INDEX. 



407 



Orangery, general management 339 



Orange, bitter ... ib. 



citron or cedrate - - 338 



propagating and budding 340 



sweet - 339 



tribe - - - - 338 



Orchard, site, culture, &c. - 36 



Orchidacea? - 295 



tropical - - - - ib. 



Oxalis roots, culture of - - 193 



Oyster plant - - - - 191 



Parsnips, culture of 189 



Parsley, culture of - * - 216 

 Patience, garden - 205 



Peaches,' best in the U. S. 99,100 

 enemies of the peach tree, 



and remedies against - 100 

 English and French modes 



of training the tree - 105 

 modes of cultivating in U. S. 106 

 mode of obtaining new va- 

 rieties 98 

 modes of protecting the 



blossoms in England - 111 



plans of pruning for fruit 103 



varieties and sub varieties 96, 97 



when trees are to be trimmed 1 1 1 



Peach-house, structure srd 



management of - 331, 332 



Pears, best kinds of fruit in U. S. 1 34 



fine kinds - - - 124 



grafting of the tree - - 131 



influence of the parent stock 



upon the fruit - - 132 

 kitchen sorts - - - 131 

 autumnal an 1 winter sorts 130 

 Mr. Knight's varieties - 133 

 summer management of 

 trees - - - - 134 

 Pear tree, management of - 131 

 Pears ami apples, mo Jes of storing 138 

 Pearl onion - 197 



Peas, kin Is and culture - - 175 

 Peat-soil for flower-garden - 239 

 Peat, whan only partially decom- 

 pose I, prejudicial to plants 240 

 Pelargoniums - - - 289 



Pennyroyal - - - - 230 

 Pepper grass - 220 



Peppermint - 230 



Perennials, tall ornamental - 250 

 Peruvian rice - 205 



Pimpernel - - - - 230 

 Pine-apples, kinds of - 341, 342 

 pits and culture - - 343 

 Pinks, cultiTation of - - 278 

 Plant-gtove, structure of - - 285 



Plant-stove, inmates of - - 285 



Planting of fruit-trees 50 



Plants requiring a peaty soil - 240 



shrubby, for edgings - 242 

 such as arc to be wintered 



under glass - 250 



Plums, kinds and culture - 115 



Plum-tree, best kinds in U. S. - 113 

 destruction of fruit by the 

 curcuilo, how counteracted 1 1 8 



Polyanthus, cultivation of - 276 

 Pond, how to make it impervious 



to water - - - 238 

 Pond's seedling grape 74 

 Potato onion - 197 

 Potato, sweet - - - - 184 

 Potatoes, kinds and culture - 179 

 forcing of - - - 182 

 varieties best known in U. S. 182 

 Powell grape, - - 72 

 Primula, cultivation of - - 276 

 Propagation of plants in green- 

 houses - - - 287 

 Pruning 53 

 Prussian grass ... 209 

 Pumpkin .... 224 

 Purslane - - - - 228 

 Pyramide training - - 54 



Quenouille training 55 



Quince-tree, culture of - - 141 



Quinoa spinach, culture of - 204 



Radish, culture of - - - 192 



Ranunculus, cultivation of - 265 



properties of a fine one - ib. 



proper soil for the beds - 266 



propagation of - - 267 



Raspberries, kind and culture of 151 



Rendle's tank heating - - 315 



Rhododendrons ... 245 



Rhubarb, kinds and culture - 220 



Rider wall-trees - - - 52 



Rocambole - 200 



Rock-work - - - - 237 



plants recommended for 



decorating the - - ib. 



Rogers' conical boiler - - 309 



Root-grafting ... 44 



Rosary, management of the - 248 



Rosemary .... 230 



Sage— Salad herbs - - 230 



Salsify 191 



Savory, winter - - 230 



Savoy greens, culture of - - 169 



Scallions, mode of producing - 195 



Scarioles - 214 



