i:<DEX, 



751 



Objection to Paxton's houses for potted 

 plants, 252. 



Oi'jection to trees as a shelter, )68. 



Ohjcctions to the tank system, 262. 



Objections to mats to protect trees from 

 frost, 89. 



Objects to be attained in arranging; plea- 

 sure-grounds, 69. 



October : its general aspect, 611. 



Office of bees, is6. 



Old-fashioned flowers, 463. 



Old flower-borders, 397- 



Old gardens, 385. 



Old garden -walls, 3S9. 



Old red sandstone, 12. 



Old shrubberies, 391. 



Old suburban kitchen-gardens, 173. 



Old turf, 290. 



Old wall-trees, 3S9. 



One-shift system. 235. 



Onion, 74, 332, 333, 369, 409,504, 509,504, 

 673. 



Onions : lifting and storing, 495. 



Operation of trenching, 46, 176. 



Operations in the tljwer-garden and 

 shrubbery, 175, 267. 



Operations in the kitchen-garden, 180, 

 277. 



Orange-trees, 3S4. 



Orange trees : their summer treatment, 

 415, 47'), 472. 



Orange-trees or vineries, 637. 



Orange-plants a decoration for terrace- 

 walks, 64. 



Orchard, 160, 390, 512, 569, 681, 715. 



Orchard-house, 426; red spiders, how 

 exterminated, ib. ; ventilation, i/j. 



Orchard houses, 91, 342, 376, 476, 572, 

 686. 



Orchard-house in November, 638. 



Orchard-trees, 675 ; winter treatment, ib. 



Orchids, 415, 631. 



Order should reign in shrubberies, 391 . 



Orderly arrangement of plants con- 

 ducive to beauty, 625. 



Organic matter in soils, 18. 



Origin of British gai-dens, 4. 



Origin of chalk hills, 15; deposits, ib. 



Origin of gall-flies, 141. 



Origin of the Isle of Portland, U. 



Origin of soils, 12. 



Ornamental culinary plants, 36l). 



Ornamental grasses, 72. 



Ornamental tiles, 72. 



Ornamental tile-bed, 275. 



Over-fed gardens, 386, 



Oxide of iron in plants, 23. 



Oxygen hberated proportioned to activity 

 of growth, 633. 



Oxygen in soils, 47. 



Packivg fruit for market, 4<^7. 

 Packing fruit for sliort journeys, 493. 

 Packing strawberries and peaches, 413. 

 Fcedisca ungustioi-unn, 141. 

 PiCatan roses with their double spring, 2, 



Palatial gardening necessarily the parent 

 of all others, 9. 



Pampas-grass: its treatment, 306; how 

 increased, id. ; varieties, id. 



Pansies, 359, 383, 402. 501, 549. 



Pansy : its history, propagation, and cul- 

 tivation, 535. 



Papal gardens of the Belvedere, 65. 



Paper for herbaria, 496. 



Paralysis in apricot-trees, 86, 367. 



Paris white cos lettuce, 183. 



Parsley, 74, 276, 330, 37O. 



Parsnips, 369, 509, 62t», 674, 707. 



Paste to prevent cattle barking trees, 

 145. 



Patent ventilating- ridge, 244. 



Patterns for rustic fences, 80. 



Patterns in box, I57. 



Patterns of wire-fences, 80. 



Paxton's peach-house, 247- 



Paxton's patented svstem of hothouses, 

 246. 



Paxton's patent houses, 250. 



Paxton's span-roofed house, 247. 



Pea: its history, 363 ; varieties, 364 ; pro- 

 perties, iO. ; early sorts, 365 ; late peas, 

 ib. : soil, ib. ; culture, ib. ; autumn 

 peas, 366. 



Peach -borders, 281, 283. 



Peach-house, 425, 686, 728 ; gathering the 

 crop, ib. ; after-treatment, ib. 



Peach-forcing cultivation, 635. 



Peaches advancing to blossom, 324. 



Peaches in pots, 516. 



Peaches, 73, 3(3S, 374, 412, 505,511,514, 

 565, 572, 622, 675, 6S6, 7O8, 721. 



Peaches under glass, 288. 



Peaches and nectarines on walls, 91,467, 

 474. 



Peaches, when to gather, 483. 



Pears, 73, 283, 325, 368, 412, 505, oil, 565, 

 621,709. 



Pears, dessert, 7''9. 



Pears, when to gather, 482. 



Peas, 74, 231, 363, 673, 707. 



Peat : its management, 527. 



Pegging-down and tying-up, 501. 



Pegs for bedding plants, 361. 



Pelargoniums, 190, 2s6, 290, 337,372, 512, 

 570, 616, 6S0. 



Pelargoniums : their winter temperature, 

 623. 



Pelargoniums: their winter cultivation, 

 629. 



Pelargoniums, 473; cuttings, ib.; best 

 varieties, ih. ; potting, ib.; fancy varie- 

 ties, ih. ; treatment, ib. 



Perennials, 165. 



PercnniRls, — transplant, 312; divide, ib.., 

 sow, ib. 



Perennials done flowering, 503. 



Perennials, — increase by dividing roots, 

 358. 



Permanent crops, 170. 



Perpetnal blooming border, 314. 



Perpetual roses, 598. 



Perpetual rose for pot-culture, 653. 



