INDEX 



335 



ties, 304-314; raising from seed, 

 plants suitable for, 106-109, 277- 

 279; plants difficult to raise from 

 seed, 279-282; suitable soil for, 34 



Petrocallis, 54. 



Phacelia campanularia, 169 



Pheasant's Eye, 33, 250 



Phlox, for banks, 11; in borders, 29; 

 time for planting, 29; raising from 

 seed, 280; in heavy soil, 31, 32; 

 amoena, 77; Coquelicot, 310; 

 decussata, 99; divaricata, 77; 

 Drummondii, 172; Nelsoni, 11, 

 76, 324; ovata, 77; subulata, 76; 

 trailing, 76; vivid, 11, 76, 324; 

 Phyteuma comosum, 50; G. F. 

 Wilson, 76 



Pillar Roses, 243, 244 



Pinks, 29, 176, 219, 244; in herba- 

 ceous border, 190; as rock plants, 

 319; Albino, 310; mountain, 292; 

 varieties, see under Dianthus 



Plantain Lilies, 259 



Planting, autumn, 29-31 



Plants, adaptability, degrees of, 115; 

 associations, 246-263; cutting 

 back, 158-163; division, 120-123, 

 156-158; half-hardy, 171, 172; 

 removal of, 121-123; reproduc- 

 tion, 158; root characteristics, 30, 

 120, 121; surface-rooting, bene- 

 fits of manure, 118, 119; seed, 

 cheapness of raising from, 106; 

 southern, suitability for banks, 11 



Platycodon, 259; grandiflorum, 308: 

 Mariesii, 308 



Plumbago Larpentse, 178 



Polemonium confertum, 54, 320; 

 confertum mellitum, 177, 216; 

 mellitum, 320; reptans, 308 



Polyanthuses, 32, 123, 156 



Polygonum vaccinifolium, 177, 215, 

 323 



Poppy, 121, 170; Oriental, 162 



Potentilla alba, 324: nepalensis, 

 311; nitida, 50 



Primrose, 32, 123, 156, 250, 260 



Primula, raising from seed, 280; Al- 

 pine, 54, 55; auricula, 216; auri- 

 cula marginata, 216; calycina, 

 216; denticulata, 123, 156; gluti- 

 nosa, 216; involucrata, 217; Japo- 

 nica, 156, 280; marginata, 216; 

 minima, 216; nivalis, 74, 321; 

 pubescens, 74; pubescens alba, 

 215, 321; rosea, 156, 217; Sikki- 

 mensis, 156, 217; viscosa, 216 



Princess Beatrice, 310 



Publications noticed: "Beautiful 

 Gardens," 102; "Art and Craft of 

 Garden Making," 139, 147, 150, 

 231; "A Concise Handbook of 

 Annual and Biennial Plants," 166; 

 "Decorative Flower Studies," 

 252; "English Flower Garden," 

 21, 249; "My Rock Garden," 

 295, 296 



Puschkinia, 198, 199; libanotica, 79 



RAMONDIA PYRENAICA, 216, 322 



Ranunculus, as rock plant, 324; 

 acris, 15; amplexicaulis, 324; 

 Asiaticus, 272 



Rhododendron, 27, 120, 244; cut- 

 ting back, 160; chamaecistus, 54 



Robinson's "English Flower Gar- 

 den," 21, 249 



Rock gardens, condition in April, 

 70-80; aspect, 212; autumn con- 

 dition, 174-182; annuals sug- 

 gested, 181, 182; bedding out 

 suggested, 179; in garden design, 

 155; north side, suitable plants, 

 213-218; south side, suitable 

 plants, 219; plants that require 

 shelter from wind, 213 



Rock plants, fifty best varieties, 315- 

 326; autumn, 175-182, 323 



Rockspray, name, 22 



Rosa alpina, 322 



Rosaruby, name, 23 



Rose-bay, 312 



