 136, 150, 152, 153, 155, 157, 170, 184, 194

—— on Whateley, 72

—— on Bacon, 87

—— on Miller, 138

—— on L. Browne, 156

M.

Maddock, 83

Maison rustique, viii., 89

Malherbes, xvi.

Malthus, D. xv., 78

Mapes, Walter, the honest chaplain to Henry II. and an admired poet, 170

Markham, Ger. viii., 88, 211, 213

Marshall, 79, 117, 150, 157

Marie Antoinette, xxxiv., 189

Mary, Queen of Scots, vii., 102

Martyn, Professor, 185

—— his character of Miller, 138

Mascall, 84

Mason, Geo. xxix., 70, 156, 198

—— on Kent, 134

—— on Shenstone, 150

Mason, Rev. W. xv., xxxii., 111, 157

—— on Pope, 128, 130, 131

—— on Shenstone, 150

Masson de Blamont, xviii.

Mathias on Boileau, xxiv.

—— on Pope, 127

—— on Mason, 164

Mavor, Rev. Mr. 34

—— his admirable edition of Tusser, 6

Meader, 17

Meager, Leonard, 34

Mignon, his skill in painting flowers, 55

Miller, Phillip, 138

Milton, 20, 21, 49, 94, 130, 132, 197

—— his great poem now magnificently printing in letters of gold, 133

Mollet, Andre, ix.

Mollet, Claude, ix.

Morell, xiv.

Morin, the florist, xi.

Mountmorris, on Sir W. Temple, 111

Morris, Rev. I. G., his powerful appeal on horticultural pursuits, 122

Morris, onornamental scenery, 77

Mountain, Didymus, 12

N.

Nicol, Walter, 82

Nichols, John, 54, 60, 110, 121, 143, 174, 178

——his friendship for Mr. Cradock, 180

Nôtre, le, tributes to him, xi., xii., xx.

Nourse, 58

O.

Ockenden, 65

Only, Rev. Mr., a lover of gardens, 54

Opium, 168

Orchards, 21, 23, 64, 202, 203

Orrery, Lord, xxvi., 126

P.

Parkinson, 89, 90

——testimony to his works, 18

Pastoral Scenes, 30

Paulmier de Grenlemesnil, viii.

Percy, Bishop of Dromore, 72

Pennant, 154

Petrarch, xxxi.

——his handsome person, vi.

——on his garden, xxxv.

Plants betray fondness for their native earth, 45

Planting, on zeal for, 66, 69

Platt, Sir Hugh, 13

Plattes, Gabriel, 16

Plimley, 165

Pontchateau, his singular history, xiii.

Pope, xxix., xxxiii., 1, 2, 76, 114, 123, 179, 213

Pope mentions Lady Gerard, 25

——his noble thought on planting, 68

Powel, 65

Preston, its horticult. society, 123

Price, Sir U. vii., xxvi., 56, 72, 77, 134, 155, 156, 177, 191

——on De Lille, xv.

——his high opinion of Mason, 163

——on the sculpture, poetry, and eloquence of the Greeks, 194

——on Correggio, 202

Priestley, Dr. on Franklin and Wedderburn, 73

Primroses, 30, 50, 54, 55

Pulteney, Dr. 5, 52, 55, 56, 60, 85, 87, 90, 92, 138, 143, 182

Q.

Quarterly Review, 41, 59, 97, 103, 183

——on Evelyn's Sylva, 99

Quintinye, xi., xx., xxvii., 34, 68

——anecdote of, 67

——attempt to recover his MSS. 68

R.

Raleigh, xxvii., xxxi., 36, 87

Rabutin de Bussy, xxii. xxv.

Rapin, tribute to, xiii.

——on Lamoignon, xxii., xxv.

Ray, xxix., 71, 88, 94, 109, 139

Raynal, 128

Rea, John, his dedication to Lord Gerard, and verses on Lady Gerard, 23

Read, 33

Rench, an aged gardener, 82

Repton, 186, 188

Reynolds, Sir J. 127, 158

Richardson, 84

Rickets, 61

Riviere, la Countess de, xiii., xiv., xxv.

Robin, Jean, xix.

Robinson, Dr. on Mary Queen of Scots, 104

Roscommon, 48

Rose, 101

Rosier, xviii.

Rousseau, his burial at Ermenonville, xv.

Russell, Lord W. his love of gardens, xxvii.

Rutter, 65.

S.

Salmonia, extracts, from, 30, 107

Scarborough, xxix.

Schabol, xvi.

Scott, Sir W. v., 40, 41, 172

—— on the deaths of Marat, and Robespierre, xvi.

—— on the garden of Vanessa, xxx.

Scotland, its zeal for planting, 69

Serres, Olivier de, viii.

Sevigné, Mad. de, xii., xiv., xx., xxv.

Seward, Miss, vi., 162, 172

Sismondi, xix., 3, 107

—— on bees, 86

Shakspeare, xi., xxxi, 4, 73, 74, 78, 158, 178, 179, 197, 198, 199, 213

Sharrock, 23

Shenstone, 147

Shepherd, Sir Samuel, 41

Sherard, xxviii.

Spectacle de la Nature, 95

Speechley, 81

Smollet on Chatham, xxix.

Spring, its beauties, 21, 29, 30, 31, 209

St. Bartholomew's massacre, viii.

Stafford, 62, 210

Sterne, xxvi., 170

Stillingfleet, Benj. 8, 191

Stevenson, D. 45

Stevenson, H. 45

Stevenson, M. 45

Sully, ix., 66

Sun, the, its celestial beams, 48

Swinden, 78

Switzer, xxvii., xxxiii., 45, 94, 100, 109, 110, 138, 209

—— his grateful remembrance of his old master, 36, 39, 102

—— his enlarged views of gardening, 49

—— on Rose, 102

—— on Milton, 133

T.

Taverner, 53

Taylor, 65

Temperance, 169, 170

Temple, Sir W. xxxii., 110

—— on the garden of Epicurus, xxxii.

Thury, M. le Vic. de, his tribute to Milton, 132

—— on gardens, xxxv. xxxvi.

Tradescants, 92

Trowel, 63

Trees, ancient ones, 33, 46, 49, 50, 57, 142, 151

Tusser, 6, 13, 34

V.

Vaniere, tribute to, xiii.

Van-Huysum, his skill in painting fruit, 56, 156

Villages, rural, 23, 199

Vineyard at Bethnal-green, 14

Violets, xxxi., 30, 50, 55, 205

Vispré, 157

Voltaire, xi., xiii., xx., xxxiv., 80

—— his garden interview with the Prince de Ligne, xxxvi.

W.

Wakefield horticultural soc., 122

Walpole, Horace, xxix., 1, 80, 91, 163, 176

—— on Sir W. Temple, 112

—— on Kent, 132

—— on Bridgman, 136

Walpole, Horace, on Browne, 154

—— on Gilpin, 173

Walton, Isaac, xi., 30, 93, 94, 102, 104

Warton, Thomas, 6, 8, 10, 72, 143, 161

Watelet, xvii.

Watson, Bishop of Llandaff, his zeal for planting, 70

Watson, Sir W. 93, 142

Weymouth, Lord, xxviii.

Weston, 13, 16, 18, 19, 20, 57, 92

—— his zeal for planting, 66

Whately, xvi., xviii., 50, 72

—— brief testimonies to his genius, vii., 72, 74, 75, 195

—— on spring, 31

—— his tribute to Shenstone, 150

Wildman, 65

Whitmill, 62

William III. his delight in gardening, xxvii.

Worlidge, his attachment to gardens, 28

—— on those of France, xxvii.

—— mentions a garden at Hoxton, 61

Wotton, Sir H. 93

Wynn, Sir W. W. his zeal for planting, 69

X, Y.

Xenophon, 198

Young, Dr. on Pope's death, 131