INDEX. 



70S 



Peach and nectarine culture, essential 



points - f, 583 

 ,, forcing, 476 



house, construction of, 



478 



grown in pots, 481 



Pear, history and uses of the, 542 

 properties of a good, 543 

 lists of the best kinds, 543 

 best kinds for cottage-gardens, 544 

 ornamental kin-Is, 544 

 propagation and culture, 545 

 soil and situation, 546 

 pruning and training. 546 

 gathering and keeping the fruit, 



547 



insects and diseases, 548 

 Pennyroyal, culture and uses of, 680 

 Peppermint, culture and uses of, 683 

 Perforator.;, 82 



Peruvian cherry, culture of the, 587 

 Picks, 83 



Pincers, garden, 90 

 Pine and fir trees, grafting of, 257 

 Pine-apple, culture of the, 416 



proper soil for the, 419 



pits or bouses for the culture 



of the, 421 

 ,, times and modes of potting 



the, 425 



rules to be observed in water- 

 ing the, 426 



,, manures for the, 427 

 ' proper temperature for the, 



428 

 ,, how to propagate the, 430 



selection cf varieties of, 430, 



587 



,, time required to fruit the, 431 



grown in pots and open beds, 



431 



,, Hamiltonian system of grow- 

 ing the, 432 

 how to improve the quality 



and size of the, 432 

 ,, how to accelerate or retard 



the fruiting of the, 433 

 how to preserve when ripe, 



433 



,, wh-<t constitutes a good, 433 

 ,, weight to which it has been 



grown, 434 



,, insects injurious to the, 434 

 ,, diseases and malformations 



of the, 435 

 ,, summary of monthly culture, 



436 

 grown in the open air in 



England, 439 

 summary of culture, 587 



Pipes, causes of the circulation of hot 



water in, 170 



Pits and frames, to remove superfluous 

 moisture from, 41 



cold and heated, 185 



,, Corbett's mode of heat- 



ing, 186 



Plant-box, convenient kind of, 1 03 

 Plant-houses, general remarks on, 151 

 ,, Beat d's patent metallic, 160 



,, heated by fermenting ma- 



nure, 163 



,, heated by flues, 165 



heated .y hot water, 170 



heated by steam, 169 



,, heated from vaults, 164 



how to glaze the roofs of, 



182 

 how to supply moisture in, 



179 

 materials used in building, 



158 



proper kinds of roofs for, 44 



remarks on beat in, 162 



,, ventilation of, 181 



Planting and sowing, proper seasons for, 



412 



Planting small plants, methods of, 289 

 treatment of plants before, 293 

 in drills and trenches, 290 

 in boles and pits, 291 

 out plants grown in pots, 292 

 ,, treatment of plants after, 292 

 summary of general rules for, 293 

 Plum, history and uses of the, 554 

 best varieties, 554 



propagation, culture, &c., 555 

 soil, situation, and planting, 556 

 pruning and training, 556 

 gathering, keeping, and packing, 



556 



insects, diseases, &c., 556 

 forcing, 557 

 Pomegranate, history and uses of the, 586 

 propagation and culture, 586 



training, &c., 586 



Potato, history and uses of the, 623 

 ,, best varieties, 623 

 culture, &c., 624 

 ,, early crop?, 626 

 ,, Lancashire mode of planting, 627 

 Messrs. Chapman's New Spring, 



627 

 ,, how to raise young, in winter, 



628 



details of planting, 629 

 taking up and preserving, 630 

 ,, diseases, insects, &c., 6GO 

 forcing, 518 

 Pot-herbs, how forced, 522 



