64# INDEX* 



Pears, of thinning the leaves of, - 250, 253, 236 



— of gathering and storing, - 253, 257 

 Peas, cuhure of - 28, 39, 52, 66y 82, 92, 126, 129 



— of forcing, - - - 28, 126 



— of transplanting, . - - 28, 29 

 Pigeon-dung, a good mannre, - - 17, 29 

 Pine- apples, of compost-earth for, - - 291 



— kinds of, enumerated, - - 30 1 



— — described, - - 305 



— of the proper time to cut, - 394 



— of destroying insects on, - 415 

 Pinery, of the construction of the, - - 276 



General management of the, 325, 34-3, 359, 3S1, 



S91, 402, 405, 410, 420, 428, 440, 447 



Pinks, culture of, 462, 478, 496, 502. 507, 512, 519 



Planting fruit-trees, - 185, 206, 211, 258, 259 



— small-fruits, - 183, 210, 219, 236, 260 

 ~ deciduous shrubs, - 459, 470, 521, 528 



— evergreen shrubs, - 480, 493, 506, 511 

 Planting various flowers, 464, 469, 474, 487, 498, 505, 520 

 Plats, grass, method of forming, - - 471 

 Pleasure garden, introduction to the, - 451 

 Plums, kinds of, enumerated, - 162, 163, 179 



— — described, - - 176, 177 



— of planting, _ - - 206 



— of pruning and training, 190, 238, 213, 247, 250, 



253 



— of screening the blossoms of, 



— of thinning the fruit of, 

 Portugal grape described. 

 Polyanthuses, of sowing, 



— making slips of, 



— of transplanting, 

 Potatoes, culture of, 

 Pot-herbs, culture of. 



