426 



INDEX. 



Pear tree, management of .135 

 Pears and apples, modes of 



storing . . . 147 



Pearl onion .... 204 

 Peas, kinds and culture . . 178 

 Peat-soil for flower-garden . 249 

 Peat, when only partially de- 

 composed, prejudicial to 

 plants . . . .249 

 Pelargoniums . . . 303 



Pennyroyal . . . .239 

 Pepper grass .... 228 

 Peppermint .... 239 

 Perennials, tall ornamental . 260 

 Peruvian rice . . . 209 



Pimpernell . . . .239 

 Pine-apples, kinds of . . 360 

 pits and culture . . 361 

 Pinks, cultivation of . . 298 

 Plant-stove, structure of . 300 



inmates of . . . 306 

 Planting of fruit-trees . . 46 

 Plants requiring a peaty soil . 250 

 shrubby, for edgings, . 252 

 such as are to be wintered 

 under glass . . . 260 

 Plums, kinds and culture . 117 



Plum-tree, best kinds in the 



United States . . 121 

 destruction of fruit by the 

 curculio, how counter- 

 acted . . . .120 

 Polyanthus, cultivation of . 290 

 Pond, how to make impervious 



to water . . . 247 

 Pond's seedling grape . . 71 

 Potato onion .... 204 

 Potato, sweet . . . 190 



Potatoes, kinds and culture . 185 

 forcing of . . .188 



varieties best known in the 



U. S ih. 



Powell grape .... 69 

 Primula, cultivation of . . 290 

 Propagation of plants in green- 

 houses . . .302 



Pruning 49 



Prussian grass . . . 214 



Pumpkin . . . .232 



Purslane . . . .237 



Pyramide training ... 50 



Quenouille training . . 50 



Quince-tree, culture of . . 150 

 Quinoa spinach, culture of . 209 



Radish, culture of . . . 198 



\ Rampions or ramps, culture of 220 



Ranunculus, cultivation of . 279 



i properties of a fine one . 279 



I proper soil for the beds . 280 



I propagation of . . 281 



I Raspberries, kind and culture 



I of .... 159 



j Rendle's tank heating . . 331 



Rhododendrons . . . 255 



Rhubarb, kinds and culture . 228 



j Rider wall-trees ... 48 



Rocambole .... 207 



Rock-work . . . .246 



plants recommended for 



decorating the . . 247 



Rogers' conical boiler . , . 325 



Root-grafting .... 44 



Rosary, management of the . 258 



Rosemary .... 239 



Sage 239 



Salad herbs .... 239 



Salsify 198 



Savory, winter . . . 239 



Savoy greens, culture of . 172 



Scallions, mode of producing 203 



Scarioles .... 222 



Scorzonera, culture of . . 198 

 Scuppernong grape . . 70 

 Sea-kale, culture and forcing 



of, in open borders . 215 

 Seed, mode of raising fruits 



from ... .33 

 Seedling fruits, raising of . 37 



Service-tree, culture of . . 151 



Shaddock-fruit, culture of . 356 



Shallot, culture of . . . 206 

 Shelter, necessity and means 



of .... 18 



Shrubs, deciduous . . . 256 



evergreens . . . 254 

 in planting out, how to be 



disposed . . . 259 

 ornamental, recommend- 

 ed . . . . ' 253 

 propagation of . . 258 

 Situation for fruit-garden, &c., 



selection of . . .16 



of flower garden, . . 243 



Siphon employed in circulating • 



hot water . . .329 



Skirret, culture of . . . 197 



Sloe 170 



Soil, best for kitchen garden 26 



for flower garden . . 249 



Sorrel, common and French . 237 



Spearmint . . . . 239 



