INDEX. 



407 



Orangery, general management 339 



Orange, bitter ib. 



citron or cedrate - - 338 



propagating and budding 340 



sweet - - - - 339 



tribe - - - - 338 



Orchard, site, culture, &c. - 36 



Orchidacese - - - - 295 



tropical ib. 



Oxalis roots, culture of - - 193 



Oyster plant - - - - 191 



Parsnips, culture of - - 189 

 Parsley, culture of - - - 216 

 Patience, garden - 205 



Peaches, best in the U.S. 99, 100 

 enemies of the peach tree, 



and remedies against - 100 

 English and French modes 



of training the tree - 105 

 modes of cultivating in U. S. 106 

 mode of obtaining new va 

 rieties - 98 

 modes of protecting the 



blossoms in England - 111 



plans of pruning for fruit 103 



varieties and subvarieties 9G, 97 



when trees are to be trimmed 1 1 1 



Peach-house, structure and 



management of - 331, 332 



Pears, best kinds of fruit in U. S. 134 



fine kinds - - - 124 



grafting of the tree - - 131 



influence of the parent stock 



upon the fruit - - 132 

 kitchen sorts - - - 131 

 autumnal and winter sorts 130 

 Mr. Knight s varieties - 133 

 summer management of 



trees - - - - 134 

 Pear tree, management of - 131 

 Pears and apples, modes of storing 138 

 Pearl onion - - - - 197 

 Peas, kinds and culture - - 175 

 Peat-soil for flower-garden - 239 

 Peat, when only partially decom 

 posed, prejudicial to plants 240 

 Pelargoniums ... 289 

 Pennyroyal - - - - 230 

 Pepper grass - ... 220 

 Peppermint - 230 



Perennials, tall ornamental - 250 

 Peruvian rice ... 205 

 Pimpernell - - - - 230 

 Pine-apples, kinds of - 341, 342 

 pits and culture - - 343 

 Pinks, cultivation of - - 278 

 Plant-stove, structure of - - 285 



Plant-stove, inmates of - - 285 



Planting of fruit-trees - - 50 



Plants requiring a peaty soil - 240 



shrubby, for edgings - 242 

 such as are to be wintered 



under glass - 250 



Plums, kinds and culture - 115 



Plum-tree, best kinds in U. S. - 118 

 destruction of fruit by the 



curcuilo, how counteracted 1 1 R 



Polyanthus, cultivation of - 276 

 Pond, how to make it impervious 



to water - - - 238 

 Pond s seedling grape - 74 

 Potato onion - - - - 197 

 Potato, sweet - - - - 184 

 Potatoes, kinds and culture - 179 

 forcing of - - - 182 

 varieties best known in U. S/182 

 Powell grape, 72 

 Primula, cultivation of - - 276 

 Propagation of plants in green 

 houses - - - 287 

 Pruning ... 53 

 Prussian grass ... 209 

 Pumpkin - - - - 224 

 Purslane - - - - 228 

 Pyramide training 54 



Quenouille training 55 



Quince-tree, culture of - - 141 



Quinoa spinach, culture of - 204 



Radish, culture of - - - 192 



Ranunculus, cultivation of - 265 



properties of a fine one - ib. 



proper soil for the beds - 266 



propagation of - - 267 



Raspberries, kind and culture of 151 



Rendle s tank heating - - 315 



Rhododendrons - 245 



Rhubarb, kinds and culture - 220 



Rider wall-trees 52 



Rocambole - - - - 200 



Rock-work - - - - 237 



plants recommended for 



decorating the ib, 



Rogers conical boiler - - 309 



Root-grafting ... 44 



Rosary, management of the - 248 



Rosemary - ... 230 



Sage Salad herbs - - 230 



Salsify 191 



Savory, winter - - 230 



Savoy greens, culture of - - 169 



Scallions, mode of producing - 195 



Seariolei . - - - 214 



