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INDEX 



Paling, plants for close north, 335 



Palms, greenhouse, 159 



Pancratium fragrans, 477, 478 



Pandanus, Veitchi, 478 



Pansies, treatment when received, 16 ; 

 tufted, a selection of, 436, 437 ; tufted, 

 from cuttings, 15 ; tufted, from seed, 16 ; 

 tufted, planting, 15 ; tufted, the best 

 varieties, 15 



Papaver orientale, 460 



Paraffin emulsion for destroying insect 

 pests, 348, 351 



Paranaph for destroying insect pests, 351 



Paris green for destroying insect pests, 

 352 



Parrotia persica, 235 



Parsley, for garnishing, 444 ; growing, 386 



Parsnips, 375, 444 ; Cow, 410 



Pasque flower, the, 446 



Passion flowers, the, 80 ; in the green- 

 house, 159 



Passiflora, Constance Elliot, 80 ; the blue, 

 80 



Pavias, 235 



Pawlownia imperialis, 235 



Pea, Lord Anson's, 411 



Pea tree, Siberian, the, 216 



Peach tree, the, 238 



Peaches, in pots, 332; leaf-curl in, destroy- 

 ing* 35 ; the best, 440 



Pear, cultivation of the, 276 ; trees, Cordon, 

 281 ; Bush, 277 ; Espalier, 278 ; Fan- 

 trained, 280 ; gathering fruit from, 283 ; 

 in pots, 332 ; on walls, 279 ; Pyramid 

 277 ; root-pruning, 282 ; Standard, 277 ; 

 sticks for, 276 ; summer treatment of, 

 278 ; thinning fruit on, 283 ; winter 

 pruning of, 279 



Pearl Bush, the, 225 



Pears, dessert, list of, 438, 439 ; cooking, 

 list of, 439 



Peas, 375 ; varieties, 376 ; Everlasting, the, 

 79 ; when to sow, and varieties, 445 : 

 Sweet, autumn sowing of, 42 ; select 

 list of, 411; selection of, 43; ways of 

 growing, 42 ; sowing in spring, 42 



Peat, value of, 137 



Pelargoniums, greenhouse, 159 ; Ivy- 

 leaved, 159 ; large -flowered, the, 160 ; 

 Zonal, 159 ; Zonal for winter flowering, 

 160 



Pentstemon barbatus Torreyi, 460 ; species 

 of, 418 ; culture of, 16; for rock-garden, 

 418 



Pepper-tree, Alder-leaved, the, 219 



Perennials, hardy, in town gardens, 392 



Pereskia, the, 74 



Peristeria elata, 193 



Pergola, making a, 339 



Pergolas, Roses for, 421 



Periwinkles for planting in shade and drip, 

 249 



Pernettyas, the, and varieties, 236 



Petrocailis pyrenaica, 418 



Petunias, as pot plants, 160 



Phacelia campanularia, 412 



Pheasant's eye, the, 94 



Philadelphuses, hybrid, 236 



Phillyreas, the, 236 



Phlox setacea and varieties, 418 ; species of, 

 418 



Phloxes, alpine, 418 ; herbaceous, for water- 

 side, 472 ; mossy, 418 ; perennial, cul- 

 ture, and best varieties, 17 



Phygelius capensis, 460 



Phyllocactus, the, 74 



Phyllostachys, aurea, 213 ; Castillonis, 213; 

 nigra, 213 ; Quilioi, 213 ; viridi-glau- 

 cescens, 213 



Phryngium variegatum, 478 



Physalis, the, 460, 461 



Phyteuma comosa, 418 



Piceas, the, 473 



Picotees, Yellow Ground, the best, 52 



Pieris japonica, 236 



Pillars, Roses for, 422, 423 



Pine, Austrian, the, 473 ; Bhotan, the, 473 ; 

 Chili, the, 472 ; Corsican, the, 473 ; 

 Norfolk Island, the, 158 ; Norfolk Island 

 in the greenhouse, 148 ; Swiss Stone, the, 

 473 ; Weymouth, the, 473 



Pines, the, 473 



Pink, common white, 17 ; propagating by 

 cuttings, 35, 36 



Pinks, 17 ; Chinese and Indian, 409, 410 ; 

 from cuttings or pipings, 18 ; rock, 416 ; 

 the best, 18 



Piptanthus nepalensis, 237 



Pitcher plants, 478 



Places, Roses for, 420 



Plane tree, the, for towns, 237 



Plants, cleansing, 334 ; climbing for cold 

 greenhouse, 467 ; destroying insects at 

 roots of plants with nitrate of soda, 352 ; 

 foliage, for cold greenhouse, 468 ; for 

 pond sides, 472 ; garden, selection for 

 places occasionally flooded by water, 335 ; 

 greenhouse, from cuttings, 138 ; green- 

 house, from seed, 138; greenhouse, useful, 

 146 ; hardy, from cuttings, 34 ; how to 

 spray, and the reason of it, 343 ; infested 

 with disease, and insect pests, insecti- 

 cides for destroying, 351 ; in rooms, 

 treatment of, 340 ; keeping in winter, 

 399 ; multiplying by root division, 36, 37 ; 

 pot, miscellaneous for cold greenhouse, 

 468, 469 ; propagating by cuttings ; 140, 

 141 ; proper pots for, 342 ; rabbit-proof, 

 342 ; rock, selection of, 415 ; room and 

 window, 479 ; roots of, grubs and cater- 

 pillars that feed on, 347 ; seedling, prick- 

 off, 139 ; shelters for, 342 ; shrubby, for 

 cold greenhouse, 466 ; tuberous, for cold 

 greenhouse, 467, 468 ; tying up of, for 

 support, 344 ; under glass, destroying 

 insects on, 348 ; used in subtropical bed- 

 ding, 235 ; watering of, 344 



Platanus acerifolia for towns, 237 



Platycodon grandiflorum, 461 



Plum, Purple-leaved, the, 238 



Plumbago, capensis, as a greenhouse 

 climber, 160 ; Larpentse, 418, 461 



Plums, cooking, list of, 440 ; dessert, list of, 

 439, 440 ; in pots, 332 



