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INDEX. 



Oak, the, grafting, 2 



Maturity of, 3 



Self-sown, 2 



Soil suitable for, 4 



Suckers, 2 



Timber of, 2, 3, 4 



Varieties of, 3 



Attack by "Wood-borers" 

 on, 22 

 Oaks on Dartmoor, 5 



The way to plant, 5 



To trim young, 6 

 Oenothera, the, 139 

 Onion, tbe Potato, 169 



Treatment of, 169 

 Orange, the, 105 



Grafting, 105 



Soil for, 105 

 Orchis, the, 143 



Cultivation of, 143, 144 



Varieties of, 143, 144 

 Oxalis, the, 138 



Propagation of, 139 



Varieties of, 138 



PANSY, the (see Viola) 

 Parsley, the, 168 



How to grow it good, 168 

 Passion-flower, the, 78 



Propagation of, 79 

 Peach, the, 152 



Best soil for, 152 



Budding, 153 



Flower of, 153 

 Pear, the, 150 



Grafting, 150 

 Peat, 170 



From Dartmoor, 170, 171 



The best kind of, 171 

 Pentstemon, the, 132 

 Peppermint, the (sec Mint) 

 Perennial Plants, 132 

 Periploca, the, 81 

 Petunia, the, 120 



Propagation of, 120 

 Phlox, the, 136 



Varieties of, 136 

 Phormium, the, 127 



Varieties of, 127 

 Photinia, the, 42 



Grafting, 42 

 Pimelea, the, 107 



Flowers of, 107 



Propagation of, 108 



Pimelea, varieties of, 107 

 Pine, the Scotch, 16, 17 

 Pine-tree, the, 16 



Cones of, 17 



Grafting, 21 



Planting, 19 



Propagation of, 17 



How to sow the seed, 17, 18 



Situation suitable for, 18 

 Plane-tree, the, 26 



Foliage of, 26 



How to multiply, 26 



Wood of, 26 

 Plantation making, 19, 20 

 Plum, the, 151 



Budding, 151 



Grafting, 151 



Best soil for, 151 

 Plumbago, the, 94 



Propagation of, 94 



Uses of, 94 

 Polygala, the, 125 



Flowers of, 125 



Propagation of, 125 

 Pomegranate, the, 65 



How multiplied, 65, 66 

 Poplar, the, 21 



Height of, 22 



Propagation of, 22 



Timber of, 21 



Its durable quality, 21 

 Portugal Laurel, the, 32 



Propagation of, 32, 33 



Its uses, 32 

 Primula, the, 123 



Its diversity, 123, 133 



Its treatment, 124, 133, 134 

 Primula Cortusoides, the, 134 



Japonica, the, 133 

 Pyracantha, the, 81 

 Pyrus Japonica, the, 41 



Its beauty, 41 



Grafting, 41 



Layering, 41 



QUINCE, the, 163 



Propagation of, 163, 164 

 Uses of, 150, 163 



RASPBERRY, the, 158 

 Cultivation of, 158, 159 



Rhododendron, the, 52 

 Its propagation, 52 

 Treatment of the ground for. 

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