Garden:  doubtful history of part of the flower garden, 160; the
     vegetable garden, 161.
Gentleman Farmer, used by Washington, 71.
George Barnwell, Washington sees tragedy of acted, 244. 
George, Prince, compared with Washington by Thackeray, 88. 
George III, contributes to Annals of Agriculture under pen
     name of “Ralph Robinson,” 74. 
George Town oats, sown, 112. 
Golden pheasants, Washington astonished by, 148. 
Gough,—­:  gives Washington a bull calf, 144; Parkinson thinks it a poor
     animal, 276. 
Graham, Mrs. Macaulay, visits Mount Vernon, 240. 
Great Kanawha:  Washington visits, 21; land of upon, 21; hunts buffaloes
     near, 254, 255. 
Great Meadows, owned by Washington, 29. 
Greer, Thomas:  marries Sally Bishop, 173; his laziness, 185; mentioned,
     183. 
Grenville, Lord, issues special permit for sending seeds to Washington,
     117. 
Guinea swine, some owned by Washington, 147. 
“Gunner,” a hunting dog, 267. 
Gunston Hall, fox hunting dinners at, 258.

Hamlet, Washington sees performance of, 245. 
Haw has:  constructed at ends of Mansion House, 154; mentioned, 156. 
Hedgerows, lines of still visible, 64. 
Hedges:  traces of still discernible, 64, 162; history of, 162, 163;
     see also “Box hedge.” 
Henley, Frances Dandridge, marries Tobias Lear, 177. 
Hessian fly:  Washington experiments to protect his wheat from, 95;
     plays into hands of by early sowing, 106.
Hippopotamus, dredge used on Delaware River, 103. 
Hogs:  described by Parkinson, 57, 58; Washington’s, 131, 145-147; large
     stock of in 1798, 148. 
Home,—­, his book on farming digested by Washington, 71.
Horse-Hoeing Husbandry:  used by Washington, 71; an epoch-making
     work, 73. 
Horses:  in Virginia, 53, 54; American described by Parkinson, 54, 55;
     Washington’s stallions, 131; brood mares bought by him, 132;
     his war horses, 132; thrown from a Narragansett, 133;
     his worn-out animals, 134; accidents to, 134;
     his skill as a trainer of described by De Chastellux, 134, 135;
     losses of in twenty months, 142; number of in 1799, 148. 
Horticulture, Washington’s activities in, 149 et seq. 
Hounds:  Washington builds up a pack of, 258 et seq.; names of some of
     them, 259; the French hounds, 259 et seq. 
Humphreys, Colonel:  at Mount Vernon, 171; Smith fears he will write a
     poem, 173; poem of about Washington’s slaves quoted, 211. 
Hunt, Gaillard, on Washington manuscripts in the Library of Congress, 87.

Ice house, Washington’s, 301, 302. 
Indentured servants:  classes of, 165; Washington’s dealings with, 166-168.