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Index 



Pansies, 134, 318. 



Pappoose-root, 293. 



Parkman, Francis, Rose Garden of, 



471. 



Parley, Peter, quoted, 343. 

 Parsons, T. W., on Lilacs, 153. 

 Parterre, 58 et seq. 

 Pastorius, Father, n. 

 Patagonian Mint, 347-348. 

 Patience, 6. 

 Paulownias, 29. 

 Peach blossoms, 158. 

 Peacocks, 395 et seq. 

 Pear blossoms, scent of, 318. 

 Pedestals for sun-dials, 374 et seq, 

 Pennsylvania, sun-dials in, 370 et seq. 

 Penn, William, encouraged gardens, ii. 

 Peony, 42 et seq. 

 Peppermint, as medicine, 118. 

 Pergolas, 82-83, 3 8 S et seq. 

 Peristyle, 389. 

 Periwinkle, 62, 439 et seq. 

 Perpetual Roses, 468. 

 Persians, colors of, 253; plant names 



of, 292 ; flower love of, 462. 

 Persian Lilac, 152. 

 Persian Yellow Rose, 320, 469. 

 Peter's Wreath, 41-42. 

 Petunias, 179, 423. 

 Phlox, 40, 45, 162, 423. 

 Piazzas, 388-389. 

 Pig-nuts, 332. 

 Pilgrim's Progress, quotations from, 



201. 



Pinckney, E. L., floriculture by, 14. 

 Pine at Yaddo, 90. 

 Pink-of-my-Joan, 135. 

 Pinks, as edgings, 34, 47, 61, 292, 422- 



423- 



Pippins, 345. 



Plane trees in Pliny's garden, 97. 

 Plantain, 197, 443-444. 

 Plant-of-twenty-days, 42. 

 Platycodon gra.ndifl.orum, 262. 

 Playhouse Apple tree, 199. 

 Pliny, quoted, 342, 349; gardens of, 



96-97. 



Plum blossoms, 157-158. 



Plume Poppy, 175 et seq. 



Plymouth, Massachusetts, early gar- 

 dens at, 3. 



Poet's Narcissus, 318. 



Pogonia, 247. 



Poison Ivy, 403. 



Polling, of trees, 387. 



Polyantha Rose, 467. 



Polyanthus, as edging, 62. 



Pomander, 212. 



Pomatum, 209-210. 



Pompeii, standards at, 87 et seq. 



Pond Lily, 345. 



Pony Roses, 467. 



Poppies, 163-164, 243-244, 309 et seq., 

 43'- 



Pops, 337. 



Portable dials, 356-357. 



Portulaca, 178-179. 



Potatoes, planted by Raleigh, 230. 



Potocka, Countess, quoted, 327. 



Pot-pourri, 471. 



Preston Garden, 15-16, 18, 24, 101. 



Prick-song plant. See Lunaria. 



Primprint. See Privet. 



Prince Nurseries, 26 et seq., 230. 



Privet, 54, 317, 406, 408. 



Provence Roses, 459. 



Prunella, 264-265. 



Prygmen, 99. 



Pudding, 304. 



Pulmonaria, 437-438. 



Pumps, old, 67-68. 



Pussy Willows, 155, 247. 



Puzzle-love, 435. 



Pyrethrum, 242. 



Quabbin, 419. 



Queen Anne, hatred of Box, 94. 

 Queen's Maries, bower of, 103. 

 Queen of the Prairies Rose, 468 

 Quincy, Josiah, 407. 



Ragged Robin, 291. 

 Ragged Sailors, 265. 

 Rail fences, 399 et seq. 



