INDEX. 



547 



Peftrs, best kinds for wall-culture, 423 ; 



best varieties known, •^2'^^, hedges of, 



278, 349 : quantities iuiportecl from 



France, 409; suitable as oblique cordons, 



298 

 Pctre la Chaise, 174, 178 

 Petit Trianon, 207 



Pinchinp-in severely, a bad practice, 297 

 Place de I'Etoiie, 137 

 Plane-trees, 92; in squares, 114; not tlie 



only trees suitable for cities, 124 

 Planes— in Paris and London, 154 ; movine; 



in full leaf, 9G ; on Purls quays, 155 ; 



on Tliamos Embnnkment, 155 

 Plants — in dwelling-rooms, 244 ; raiiterial 



for tying, 450 ; suitable for conservatories, 



22G 

 Play greunds in cities, 125 

 Plou-h-hoe. 441 

 Private gardens — in France, features in, 



253; in Paris, 250; of the Tuileries, 



86 

 Professorship of Hoiti'ulture, 72 

 Propngating house, 172 

 I'runing — at Montreuil, 3G1 ; ill effects 



upon trees, 153; p^raniidiil Pear-trtes, 



390 

 Public bathing places, 140 

 Public garden management should be by 



trained gnrden-artists, 42, 45 

 Pumpkin, 534 



QuiNTiNTE on varieties of Pears, 422 



Race-cocrses in public parks, 14 



Ilaidisseur, tlie, 447 



Kailway, fruit-culture on banks of, 431; 

 Trees suitable for, 433 



Reed-mace, for tying graft", 452 



Restaurants in gardens, 70, 106 



Roads and walks by water-margins, 109; 

 needless in parks and gardens, 43 ; tf)0 

 many in Pare Monci an, 43 



Riick-plants on islets, 105 



Roek-sbrubs. 10, 103, 105 ; ditto and trail- 

 ing evergeens, 75, 77 



Rock work, formation of, 214 



Rose-Charmeux on open air grape-culture, 

 380 



Rose, climbing, isolateil on grass, 93 



Rouen, 34t!; t'ruit-notes at, 346 



Royal IIoiti< ultural Society, 52, 71, 73 



Rush, common, for tying, 270; for tying 

 plant:*, 450 



Pt. Clothilpe, 183 



St. Cloud, view from Bois de Boulogne, 12 

 St. Jacques, Square and Tower of. 111 

 St. Petersburg, conservatoi ies in, 225 

 Salads in Paris, 478, 535 ; Barbe de Capu- 



cin, culture of, 487; Corn-salad, or 

 RIache, 489 ; Lettuces, culture of, 481- 

 487 ; Scarole, 488 



Saulsaie, Regional school at, 341 



Scarole, 488 



Sceaux, fruit-gardens at, 331 



School of Botany in " Jardin des Plantes," 

 58, 50; of gardening in Paris, 72 ; of 

 Horticulture at Versailles, scheme of, 

 273 



Scientific garden should also be a beautiful 

 one, 49 



" Scientific " research not interfered with 

 by opening gardens at all hours, 64 



Se'cateur, the, 288, 445; English experience 

 of the, 457 



Sclaginella denticulata, in winter-gar- 

 dens, 232 



Shallot, the true, 535 



Smoke-nuisanco in London, 150 



Sports and varieties, value of, (JO ; should 

 be observed and increased, 60 



Spring-grove cemetery, 177 



Square des Thermes, 114 ; Montrougo, 

 112, 113, 122 



S()uares, 110; central portion, how spoilt, 

 122, 123; edging to puldic, 114; effect- 

 ing of opening to public, 118, 119 ; ever- 

 greens in, 127; how to plant. 111; in 

 London, defects in, 122, 123; necessary 

 in suburbs also, 120, 121 ; planting of, 

 123-125; present aspect. 110; what they 

 might be. 111; seats in, 123; should 

 contain playgrounds, 125 ; Trees in, 123 : 

 walks in, 123 ; wanted as much or more 

 than parks, 121 



Stanhope, Sir H., on Cordon-Penrs, 296 



Statuary, 87, 199, 201 ; in public gardens, 

 137; in public squares, 113 



Straw-mats for wall-protection, 276 



Strawberry, four seasons, 346; propagation 

 of, 347; culture, 347 



Streamlets in public gardens, 67, 102, 104, 

 10."), 107, 114, 115, 209 



Street built over canal, 135 



Street pavements, 141 



Structures, in squares, 123; needless, in 

 gardens, 40, 41, 42, 70 



Sub-tropical effects producible in gardens 

 throughout Great Britain and Ireland, 

 29,31 



Sub-tropical gardening, 20, 21, 31 ; plants 

 for, 26 



Sub-tropical vegetation in conservatories, 

 223 



Suisnes, fruit-gardens at, 332 



Terra-cotta work in gardens, 200, 203 

 Terrace-gardens, 84, 195, 198,258 

 Thermes, Square des, 1 1 4 



