INDEX 



489 



Poinsettias, 478 



Polemonium, confertum, 418 ; melittum, 

 418 



Polemoniums, 461 



Polyanthus, the, 21 



Polygala Chamaebuxus, 237, 418 ; Chamse- 

 buxus purpurea, 418 



Polygonatum multiflorum, 462 



Polygonum Brunonis, 184 ; baldschuani- 

 cum, 8 1 ; cuspidatum, for water-side 

 planting, 472 ; sachalinense for water- 

 side planting, 472 ; vaccinifolium, 418 



Polygonums, 462 



Polypodies, the, 259 



Polypodium, calcareum, 259 ; Dryopteris, 

 259 ; Phegopteris, 259 ; vulgare and 

 varieties, 260 



Polypody, common, the, 260 ; Limestone, 

 the, 259 



Polystichum, aculeatum and varieties, 259 ; 

 angulare and varieties, 259 ; Lonchitis 

 and variety cristata, 259 



Polystichums, the, 259 



Pond Weed, Cape, the, 64, 472 



Pond-sides, plants for, 472 



Poppies, annual, 412 ; Shirley, from seed, 

 18 



Poppy, Bush, Californian, the, 244 ; 

 Eastern, the, 460 ; Plume, the, 449 



Potato, the, 376 ; disease, the, 378 ; seed 

 tubers, preserving, 377 



Potatoes, early, mid-season, and late, when 

 to plant, 445 ; from seed, 377 ; mould- 

 ing. 378 ; planting, 377 ; varieties of, 

 378 



Potentilla, alpestris, 418 ; atrosanguinea, 

 418 ; Menziesi, 418 



Potentillas, 462 



Pots, proper, for plants, 342 



Potting, the method of, 342 ; off, meaning 

 of, 142, 143 ; soils for, 136, 137 



Primrose, Evening, the, 418, 459 ; Japan, 

 the, 472 ; Chinese, the, 160 ; common, 

 the, 19 



Primroses, Alpine, 418 ; blue, the, 21 

 bunch-flowered, 20 ; double, the, 21 

 garden, from seed, 19 



Primula, Alpine, 418 ; Chinese, the, 160 

 cortusoides Sieboldi, 161 ; floribunda 

 161 ; japonica, 64, 472 ; obconica, 161 

 rosea, 64 ; stellata, 161 ; Star, the, 161 

 verticillata sinensis, 161 ; vulgaris, 19 



Primulas, Chinese, double, propagation 

 of, 161 



Privet, Oval-leaved, the, 233 



Privets, the, 233 



Prophet-flower, the, 415 



Protection of flowers with coops, 335 ; 

 winter, for outdoor flowers, 344 



Prunus, Amygdalus and varieties, 237 ; per- 

 sica, 238 ; Pissardi, 238 ; triloba, as a 

 wall shrub, 238 



Prunuses, the, 237 



Pteris aquilina, 260 



Pterocarya caucasica, 237 



Puschkinia scilloides, 95, 419 



Pyrethrums, 460 



Pyrus, baccata, 239 ; japonica and varie- 

 ties, 238 

 Pyruses, the, 238, 239 



QUAMASH, the, 87, 449 



Quassia extract, for destroying insect pests, 



348, 352 



Quercus, the family, 239 

 Quince tree, the, planting for its beauty, 



326; Japanese, the, 238 



RABBiT-proof plants, 342 



Radishes, 378 ; sowing, 445 



Ramondia, pyrenaica, 419 ; p. alba, 419 



Ranunculus, aconitifolius pi. , 462; alpestris, 

 419 ; amplexicaulis, 419 ; Lingua, 64 ; 

 for the water-side, 472 



Raspberries, autumn fruiting, and others, 

 the best, 326, 443 ; planting, 324 ; pro- 

 pagation of, 326 ; summer-fruiting, 326 ; 

 summer treatment of, 325 



Raspberry, the, 324 ; purple - flowered, 

 North American, 244 



Red-spider, destroying, 350 



Reed, Great, the, 211 ; Mace, common, 

 the, 64 ; New Zealand, the, 211 



Re-potting, what it means, 342 



Retinosporas, 473 



Rhapiolepsis japonica, 240; for forcing, 

 240 



Rhipsalis, the, 74 



Rhododendron Fortunei, hybrids of, 240; 

 greenhouse, 161, 241, 242 ; hardy, species 

 and hybrids of, 241, 242 ; hybrid, a few 

 choice, 242 ; propagating, 246 



Rhodotypos kerrioides, 243 



Rhubarb, 379, 444 ; early, 379 



Rhus, Cotinus, 243 ; family, the, 243 ; Toxi- 

 codendron, 243 ; typhina, 243 



Ribes, the, 243 



Richardia aathiopica, 161 ; in pots, 161 ; 

 Little Gem, 162 



Ricinus, the, 162 ; for the greenhouse, 

 162 



Robinias, the, 244 



Rock-garden and its construction, 99; 

 plants for, 100, 101 ; low-growing Coni- 

 fers and shrubs for, 471 



Rocket, double white, the, 456 



Rockets, Sweet or double, the, 21 



Romneya Coulteri, 244 



Room plants, watering, 341 ; and window 

 plants, 479 ; plants for, and treatment of, 



340 



Root division, multiplying plants by, 36 

 Rosa, alba, 429 ; alpina, 429 ; canina, 429 ; 

 ferruginea, 429 ; hispida, 429 ; indica, 

 429; laevigata, 429; lucida, 125, 429; 

 lutea, 429 ; moschata alba, 429 ; multi- 

 flora, 429 ; polyantha Thunbergi, 125 ; 

 rubrifolia, 125, 429; rugosa, 429; seti- 

 gera, 429 ; spinosissima, 429 ; wichuriana, 

 429 



Rose, Alpine, the, 242 ; bed, planting a, 

 105 ; Cherokee, the, 429 ; China, a hedge 

 of, 126; Dog, the, 429; flowers, protect- 



