240 



Potentilla Rose 



leaf-curl of, i 210; iv 152; 



manures for, iv 136; over- 

 crowding and chats, iv 145; 



planting, iv 142. 

 Potentilla, ii 87. 

 Poterium sanguisorba, iv 



187. 



Poudrette, i 153. 

 Poultry manure, i 164. 

 Pretty Betsy, ii 18. 

 Prevention of insect pests, 



i 171. 



Prickly Heath, iv 32. 

 Prickly Thrift, ii 2. 

 Primary Root, i 29. 

 Primrose, ii 87. 

 Primula, ii 87. 

 Primula Auricula, ii n. 

 Primula, Chinese, ii 203. 

 Primula obconica, ii 202. 

 Primula variabilis, ii 85. 

 Primula vulgaris, ii 87. 

 Prince Albert's Yew, iv 63. 

 Prince's Feather, ii 5. 

 Pritchardia aurea, ii 195. 

 Pritchardia filifera, ii 195. 

 Privet, iv 28. 

 Propagation, methods of, i 



71; by leaves, i 58. 

 Protection against frost, iii 



53; against rabbits, iii 24. 

 Proteids, i. 



Prothallus of Ferns, ii 213. 

 Protococcus viridis, i 20. 

 Protoplasm, i 21. 

 Prumnopitys elegans, iv 63. 

 Prunella, ii 89. 

 Pruning Fruit Trees, iii 23; 



cherries, iii 124; pears, iii 



96. 



Prunus, iv 34. 

 Prunus Amygdalus, iv 5. 

 Prunus insititia, iii 118. 

 Pseudolarix Kaempferi, iv 62. 

 Pseudomonas campestris, i 



209. 



Pseudopeziza ribis, iii 152. 

 Pseudotsuga, iv 63. 

 Psylla rosae, i 178. 

 Psylla mali, i 173; iii 83. 

 Psylla pyri, i 189. 

 Ptelea, iv 34. 

 Pteris, ii 231. 



Pterostichus vulgaris, iii 170. 

 Ptychoraphis angusta, ii 195. 

 Ptychosperma Alexandras, ii 



194- 



Puccinia asparagi, i 208. 

 Puccinia malvacearum, ii 54. 

 Puccinia pruni, i 208. 

 Puccinia violae, ii 118. 

 Pulmonaria, ii 89. 

 Pulvinaria ribesiae, i 181. 

 Pulvinaria vitis, i 193; iii 199. 

 Purple Rock Cress, i! n. 

 Purser case, the, iii 7. 

 Purslane, iv 196. 

 Pyracantha, iv 19. 

 Pyrethrum, ii 89. 

 Pyrethrum aureum, ii 91. 



Pyrethrum Powder, i 216. 

 Pyrethrum uliginosum, ii 22. 

 Pyrus, iv 34. 

 Pyrus communis, iii 91. 

 Pyrus Malus, iii 57. 

 Pythium debaryanum, i 28. 



Q 



uassia solution, i 216. 

 uercus, iv 35. 

 uick, iv 19. 



uicklime powder, i 216. 

 uince, iii 107. 

 uince Black-rot, i 208. 

 uince, Japanese, iv 35. 

 Quince stocks, iii 95. 



R 



Rabbits, protection against, 



iii 24. 



Radicle, i 31. 

 Radishes, iv 155. 

 Radishes in French gardens, 



iv 224; under glass, iv 158. 

 Rainfall, i 118; iv 206. 

 Raking soil, i 106. 

 Raking and harrowing, i 106. 

 Ramondia, ii 91. 

 Rampion, iv 197. 

 Rampion, Horned, ii 85. 

 Ramularia tulasnei, iii 172. 

 Ranunculus, ii 92. 

 Ranunculus, Turkey, ii 92. 

 Rape, iv 195. 

 Rape dust manure, i 153. 

 Raphanus sativus, iv 155. 

 Raspberries, iii 159; at Blair- 



gowrie, iii 35; cost of culti- 

 vation, iii 36. 

 Raspberry Beetle, i 189; iii 



161. 



Raspberry cane rust, i 208. 

 Raspberry Moth, i 189; iii 



162. 

 Raspberry or Clay-coloured 



Weevil, i 189; iii 161. 

 Rates and fruit-growing, iii 



Receipts from market 



garden, iii 232. 

 Receptacle, i 63. 

 Rectangular measures, iii 



222. 



Red Cabbage, iv 92. 



Redhead, ii 10. 



Red-hot Poker Plants, ii 62. 



Red-legged Garden Weevil, i 

 189. 



Red Maggot of Plums, iii 113 



Red Spider, i 189; of Goose- 

 berry, iii 146. 



Red Valerian, ii 18. 



Red well v. Flint case, iii 10. 



Redwood Tree, iv 64. 



Reed Mace, i 35. 



Rehmannia, ii 92. 



Remedies for fungoid diseases, 

 i 205, 212; insect pests, i 

 173, 212. 



Rent, rates, and taxes, iii 

 6; iv 69. 



Reproduction, asexual, i 59; 

 sexual, i 65. 



Reseda odorata, ii 71. 



Respiration of plants, i 22, 44. 



Retarding plants, ii 66. 



Retinospora, iv 63. 



Rhamnus, iv 36. 



Rhapis, ii 194. 



Rheum, ii 93. 



Rheum hybridum, iv 158. 



Rhizoglyphus echinopus, i 

 177. 



Rhizoids, Fern, ii 213. 



Rhizomes, i 40. 



Rhodanthe Manglesi, ii 42. 



Rhododendron, iv 36; green- 

 house, ii 204. 



Rhodora canadensis, iv 37. 



Rhodotypos, iv 37. 



Rhopalosiphon Dianthi, i 182. 



Rhubarb, iv 158. 



Rhus, iv 37. 



Ribbon Ferns, ii 231. 



Ribes Grossularia, iii 143. 



Ribes nigrum, iii 153. 



Ribes rubrum, iii 153. 



Ribes sanguineum, iv 38. 



Ricepaper Tree, iv 5. 



Richardia aethiopica, ii 128. 



Ricinus, ii 93. 



Ridging-up soil, i 106. 



Ringing stems, i 79. 



Riophila apii, i 178. 



Roast Beef Plant, ii 60. 



Robinia, iv 38. 



Rochea, ii 93, 141. 



Rock Cress, Purple, ii n. 



Rock garden plants, ii 93. 



Rock Rose, iv 13. 



Rodgersia, ii 13. 



Rods, boning, iii 217. 



Rolling soil, i 106. 



Romneya, ii 94. 



Rooks, value of, i 172. 



Root and its work, i 29. 



Root Aphis, i 189. 



Root fungus, iii 48. 



Root Gall, i 182. 



Root-grafting, i 88. 



Root hairs, i 30. 



Root-pressure, i 52. 



Root, primary, i 29. 



Roots, food absorbed by, i 33; 

 functions of, i 31, 33; air, 

 water and, i 32; as manure, 

 i 150; contractile, i 34; pro- 

 pagation by, i 58; relation 

 of soil to, i 31; tuberous, i 

 32- 



Rootstocks, i 82. 



Rose Aphis, i 190. 



Rose Acacia, iv 38. 



Rosechafer, i 190. 



Rosemary, iv 49. 



Rose mildew, iv 48. 



