INDEX. 



341 



Pseony, grafting the, 84. 



Psestum roses, 266. 



Parsley, 156. 



Parsnep, 146. 



Passiflora, 322. 



Passion-flowers, 322. 



Peaches, 172. 



Peach trees, management of, 173. 



Pears, 187-191. 



■ seedling, mode of testing, by 



Van Mons, 94. 

 Peas, 135. 



to protect from mice, 137. 



Peat bog, 22. 



earth, 22. 



Peccane nut, 196. 

 Pelargoniums, 212. 304-3<>7. 



cuttings of, 69. 



Perennials, 218. 

 Pereskias, 321. 

 Permanent crops, 122. 

 Perpetual roses, 266. 

 Persian mulberry, 192, 193. 



quince, 191. 



Petrea, 322. 



Petunias, 330. 

 Phosphate of lime, 30. 

 Phosphorus, 23. 

 Pickling cucumbers, 160. 

 Picotees, 222. 

 Pigeons' dung, 30. 

 Pigs' dung, 3a 

 Pin-eved flowers, 221. 

 Pink, 224 

 Pipings, 73. 

 Pits for choice soil, 16. 



for receiving plants, 16. 



Planting a flower-garden, 2(>6. 211. 



bulbs and tubers, 39. 



fruit trees, 168. 



trees and .-hrubs, 261-264. 



Plants in greenhouses, manage- 

 ment of, 301. 



■ in pots, 52. 



management of, 



289-204. 301. 



mode of protect- 



ing, 105. 



in rooms, 289. 



in very small pots, 66. 



kept in living rooms, 289. 



that will bear to be hoed 



up, 18. 



; not bear trans- 

 planting, 44. 



to supply, with food, 20. 



— with spreading roots, trans- 

 planting, 44. 



Pleasure-grounds, laving out of, 

 259. 



— management of, 



Plum, 179. 



Pointing, 14. 



Pois sans parehemin, 136. 



Polyanthus, 220. 



narcissus, 289. 



Polygalas, 322. 

 Pomegranate, 194. 



of Tabriz, 195. 



Pomeranian cabbage, 131. 

 Porcupine cacti, 320. 

 Portable fountains, 287, 288. 



greenhouses, 299. 



Potash, 23. 31, 32. 

 Potato, 141. 



disease, 143. 



murrain, 143. 



Potherbs, 156. 

 Pot-hoe, 293. 



Pots for cuttings, 72. 

 Potting, 293-295. 

 Poudrette, 31. 

 Pricking out, 45. 

 Prickly pear, 320. 

 Primitive earths, 24. 

 Primrose, 221. 

 Propagation, modes of, 58. 

 Protecting apricot trees, 178. 



from frost, 103. 



— wall trees, 1/1. 



Provence roses, 266. 

 Provins roses, 267. 

 Pruning, 95. 



■ box-edgings, 122. 



time for, 97. 



— to improve the form of 



the tree, 98. 



— to produce flowers and 



fruit, 99. 



• uses of, 98. 



258-264. 



walks in, 258. 



with a knife, 96. 



Prumng-shears, 95. 

 Puddling plants, 47. 

 Pulverising the ground, 6. 

 Putrefaction, 26. 



Quagmire, 23. 

 Quartz rocks, 21. 

 Quicklime, 33. 

 Quince, 191. 



R. 



Radish, 147. 

 Raking, 19. 

 Ranunculus, 242. 

 Raspberries, culture of. ?03. 

 Raspberry seeds found in the bod> 



ot an ancient Briton, 38. 

 Red beet, 146. 



cabbage, 131. 



Redleaf, rockwork at, 298 

 Rtd spider, 113. 



