INDEX 



497 



Physianthus albens, 21 1 



Picea, 121 



Pieris, 32, 172, 181, 408; flori- 

 bunda, 249 ; formosa, 204 ; 

 japonica, 249 ; mariana, for 

 autumn colouring, 75 



Pimelea decussata, in the south- 

 west, 204 



Pines, 110-128; at Murthly Castle, 

 127-128 



Pine, stone, 52 



Pinus, 123 ; Montezumae, in the 

 south-west, 204 



Piptanthus nepalensis, 319; in the 

 south-west, 204 



Pittosporums, in the south-west, 204 



Plagianthus betulinus, 204 



Plane, 42, 480 ; eastern, 480 ; wes- 

 tern, 480 



Planting, ornamental, in woodland, 

 6-7 



Platanus, 42, 181, 480 



Pleroma macrantha, in the south- 

 west, 211 



Plumbago capensis, in the south- 

 west, 212 



Plums, the, 412 ; in greenhouse, 278 



Podocarpus andina, 205 



Poinciana Gilliesi, 205 



Polygala grandifolia, 205 



Polygonum baldschuanicum, 319 



Pomegranate, the, in the south- 

 west, 205 



Poplars, 42, 480; white, 42, 480; 

 with beautiful catkins, 66 



Poppy, Californian, 449 



Populus, 42, 181,480; tremuloides 

 pendula, 64 



Potentilla, 32, 172, 181 



Privet, 256; abuse of, 1-2; as a 

 hedge, 328; Japanese, 249; 

 golden-leaved, 256 



Privets, the, 400-402; for their 

 fruit, 82 



Propagation of hardy trees, 38-46 ; 

 by budding, 40 ; by cuttings, 40 ; 

 by layers, 40; by seeds, 39; by 

 suckers, 39 



Pruning flowering trees, 19-37; 

 standard trees, 37 ; tools for, 37 ; 

 ways of, 37 ; with secateurs, 37 



Prunus, 32, 41, 182, 254, 409-419 ; j 



Amygdalus, 256 ; A. persicoides, 

 64 ; Avium, 256 ; davidiana, 64; 

 japonica, 32, 415 ; Laurocerasus, 

 249, 256 ; lusitanica, 249 ; Maha- 

 leb pendula, 172 ; nana, 32, 410 ; 

 Persica, 256 ; pseudocerasus, 256 ; 

 triloba, 32, 319, 412 



Pseudolarix, 122 



Pseudopanax crassifolium, 205 



Pseudotsuga, 122 



Ptelea, 32, 182 ; trifoliata, 83 ; var. 

 aurea, 32, 481 



Pterocarya, 481 



Pueraria thunbergiana, 212 



Punica granatum, in the south-west, 

 205 



Pyrus, 32, 41, 83,84, 172, 182, 254, 

 319, 419-428 ; in greenhouse, 278 ; 

 arbutifolia, for autumn colouring, 

 76 ; Aucuparia, 256 ; baccata, 32, 

 421 ; floribunda, 9, 32, 256, 422 ; 

 Maulei, for its fruits, 84 ; japoni- 

 ca, 33, 64, 256, 427; for group- 

 ing, 290 ; spectabilis, 32, 424 ; 

 torminalis, for colour, 74 



QUERCUS, 41, 182, 481-483; acuta, 

 249 ; coccifera, 249 ; coccinea 

 splendens or grayana, 73 ; hete- 

 rophylla, 73 ; Ilex, 248 ; imbri- 

 caria, 73; marylandica, 73; palus- 

 tris, for autumn colouring, 73 ; 

 phillyrseoides, 249 



Quinces, 7, 426 



RAPHIOLEPIS japonica, for its 

 fruits, 85 ; in greenhouse, 279 



Raspberry, 450 



Redesdale, Lord, and hardy bam- 

 boos, 218 



Reed, giant, the, 472 



Rhamnus, 33, 86, 249, 483 ; Fran- 

 gula, in autumn, 75 



Rhaphithamnus cyanocarpus, 206 ; 

 for its fruits, 85 



Rhodochiton volubile, 212 



Rhododendron azaleoides, 249 ; 

 catawbiense, 249 ; Fortunei, 249 ; 

 ferrugineum, 250 ; myrtifolium, 

 249; ponticum, 7, 249 416, 433 ; 

 racemosus, 250 



Rhododendrons, 7, 18, 33, 64, 172, 



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