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INDEX 



PALMS, Fan, 45 ; hardy, 170 



Pancratium illyricum, 164 ; 

 maritimum, 164 



Paradisea Liliastrum major 

 159 



Parochetus communis, for 

 hanging baskets, 103 



Pea, Shamrock, for hanging 

 baskets, 103 



Peas, Sweet, under glass, 1 1 1 



Pelargoniums, 34 



Pentstemon Cobaea, 1 14; Mur- 

 rayanus, 114 



Perennials, autumn, under 

 glass, 1 01 ; hardy, for 

 spring, 94 



Pernettya mucronata, 183 



Phalaris arundinacea varie- 

 gata, 172 



Phyllocacti, 123 



Phyllocactus crenatus, 123 ; 

 phyllanthoides, 123 



Physalis Alkekengi, 103 ; 

 Franc hetti, 102 



Pieris floribunda, 183 



Pimelia decussata, 87 



Pink, common white, under 

 glass, 1 10 



Plantain Lily, The, 171 



Plants, greenhouse, suitable 

 and unsuitable, half-hardy, 

 34 ; hardy for greenhouse, 

 32, 33; hard-wooded, 191 ; 

 pot, in summer, 130, 131, 

 132; of stiff character, 

 grouping, 1 27 ; suitable for 

 flowering in Alpine house 

 from January to May, 145- 

 152 ; pot, time to prune, 

 136; pot, training and 

 pruning of, 135 ; watering, 

 137 



Plumbago capensis, 189 



Poinciana Gillies ii, 74 



Polyanthus primrose in the 

 greenhouse, 98 



Polygala dalmaisiana, 85 



Polygonatum multiflorum, 172 



Pomegranate, The, 79, 183 

 Poppies, Iceland, The, 1 1 3 

 Portulacas, The, 113 

 Potting-shed, The, 128 

 Potting, Tools to use in, 1 30 

 Primroses in greenhouse, 98 

 Primula, Chinese, 34 ; im- 

 perialis, 100 ; megasesefolia, 

 39 ; Sieboldi in pots, pro- 

 pagation of, 9 

 Primulas, Alpine, 33 

 Prunus, 72 ; japonica fl. pi., 

 76; rosea plena, 183 ; sinen- 

 sis alba plena, 183 ; triloba 

 fl.pl., 183 

 Punica granata, 79 

 Pyrethrum uliginosum for 

 autumn, 102 



RANUNCULUS, 54; asiaticus, 



159 



Red-hot Pokers, 64, 159 

 Refrigeration, Retarding 



flowering plants by, 105 

 Reineckia carnea variegata, 



172 



Rhapiolepis japonica, 183 

 Rhododendron ciliatum, 78; 



dauricum, 87 ; nobleanum, 



77 ; racemosum, 78 

 Rhododendrons, 33, 35, 184, 



1 89 ; hardy, 77 ; Himalayan, 



9,73 



Ribbon grass, The, 47, 172 

 Richardia aethiopica, 164 

 Rock-cress, White, 96 

 Roscoea purpurea, 164 

 Roses, 89, 90,91,92,93; Tea, 



1 1 ; pruning, 1 36 

 Ruscus racemosus, 170 



SALPIGLOSSIS, in 

 Sal via azurea grandiflora, 105; 

 coccinea superba, 105 ; ges- 



