752 



GARDEN MAXAGEME^'T 



Perspiration in bee-hives, 639. 

 Persuading-houses, ISQ. 

 Peruvian system, 13. 

 Pests of the garden, 138. 

 Pets in winter, 686. 

 Petunias, 501. 



PhiUips's calculation on the coal- 

 measures, 13. 

 Phloxes, 360. 

 Phosphorus, 23. 

 Physical force of water, 18. 

 Picotee : its propagation and cultivation, 



536. 

 Picotees under glass, 273. 

 Picotees, 359, 402, 504. 

 Picturesque character of the tertiary 



formation, 1". 

 Pincushion-beds, 666. 

 Pineries, 63/. 



Pinery, 288, 341, 374, 514, 5/3. 

 Pinery, 4/4 ; plants for autumn-fruitmg, 



ib. ; for succession, ib. 

 Pinery, — summer- crop, 424 ; treatment 



when fruiting, ib.; best varieties, ib.; 



succession plants, 425. 

 Pines, 686, 719; early culture, ib.; best 



sorts, 720 ; suckers, 721. 

 Pines in pots and m beds, 63". 

 Pinetum, the, 695. 

 Pink : its propagation and cultivation, 



536. 

 Pinks, 402, 501, 504, 549. 

 Pinks and cai'nations, 703. 

 Pinks in beds, 180. 

 Pinks in pots, 273. 

 Pinner and its geology, 15. 

 Pits and frames in reserve-garden, 160. 

 Plan of operations for kitchen, gardening, 



166. 

 Plan and section of a system of drains, 



41. 

 Plan for planting a flower-border, 395. 

 Plan for the kitchen-garden, 326. 

 Plant-culture under glass, 188, 711. 

 Plant-houses, — their arrangement, 626. 

 Plant-stove, 680. 



Planting cucumbers and melons, 289. 

 Planting trees out, 91 . 

 Planting on fresh -drained land, 154. 

 Planting shrubberies, 392. 

 Planting potatoes, 330. 

 Planting pillar-roses, 645. 

 Planting-season, 324. 

 Planting standard- roses, 641. 

 Plants absorb strontium, 170. 

 Plants as an indication of soils, 24. 

 Plants as decomposing agents, 17. 

 Plants in baskets, 417. 

 Plants blooming in February and March, 



305 J ditto in April and May, 26.; ditto 



from May to November, ib. 

 Plants for argillaceous soil, 24. 

 Plants for growing in warm pits, 189. 

 Plants for aquatic soil, 25. 

 Plants on rock- work, 101. 

 i'lants on lock- work at Hoole House, 



102. 



Plants and shrubs on north borders, 274, 



Plants for the shrubbery, 392. 



Plants sought for by bees, 444. 



Plants suitable for the window, 290. 



Plants for ornamental canal, 99. 



Plants for peaty soil, 25. 



Plants for saline soil, 25. 



Pleasing termination to a walk, 110. 



Pleasure-gardens contiguous to the 

 house, 50. 



Pleasure-gardens, 68. 



Pliny's censures, 2. 



Plums, 73, 467, 556, 622, 675. 



Plumule, &c., 117. 



Poinsettia pulcheria, 714. 



Polish bee-hive, 453. 



Polyanthus : propagation and cultiva 

 tion, 534. 



Polyanthus and narcissus, 683. 



Polyanthus-beds, 314. 



Polyanthuses, 549, 672, 683. 



Pompone anemone-flowered chrysanthe- 

 mums, 679. 



Pompone chrysanthemums, 678 ; genera 

 treatment, 680 rpropagation, ib. 



Pompone roses, 609. 



Poor soils may be cured, 34. 



Pope's satires, 6. 



Portable coping at Dalkeith, 87. 



Portability of Paxtou's hothouses, 246, 



Portland quarries, 14. 



Position of basins in kitchen-gardens, 

 274. 



Position of fountains, &c., 50. 



Position of glass-houses, 49. 



Position of orchard, 160. 



Position of wall, 84. 



Position of the fruit-garden, 507. 



Potash : how obtained, 22 ; its uses iii 

 vegetation, ib. ; whence obtained na- 

 turally, ib. 



Potatoes, 279, 330, 869, 378, 409, 411, 509, 

 674. 



Potatoes for main crop, 330 ; advantages 

 of dibbing, ib. ; cutting sets, ib. ; in 

 drills, 331 ; earthing-up, ib. ; potato 

 blight, ib. ; best sorts, ib. 



Potatoes : storing for winter use, 494. 



Pot-culture, 91. 



Pot-culture of roses, 648. 



Potted hyacinths, 681. ' 



Potted narcissuses, 681i 



Potted roses, 640. 



Potter's clay, 46. 



Potting bulbs, 681. 



Potting cuttings, 179. 



Potting roses, 648. 



Potting-sheds, 69. 



Potting, as to size, drainage, and water- 

 ing, 292. 



Poulting m cider comities, 485. 



Power of absoibing heat, S2. 



Practical analysis of soils, 20. 



Practical directions for laying down 

 flower-beds, 154. 



Practice of leading the walk with a tuii 

 boundary, 55. 



