GENERAL INDEX. 



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other plants. The common broom-rape, an. 



major, may be sown or planted at the root of the 



common broom, spartium, and the others at the 



roots of such plants as they are seen to affect in 



their wild state. 

 Orobus, bitter vetch, diadel. decan. and legumi- 



noseae, H. peren. Eur. of easy culture. 

 Orobus tuberosus, the tuberous-rooted bitter vetch, 



4302. 

 Orontium, hexan.. monog. and aroidese, H. peren. 



Amer. and Japan, which grow in light sandy soil, 



and are increased by division at the root. 

 Orpine, see Telephium. 

 Ortegia, trian. monog. and caryophyllese, H. peren. 



Eur. which thrive in light rich soil, and cuttings 



root freely under a hand-glass. 

 Orthopogon, trian. dig. and gramineae, a S. tr. W. 



Ind. of common culture. 

 Oryza, rice, hexan. dig. and gramincse, a S. an. 



Ethiopia, of easy culture as a marsh plant. 

 Osbaston, a seat in Derbyshire, 7574. 

 Osbeck, P. A. Toreen, and Captain Eckeberg, their 



voyage to China, page 1130. A. D. 1771. 

 Osbeckia, octan. monog. and melastomeEe, a S. bien. 



Ceylon, of common culture. 

 Osier, see Salix. 

 Osmites, syngen. polyg. frustran. and cprymbifereae, 



a G. tr. C. B. S. which grows well in light rich 



soil, and cuttings root freely under a hand- 

 glass. 

 Osmunda, cryptog. schismatopterides and filicese, 



H.peren. Amer. Brit, and C. B. S. ferns of common 



culture, 1678. 

 Ossenfehter, H. A., his works on gardening, page 



1124. A. D. 1771. 



Ossington Hall, Nottinghamshire, 7576. 

 Osten, Van, his works on gardening, page 1129. A.D. 



1703. 

 Osteospermum, syngen. polyg. necess. and corym- 



bifereae, G. tr. C. B. S. which may be treated as 



osmides. 



Osterton House, Nottinghamshire, 7576. 

 Ostrya, hop-hornbeam, moncec. polyan. and amen- 



taceoe, H. tr. Italy and N. Amer. which grow in 



any soil, and are increased by seeds or lay- 

 ers. 



Oswego tea, see Monarda. 

 Osyris, poet's cassia, dioec. trian. and santalacea, a 



G. tr. S. Eur. which thrives in loam and peat, and 



ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand. 



glass. 



Otaheite chestnut, inocarpus edulis. 

 Otaheite myrtle, securinega nitida. 

 Othonna, ragwort, syngen. polyg. necess. and corym- 



biferea?, G. and F. tr. and peren. C. B. S. which 



grow in any light, rich soil, and cuttings root 



freely under a hand-glass. 

 Otto, Frederick, C. M. H. S., inspector of the botanic 



garden, Berlin, 219. 

 Owstqn, a seat in Yorkshire, 7582. 

 Ox-eye, see Buphthalmum. 

 Ox-eye daisy, chrysanthemum leucanthemum. 

 Ox-lip, see Primula. 

 Ox-tongue, see Picris. 

 Oxalis, wood-sorrel, decandr. pentagyn. and gerani- 



aceaa, G. and H. peren. C. B. S. bulbs of easy 



culture. 



Oxalis acetosella, the common wood-sorrel, 4075. 

 Oxford botanic garden, 7557. 

 Oxfordshire, gardens and residences of, 7558. 

 Oxyanthus, pentan. monog. and rubiaceae, a S. tr. 

 Sierra Leone, Iwhich thrives well in sandy loam 

 and peat, and cuttings root in sand under a hand- 

 glass. 



Oxybaphus, umbrella-wort, triand. monogyn. and 

 nyctaginea?, S. peren. and an. S. Amer. which 

 grow in loam and peat, and are increased by young 

 cuttings under a bell-glass in sand. 

 Oxycoccus, cranberry, octan. monog. and ericea?, a 

 S. tr. and H. tr. Eur. and Amer. which require a 

 peat soil, and moist situation. 

 Oxycoccus macrocarpus and palustris, 4708. 

 Oxylobium, decan. monog. and leguminoseas, G. tr 

 Austral, which grow in sandy loam and peat, 

 and young cuttings root in sand under a hand- 



Oxystelma, pentandria digynia and asclepiade, a 

 S peren. E. Ind. which thrives well in loam and 

 peat, and cuttings root freely in sand under a 

 hand-glass. 



Oxytropis, diadel. decan. and leguminosea:, H. 

 peren. and an. Eur. which prefer a light sandy 

 soil, and are readily increased by seeds. 



P. 



Pachysandra, moncec. tetran. and euphorbiacea?, a 



H. peren. N. Amer. which succeeds well in any 



common light soil, and increases freely by suckers 



from the roots. 



Packbush, S. T., his works on gardening, page 1123, 



A. D. 1695. 



Packenham Hall, a seat in Westmeath, 7662. 

 Paddock, puddock, or purrock, a country term, 

 originally applied to a small space enclosed by 

 pales from a park, for hounds to run matches in, 

 now generally applied to the small grass enclosures 

 commonly attached to a park, or kept in the hands 

 of the resident on the demesne. 

 Paederia, pentan. monog. and rubiacea?, a D. S. tr. 

 China, a climber which thrives in loam and peat, 

 and cuttings root readily. 



Paxmia, paaony, polyan. dig. and ranunculaceae, the 

 Chinese tree-pasony, a F. tr. China, with numer- 

 ous varieties, thrives in any rich, light soil ; and 

 ripened cuttings slipped off, and planted in the 

 ground in a shady place, without cover, will root 

 freely. The H. peren. Eur. requires a deep, rich, 

 loamy soil, see 1639. 



Paeony, see Pasonia. 



Pain's Hill, a seat in Surrey, 7527. 



Paisley manufacturers, their gardens and florists' 

 meetings, &c., 7628. 



Palavia, monad, polyan. and malvaceaj, a H. an. 

 Peru, of common culture. 



Palisade (palissade, Fr.), any fence of pales, a paling ; 

 the term is generally used when an ornamental 

 paling is intended. 



Palissy, Bernard de, a French author on gardening, 

 page 1115. A. D. 1563. 



Pallasia, syngen. poly, frustran. and corymbiferea?, 

 a G. tr. Peru, which thrives in any rich, light 

 soil, and cuttings root freely under a hand-glass. 



Palma Christi, see Ricinus. 



Panax, polyg. dicea and araleae, S. tr. Amer. and 

 China, which thrive well in light loam, and cut- 

 tings root readily in sand under a hand-glass ; the 

 H. peren. grow in similar soil, and are increased 

 by seeds, or dividing at the root. 



Pancratium, hexan. monog. and amaryllideae, S. 

 and G. peren. and H. peren. Eur. Amer. and India, 

 which grow in light loam and vegetable mould, 

 with little water when not in a growing state. 

 They are increased by seeds and suckers. 



Pandanus, screw-pine, dicec. monan. and pandana- 

 ceas, S. tr. Ind. and N. S. W. which thrive in 

 loamy soil; but rarely produce growths which 

 admit of removal for propagation. 



Panic-grass, see Panicum. 



Panicum, panic-grass, trian. dig. and gramineaj, S. 

 tr. and bien. and H. peren. and an. Ind. Amer. 

 and Eur. grasses of common culture. 



Pannage, a law term signifying the feed which 

 swine or cattle may derive from the mast, acorns, 

 or herbage of woods. 



Panning, forming a pan or saucer-like hollow round 

 newly planted trees, to receive and retain water, 

 2098. 



Panshanger, a seat in Hertfordshire, 7544. 



Panton House, Lincolnshire, 7577. 



Papaver, poppy, polyan. monog. and papaveraceae, 

 H. peren. Eur. of easy culture. 



Papaw-tree, see Carica. 



Paper mulberry, morus papyrifera. 



Papilio, the butterfly, a lepidopterous insect, 2251. 



Papilio machaon, 6194. 



Parasitic hardy shrubs, 6588. 



Parasitic exotics, their culture and management, 

 6736. 



Parasitic plants, such as root into other living plants, 

 and derive their nourishment from them ; some 

 root into the stem or branches, as viscus, the 

 mistletoe ; others attach themselves to the root, 

 as hypocistus ; some of the epidendras and ae'ridoe 

 will grow either on living or dead trees. 



Pardanthus, trian. monog. and index, a G. peren. 

 China, a bulb which may be treated as ixia. 



Parham, a seat in Sussex, 7531. 



Pariana, moncec. polyan. and grammes, a S. tr. 

 Cayenne, which grows in loam and peat, and cut- 

 tings root in sand under a bell-glass. 



Parietaria, pellitory, poly. mono3c. and urticeae, a S. 

 peren. and an. and H. peren. Eur. and India, of 

 easy culture in light soil. 



Paris, octan. tetrag. and smilacea:, a H. peren. Brit. 



