Barns, bulb, 5, 11, 52, 104, 106, 111-113, 164
     orderliness of, 105
     protection from mice and fire, 111
     protection from frost, 112
Begonias, 73, 113
     protection against frost, 74, 112
     growing from seed, 74
Bicycles in the bulb gardens, 11
Bulb cleaning, 106, 107, 110
Busbecq, 98, 100
Bride, The, 15

Calochortus, 17, 113
Cannas, 113
Catalogues, 15, 116, 117
Cleanliness, 5, 107
Clusius, 59, 63, 71, 75, 76
Colchicums, 34
Collectors, bulb, 44, 113
"Conquests," 141 et seq., 146, 166
Co-operation among bulb growers, 123
Crinums, 113
Crocus sativus, 34
Crocuses, 32-39, 113, 161
     ancestry of, 33, 35
     legends connected with, 35, 36
     saffron, 34-39
     uses of, 36, 37
Culpeper, 38, 39

Daffodils, 74-82
     Gerrard's, 76
     Great Rose, 76
     Parkinson's, 76
     Strange Sea, 76
     White Sea Bastard, 76
     Wilmer's double, 76
Dahlias, protection from frost, 112
Darry (or Derry), 153, 161
De Koning's History of Haarlem, 168
De Koning's Tajgreel der Stad Haarlem, 171
Derry (or Darry), 153, 161

Enkhuizen, 170
Eranthis hyemalis, 43

"Fair Maids of February," the, 40
"Fleur-de-lys," the, 60
"Flower-de-luce," the, 60
Flowerdeluce, Great Turkey, 65
Fritillarias, 71-73, 161
     Aurea, 73
     Crown Imperial, 71, 161
     Recurva, 73
     Snake's-head, 73

Galen, 59
Gerard, 16, 33, 38, 39
Gesner, Conrad, 99, 100
Gladioli, 10, 15, 16, 115
     ancestry of, 33
     protection from frost, 112
Glove-gardeners, 89
Gloxinias, 113
Great Turkey Flowerdeluce, 65, 67

Haarlem, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 19, 20, 33, 50, 64,
     83, 91, 92, 109, 110, 121-167, 168-172
Hakluyt quoted, 34
Hedges, 9, 17
Hepaticas, 70
Hille, 33
Hillegom, 44
Hoorn, 170
Houses in Holland, 9, 25
Hyacinths, 17-19, 47-59, 91, 113
     Alcibiades, 149
     Beau-regard, 149
     bees and, Saint-Simon's theory, 146
     bulbs, impossibility of reserving for second year, 128
     cleaning the bulbs, 164
     culture at Haarlem in the eighteenth century, 121-167
     cutting the, 18, 19, 57
     disease in, 56, 127, 134, 164
     experiments with, 147
     Flavo superbe, 137
     Francois Ist, 126, 136, 148
     Gloria Florurn Suprema, 125, 149
     Gloria Mundi, 126, 143, 171
     grape, 53
     Heroine, 137
     high prices paid for, 142
     Jacques, 50
     La Corette, 137
     La Perruque, 137
     Le Comte de Provence, 126
     legends connected with, 47, 48, 124
     Le Roi de la Grande Bretagne, 143
     lifting the bulbs, 149
     manuring the ground, 91
     Marie, 143
     Marquise de Bonnac, 148
     methods of producing bulbs, 51
     Mine d'Or, 126
     Og Roi de Basan, 126, 137, 148
     Ophir, 172
     Orientalis, 123
     organs of reproduction, 132, 144 et seq.
     origin of, 49, 123
     Passe non plus ultra, 148, 171
     Praal Sieraad, 171
     preparation of soil, 151, 156 et seq.
     propagation of, 126, 132, 136 et seq.
     protection of bulbs, 56, 131, 158, 162
     Rex Rubrorum, 126
     Rien ne me Surpasse, 148
     Saturne, 137
     Sceptre of David, 121
     selection and cultivation, 50
     sowing seed, 138 et seq.
     Tempel Salomons, 171
     Theatre-Italien, 148
     the four classes of, 125
     the right soil for, 121, 149
     use of cow manure, 152, 157
     use of frames, 158
     use of tents, 159
     wild, 124
     wood, 48, 58
Hyacinthus, 47-49, 124
     candicans, 58
     orientalis, 49, 58
Hymerocallis, protection from frost, 112

"Iohnquills," 75, 161
Iris anglica, 62
     Bakeriana, 64
     hispanica, 14
     histroides, 64
     reticulata, 64
     susiana, 17, 65, 66, 67
     xiphion, 60
Irises, 13, 17, 47, 48, 49, 60-67, 161
     legends connected with, 48
     new varieties from seed, 62
     purple, 15
     remedial uses of, 60
     Spanish, 60, 63
Ixia viridifiora, 16
Ixias, green, 16

Jonquils, 75, 161
July in the bulb gardens, 78
June in the bulb gardens, 10, 19-24

Kniphofias, 115

Land, preparation of new, 161
     value of, 13, 33, 44, 108
Language of Flowers, the, 38, 69, 97
Leyden, 64, 110, 154, 170
Lilies, 161
     Torch, 114
Lily tribe, the, 10

Manure, the use of, 40, 56, 91, 152, 157
March in the bulb gardens, 64, 78
May in the bulb gardens, 9, 78, 161
"Mevrouw," 8, 10, 17

Narcissi, 74-32, 161
     Barri, 78
     Emperor, 78
     Empress, 78
     Golden Spur, 78
     Grandee, 78
     Henry Irving, 78
     legends connected with, 79-81
     Poeticus, 78, 79
     polyanthus, 77-79
     protection from cold, 77
     Red, 77
     Sir Watkin, 88
     Van-Sion, 75
     Will Scarlet, 77
Narcissus, 79, 80
     Clusii, 75
     maximus, 75
     Tazetta, 78
Neatness on the farms, 5, 107

Onions, 45
Orderliness, 5, 105, 112
Over-covering the bulbs, danger of, 31
Overween, 159

Parasites, 31
Parkinson, 16, 33, 41, 45, 49, 58, 59, 76, 77, 87
     quoted, 16, 50, 65, 71, 82, 93, 95
Pollarding, 17

Ranunculus, 10, 23, 68-70
     asiaticus, 68
Roads, state of the, 12, 13
Robinto of Paris, 33
Robinson, 94, 96
Rubbish-heaps. absence of, 5

Saffron growing, 34
Saint-Simon, 121, 122, 126, 128, 146, 147, 167
Sand, 5
Scilla alba, 45, 59
     medical uses, 59
     rubra, 59
     sibirica, 31, 43-45
     origin of, 43
     multiplication of, 43
Scott, Reginald, quoted, 45
Screens, to protect the farms, 17
Sheveling, 155
Sidney, Sir Philip, 99, 100
Snowdrops, 39-43, 105, 113
     legends connected with, 40
     liking for neglected soil, 39-40
     multiplication of, 41
Soil, 5, 40, 51, 57, 91, 108, 121,
     149, 151, 153 et seq.
Solfatare, the, 14
"Squills," 59
Stoves, 29
Swertius, 142

Tigridias, 113
Tradecant, 76
Tricycles in the bulb gardens, 11
"Trompetts," 75
Tuberoses, 113
Tulipa Gesneriana, 96
     Gesneriana spathulata, 98
     kaufmanniana, 92
     turcica, 95
Tulips, 33-103, 113, 161
     Bizarres, 94
     Bybloomens, 94
     Californian, 17
     Chimney Sweep, 89
     Darwin, 100
     disease in, 92
     Dora, 85
     Duc van Tholl, 91, 96, 102
     feathered, 94
     "Flamed," 94
     gambling in, 169
     Gesneriana spathulata, 85
     high prices paid for, 84, 85, 86
     Louis the XVI, 84
     manuring the ground, 91
     new varieties from seed, 92
     origin of, 96-100
     Painted Lady, 89
     Parrot, 95
     protection from mice and other vermin, 90
     protection of bulbs by straw, 91
     Rose, 94
     Semper Augustus, 84, 169, 170
     Seventeenth-century mania for, 168 et seq.
     storing the bulbs in the barns, 106
     the "breaking" of seedlings, 93
     The Citadel of Antwerp, 85
     variegated, 84
     wild, 100
     Yellow Fool's Coat, 95

Vallotas, 115
Van Zomped, 159
Vegetables, 9, 91, 110
"Venice of the North," the, 5
Voorbelm, George, 136, 142, 157, 167
Voorhelm, Pierre, 142

Wages, 106
Waleheren, 156
West Cappel, 155
Women, employment of, 106, 110

Ymuenden, 3