INDEX. 



Poppy, 166, 312 



Porticoes, of hedge-work, 88 



Pot, sweet, and physical herbs, 215, 340, 



397, 427 

 Potatoes, common, 217, 341 



sweet, 384, 422 



Poultry, their use in Orchards, 150, 153 

 Primroses, 167, 493 



double, 310, 559, 590, 607 



Primrose-tree, 167, 313 

 Prince 's-feather, 364 

 Privet, common, 276, 305 



evergreen 351 



Propagation by mere leaves, 477 



Proteas, 377, 476 



Protecting roots of new planted trees 



and shrubs, 44, 602, 606, 611 ' 



seedlings and tender plants, 587 



Pruning espalier and wall, apple and 



pear trees, 35, 142, 223, 348, 429, 547, 



586, 603 

 plum and cherry trees, 36, 143, 



223, 547, 585 

 peach, nectarine, and apricot 



trees, 39, 142, 223 

 gooseberry and currant trees, 43, 



146, 230, 549 



raspberries, 45, 146, 231, 550 



fig-trees, 225, 432 



Orchard or standard trees, 56, 



57, 58, 149, 234, 553, 586 



young fruit-trees under training, 



67, 223, 224 



fruit-trees, intended to be forced 



the ensuing season, 505 



summer pruning and dressing, 



465 * 



nursery young trees, 67, 159 



hardy flowering shrubs, 159, 172, 



569, 593 



young forest-trees, 68, 159 



and restoring old or declining 



fruit and other trees, 236, 238 



the vine, 519 



Pumpkins, 383, 422 

 Pyracantha, 276, 351 

 Pyramids, rural, 89 



Q. 



Queen's Gilliflower, 413 



Quicks, thorn, for hedges, 160, 271 



other sorts of, for the same pur 



pose, 274 to 277 

 Quince-tree, 56, 165, 223 



II. 



Racer or turf-cutter, 318 



Radishes, 30, 137, 197, 335, 391, 425 



463, 484, 500 



Ragged robin, double, 313, 493 

 Raising plants and cuttings, 113 

 Raisins, methods of curing, 515 



Ranunculus, Persian, general care of, 

 Ac., 92, 94, 168, 171, 307, 357, 409, 

 589 



properties of a fine double, 409 



taking up the roots of, 443 



preserving from frost, 588 



sowing seed of, 607 



aconitifolius, double, 366 



lape, for salad. See Small Salading. 

 Raspberries, planting, 231, 348, 550, 584 

 pruning, 146, 231, 550 

 protecting tender kinds of, from 



frost, 44, 584 

 lecesses, rural, 77 



Red peppers, 216, 342, 395, 427, 464 

 Rhexias, 92, 366, 452, 494 

 Ihododendrons, 287, 351 

 Rhubarb, the Turkey or officinal, its 

 general culture, 209, 340, 544, 581 



English or common, 222, 340, 



544, 581 

 Rocambole, 206, 338, 544, 578 

 Rock and shell work, 83, 87 

 Robinias, 158, 282 

 Rocket, garden, double, 113, 167, 313, 



413, 452, 523 



particularly noticed, 413 



night smelling, 365 



Root-houses, rural, 83 



Root-pruning of trees, 150 



Roses, forcing into early bloom, 171, 

 188 



to pot, for forcing, 569 



propagating by suckers, 158 



propagating by budding, 443, 470 



propagating by layers, 300, 442, 



555 



planting, 314, 316, 368, 569 

 used for hedges, 276 

 China, 416, 454, 594 

 Otaheite, 416, 454, 594 



Rose-campion, 97, 167, '313, 452, 493, 



523 



Rosemary, 215 

 Rue, 215, 487 

 Rudbeckias, 377, 494 

 Rural seats, 77, 83 

 Rustic devices, 83 

 Russia Turnip. See Ruta Baga. 

 Ruta Baga, 462 



S. 



Saffron, bastard, 364 



officinal or true. See Crocus, 



autumnal. 



Sage, common, 215, 487, 543 

 Salading, small, 28, 132, 199 335, 389, 



425, 461, 485, 501, 544, 577, 600 

 Salsafy, 207, 338, 394, 426 



to preserve for winter use, 580 



Salvias, tender, 376, 476 

 Saponaria, 365 

 Sarracenias, 494 

 Sassafras, 313 



Satin-flower, or Honesty, 313 

 Savin, 305 



