514 



INDEX. 



Perennials and bulbs, planting with, 112 



Perennials, list of, for a suburban garden, 

 148 



, lists of, 504 



Permanent residents, advice to, as to re- 

 novating a garden, 256 



Picturesque imitation of scenery, 37 



Pigeon-house, 363 



Piggery, construction of the, 357 



Pines and firs at Hendon Rectory, list of, 

 336 



, where to introduce, 220 



Pipes through a suburban garden, for 

 water or gas, 51 



Pits and frames in a suburban garden, 

 116 



Pits, uses of, 4 



Plan for laying out and planting a subur- 

 ban pleasure-ground, 96 



Plans, making, and carrying them into 

 execution, 198—208 



Plantation of trees, how to vary, 28 



Plantations, use of, in a small villa, 239 



Plant-cabinet with a lean-to roof, 473 



, with a span roof, 475 



Plant-houses, 465 



of various kinds in one 



range, 495 



Planting, 28 



■ a flower-garden with perennials 



and bulbs, 112 



an Elizabethan villa, 106 



a small back garden, 62 



a small front garden, 62 



■ , expense of, 224 



flower-beds, 57 



grounds, 39, 



or building, which should be 



commenced first, 224 



single trees, 197 



trees and shrubs iu the grounds 



of a residence, 170 



trees for ornament, 119 



trees too deep, bad eflects of, 153 



with biennials and annuals, and 



green-house plants, 113 

 Plants, conditions necessary to the health 

 of, in suburban gardens, 146 



, food of, 145 



in a plant-cabinet, 476 



, ornamental, lists of, 497 



, selection of, for a suburban gar- 

 den, 147 



-, to keep distinct, 59 



Pleasure-grounds of a villa, 16 



of a country villa, 163 



of country villas, im- 

 proved mode of i)lanting the, 175 



Pleasure-ground walk, 212 



Pleasure-ground walks, breadth of, 165 



Pleasures of farming, 351 



Plums, list of, 264 



Porchester-terrace, Bayswater, viUa in, 

 134 



Position of the house in a suburban resi- 

 dence, 44 



Posts to support clothes-lines, 54 



Poultry-houses, 360 



, management of, 358 



■ yard, 358 



Priced list of trees, 99 



Principles on which a villa slioidd be laid 

 out, 17 



peculiar to landscape gar- 

 dening and architecture, 42 



Profitable gardens, 61, 71 



Protected trellises, 465 



R. 



Rabbits, management of, 365 



Ranunculus, 507 



Recognition of art, 19 



Redleaf, near Penshurst, 299 



Regular piece of ground, how to lay out, 



as a villa residence, 225 

 Renovating suburban gardens, 150 

 Renovation of large country villas, 340 



of small country villas, 255 



of suburban gardens, 150 



Reserve garden to an Italian villa, 129 



, use of a, 111 



Roads and walks, 22 



Roads, direction of, as regards a suburban 



residence, 48 

 Rockwork, 181—189 

 at Hoole House, 317, 321, 



322, 323 

 Rocky lawn at Redleaf, 313 



scenery, 20 



Rosarium, mode of forming a, 243 

 Roses, preparing the soil for, 70 

 Rules as to what style to employ, 42 



lOr planting flowers, 57 



Rustic arch at Wimbledon House, 433 



bridges, 398, 399 



• gate, 398 



scenery, 40 



■ seats, 178, 179, 213, 400 



tables, 399 



vases, 179, 180 



Scenery of a country mansion residence, 



372 

 , to improve, -387 



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