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INDEX 



N 



Nectarine, 131, 



Nectarines, 50; index to varieties, 



339, key to varieties, 339-340. 

 Nonienclature, code of, 92; pomo- 



logical, 91. 



O 



Orders, defined, 100. 

 Ovary, position of: inferior, su- 

 perior, 46. 

 Ovules, 41. 



Panicle, 42. 



Parthenocarpy, 49, 



Parthenogenesis, 49. 



Peach, 125; descriptive blank, 130- 

 131; habitat and history, 126; 

 North China race, 129; 

 Peento race, 129; Persian 

 race, 128; South China or 

 Honey race, 129; Spanish 

 race, 128; variability, 129. 



Peaches, classification of varieties, 

 128; clingstone, 73; free- 

 stone, 73; index to varieties, 

 344; key to varieties, 344- 

 346. 



Pear, 115; cultivation of in North 

 America, 117; European, 

 habitat and history, 116; 

 Sand, 118. 



Pears, classification of varieties, 119; 

 hybrid, 119; index to va- 

 rieties, 286; key to varieties, 

 287-288. 



Pedicel, 40. 



Peduncle, 40. 



Perennials, 8; herbaceous, 8; woody, 

 8. 



Perianth, 44. 



Pericarp of drupes, 67. 



Petioles, 34. 



Physiological characters, 82, 



Pistil-point, 48; in pomes, 67. 



Pistils, 41, 46. 



Pit of drupes, 67. 



Pith, 18. 



Plant, habits of growth, 14; size, 14. 



Plants, botanical names of, 101 ; re- 

 productive organs of, 39; 

 vegetative organs of, 39, 



Plums, 135; Americana, horticul- 

 tural characters, 147 ; An- 

 gustifolia, 150; Bullaces, 142 ; 

 Damsons, 142 ; domestica. 



cultivation of in North Amer- 

 ica, 137; domestica, groups, 

 138; domestica, lialiitat and 

 history, 137; Green Gage 

 group, 138; Hortulana, pomo- 

 logical characters, 148; index 

 to varieties, 363; Insititias 

 in America, 142; Insititia 

 distinguished from Domestica, 

 141; Imperatrice group, 130; 

 Insititia groups, 142; In- 

 sititia habitat and liistory, 

 141; Japanese, 144; Japanese 

 distinguished from other, 144 ; 

 Japanese, status, 145 ; key to, 

 135; key to varieties, 364- 

 366; Lombard groups, 140; 

 Perdrigon group, 139; Prune 

 group, 139; Miner, 149; Mira 

 belles, 142; Munsoniana, 152; 

 Munsoniana, pom o logical 

 characters, 152; Myrobalan, 

 143; Myrobalan, distribution, 

 143; Nigra, 149; Nigra, po- 

 mological characters, 150; 

 Eeine Claude group, 138 ; 

 Sand, 151; Simons, 145; 

 Simons, horticultural charac- 

 ters, 146; St, Juliens, 143, 

 variable, 151 ; woolly-leaved, 

 148; Yellow Egg group, 140. 



Pollen, 41. 



Pollination of flowers, 47. 



Pomse, 104. 



Pomaceae, key to genera, 104. 



Pome, 52. 



Pome-fruits, 104, 106. 



Pomes, aroma, 61 ; basin, 56 ; calyx- 

 tubes, 66, 67; carpels, 62; 

 cavity, 56; color, 58; cores, 

 62; cutting to show internal 

 structures, 60 ; flavor, 61 ; 

 flesh, 60; pistil-point, 67; 

 quality, 61; seeds, 64; shapes, 

 63 ; stamens, 65 ; stems, 53 ; 

 styles, 66; surface characters, 

 57 ; vascular bundles, 64. 



Pomological names, 101. 



Pomological plants, rooting habits, 

 8. 



Pomologv, relations of to botany, 3. 



Potentillese, 105. 



Prickles, 15. 



Priority, in publication, 101. 



Pruneae, 104. 



Prunus, 124. 

 americana, 146, 

 americana lanata, 148. 



