The Lady's Country Companion; Or, How to Enjoy a Country Life Rationally

IMPROMPTU COOKERY.--SOUPS.--POULTRY.--PIGEONS.--GAME.--SALADS OF COLD MEAT AND POTATOES.--MODES OF DRESSING POTATOES AND CARROTS.--SAUCES.--OMELETTES, CREAMS, AND SIDE DISHES.--...

FLIES.--SERVANTS' OFFICES, INCLUDING THE HOUSEKEEPER'S ROOM AND STORE-CLOSET, THE KITCHEN, AND THE SCULLERY.--BREWING; MAKING HOME-MADE WINES, CIDER, AND PERRY; AND MAKING BREAD...

I will now proceed to say a few words on the other servants' offices. The _Larder_ in a country house is generally a square or oblong room near the kitchen, and sometimes sunk a...

PLANTING A REGULAR GEOMETRICAL FLOWER-GARDEN.--LIST OF PLANTS.--MODE OF LAYING OUT REGULAR FIGURES ON THE GROUND.--RULES FOR ARRANGING COLOURS.--PLANTING SIDE BEDS.--PLANTS WITH...

THE INHABITANTS OF THE PONDS: FISH; AND AQUATIC FOWLS, INCLUDING SWANS, EXOTIC GEESE AND DUCKS.--INHABITANTS OF THE WOODS: INCLUDING PHEASANTS AND PARTRIDGES, HERONS AND BITTERN...

My hints for teaching you how to enjoy a country life would be sadly deficient if I were to omit poultry, as the duties of attending on them are so completely feminine, that eve...

I am delighted, my dear Annie, to find that you are fond of riding. There is something noble and invigorating in the exercise. If your horse is tractable and docile, you will so...

THE MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT TREES.--PLANTING.--PROTECTING THE BLOSSOMS.--STONE FRUITS.--FIG TREES.--GRAPES.--MANAGEMENT OF A VINERY.--GROWING PINE-APPLES.--FORCING PEACHES AND NECTA...

USE OF PLANT-HOUSES.--NATURE OF CLIMATES--DIFFERENT KINDS OF HOTHOUSES.--THE DRY STOVE, THE BARK STOVE, AND THE ORCHIDEOUS HOUSE.--CULTURE OF PLANTS IN THE BARK STOVE.--AQUARIUM...

I am very glad, my dear Annie, to hear such favourable accounts of your garden, and to find, by the inquiries you are beginning to make, that you really are taking a lively inte...

I have just received your letter, enclosing a plan of your house and a sketch of its present appearance; and, I confess, it appears to me that you have not complained of its glo...

I had not intended saying any thing about the kitchen-garden, as it hardly comes within a lady's province; but as you tell me you are so much annoyed by your old gardener never...

OPERATIONS OF GARDENING.--DIGGING, FORKING, AND HOEING.--SOWING SEEDS.--TAKING OFF SUCKERS.--MAKING LAYERS AND CUTTINGS.--BUDDING, GRAFTING, AND INARCHING.--PRUNING AND TRAINING...

THE PARK AND PLEASURE-GROUNDS.--SITUATION OF OLD HOUSES.--WATER.--FOREST SCENERY.--EFFECT OF A SHRUBBERY IN HARMONISING A FLOWER-GARDEN WITH A PARK.--OPENING VISTAS.--SCENES IN...

ARCHERY: TARGETS; SELF BOWS AND BACKED BOWS; BOWSTRINGS; ARROWS; ARM BRACER AND SHOOTING-GLOVE; BELT AND TASSEL; AND QUIVER.--SKETCHING IN THE OPEN AIR: BLOCK-BOOK AND PENCILS;...

SHOES AND APPARATUS FOR WALKING.--RURAL SEATS.--NATURAL OBJECTS NOTED IN A COUNTRY WALK: THE MOLE; THE SHRIKE; THE BLACK SNAIL; THE SILLER CUPS; THE WOUNDWORT.--PLEASURES OF STU...

You complain, my dear Annie, that when I wrote to congratulate you on your marriage, I did not send you any of the advice I promised. The neglect was intentional. I was unwillin...

RELATION BETWEEN A LANDED PROPRIETOR AND THE COTTAGERS ON HIS ESTATE.--HOW TO RELIEVE THE POOR.--ESTABLISHING SCHOOLS.--TEACHING THE DAUGHTERS OF THE POOR TO MAKE CLOTHES, AND T...

Your letter, my dear Annie, informing me that you are about to be married and to settle in the country, has interested me exceedingly, as it reminds me of my own youth, when my...

Relation between a Landed Proprietor and the Cottagers on his Estate.--How to relieve the Poor.--Establishing Schools.--Teaching the Daughters of the Poor to make Clothes, and t...

Use of Plant-Houses.--Nature of Climates.--Different Kinds of Hothouses.--The Dry Stove, the Bark Stove, and the Orchideous House.--Culture of Plants in the Bark Stove.--Aquariu...

Impromptu Cookery.--Soups.--Poultry.--Pigeons.--Game.--Salads of Cold Meat and Potatoes.--Modes of dressing Potatoes and Carrots.--Sauces.--Omelettes, Creams, and Side Dishes.--...

The Park and Pleasure-Grounds.--Situation of old Houses.--Water.--Forest Scenery.--Effect of a Shrubbery in harmonising a Flower-Garden with a Park.--Opening Vistas.--Scenes in...

Planting a regular Geometrical Flower-Garden.--List of Plants.--Mode of laying out regular Figures on the Ground.--Rules for arranging Colours.--Planting Side Beds.--Plants with...

Archery: Targets; Self Bows and Backed Bows; Bowstrings; Arrows; Arm Bracer and Shooting-Glove; Belt and Tassel; and Quiver.--Sketching in the open Air: Block-Book and Pencils;...

Shoes and Apparatus for Walking.--Rural Seats.--Natural Objects noted in a Country Walk; the Mole; the Shrike; the Black Snail; the Siller Cups; the Woundwort.--Pleasures of stu...

The Inhabitants of the Ponds: Fish and Aquatic Fowls, including Swans, exotic Geese and Ducks.--Inhabitants of the Woods: including Pheasants and Partridges, Herons and Bitterns...

Flies.--Servants' Offices, including the Housekeeper's Room and Store Closet, the Kitchen, and the Scullery.--Brewing; making Home-made Wines, Cider, and Perry; and making Bread...

The Management of Fruit Trees.--Planting.--Protecting the Blossoms.--Stone Fruits.--Fig Trees.--Grapes.--Management of a Vinery.--Growing Pine-apples.--Forcing Peaches and Necta...

Operations of Gardening.--Digging, Forking, and Hoeing.--Sowing Seeds.--Taking off Suckers.--Making Layers and Cuttings.--Budding, Grafting, and Inarching.--Pruning and Training...