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GENERAL INDEX. 



which prefers a shady situation in a light sandy 

 loam, and is increased by seed. 



Park, in gardening, a jx>rtion of forest-like scenery 

 attached to a country-house, and devoted to the 

 growth of timber, the harbor of game, deer, or 

 the pasturage of cattle, &c. 



Park, par, J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole, Paradisus 

 terrestris. 



Park Place, Berkshire, 7561. 



Parkinson, John, his works on gardening, page 1099. 

 A. D. 1629. 



Parkinsonia, decan. monog. and leguminoseae, a S. 

 tr. W. Ind. which thrives in loam and peat, and 

 cuttings root in sand under a bell-glass. 



Parkt/ns, G. J., his works on gardening, page 1113. 

 A. D. 1805. 



Parnassia, grass of Parnassus, pentan. tetrag. and 

 capparideaj, H. p^ren. Brit, and Amer. marsh 

 plants which thrive best in moist peat soil. 



Paronychia, pentan. monog. and amaranthaceae, G. 

 peren. Eur. which thrive well in loam and peat, 

 and cuttings root freely under a hand-glass ; the 

 H. peren. and an. prefer the same soil, and are 

 increased by cuttings or seeds. 



Parsley, 4082, see Apium. 



Parsley piert, alchemilla aphanes. 



Parsnep, see Pastinaca. 



Parterre (Fr.\ an even or level piece of ground ; 

 a flower-garden, see Flower-garden, 



Parterre edgings, 1500. 



Parthenium, syngen. polyg. necess. and corymbife- 

 reae, a H. peren. and an. W. Ind. and Amer. of 

 common culture. 



Pascalia, syngen. polyg. frustran. and corymbifereae, 

 Chili, which grows best in loam and peat, and 

 cuttings root under a hand-glass. 



Paspalum, trian. dig. and gramineae, S. and H. W. 

 Ind. and S. Amer. grasses of easy culture. 



Pasque flower, see Pulsatilla. 



Passerina, sparrow-wort, octan. monog. and thy- 

 meleae, G. tr. C. B. S. which thrive best in sandy 

 peat, and cuttings root freely under a bell-glass 

 in sand. 



Passiflora, passion-flower, monadelph. pentand. and 

 passifloreae, S. and G. tr. climbers, free growers, 

 and easily managed; they thrive best in loam 



[ and peat, and young cuttings root readily in heat 

 under a bell-glass. 



Passiflora quadrangularis, and other fruit-bearing 

 species, 6003. 



Passion-flower, see Passiflora. 



Pastinaca, parsnep, pentan. dig. and umbellifereae, 

 H. bien. and a peren. of common culture. 



Pastinaca sativa, the garden parsnep, 3723. 



Pat^e d'oye, or cross patee d'oye, (heraldry,} a cross 

 with the crosslets spreading like duck feet, as in 

 the Maltese cross, a form of planting avenues, 

 &c., 6813. 



Patersonia, monadel. trian. and irideae, G. peren. 

 N. S. W. which grow in loam and peat, and are 

 increased by dividing at the root 



Paulet, , his works on gardening, page 1120. 



A. D. 1793. 



Paullinia, octan. trig, and sapindese, S. tr. W. Ind. . 

 which succeed in light loam, and cuttings root 

 best in sand in bottom-heat under a hand-glass. 



Paultons, seat in Hampshire, 7594. 



Pavetta, tetrandria monogynia and rubiaceae, a 

 S. tr. E. Ind. which thrives best in loam and 

 peat, and cuttings root readily in sand under a 

 hand-glass. 



Pavilion, a regal residence in Brighton, 7533. 



Pavonia, monadel. polyan. and malvaceae, S. and 

 G. tr. and S. an. E. and W. Ind. which grow in 

 loam and peat, and root readily in sand under a 

 hand-glass : most of the species produce abund- 

 ance of seeds. 



Pawlosky, an imperial seat near Petersburgh, 258. 



Pea, sec Pisum. 



Peach-house, its construction, 2664; general cul- 

 ture and management of, 3063. 



Peach-gatherer, 1354. 



Peach-tree, see Amygdalus. 



Pear-gatherer, 1355. 



Pear-tree, see Pyrus. 



Pearlwort, see Vagina. 



Peat-earth shrubs, their culture, final situation, 6569. 



Pectis, syngen. polygam. super, and corymbifereae, 

 S. an. W. Ind. of common culture. 



Pedalium, didynam. angios. and pedalineae, S. an. 



E. Ind. of common culture. 



Pedicularis, louscwort, didyn. angios. and scro- 

 phtilarineK, F. and H. peren. and an. Eur. and 



Amer. which succeed best in peat soil and a 

 moist situation, and are increased by seeds. 



Peel Hall, Cheshire, 1590. 



Peganum, dodec. monog. and rutaceae, H. peren. 

 Eur. which thrive in rich, light soil, and cuttings 

 root freely under hand-glasses. 



Pekra, a seat near Moskwa, 262. 



Pelargonium, stork's hill, monadelph. heptan. and 

 geraniaccse, G. tr. peren. and an C. B. S. and 

 some S. tr. and peren. all of easy culture in any 

 rich, light soil, the succulent sorts well drained 

 and not overwatered, 6601. 



Pelee, M. de St. Maurice, a French author on 

 gardening, page 1116. A. D. 17. 



Peliosanthes, hexan. monog. and , S. peren. 



E. Ind. which grow best in rich loam, and are 

 increased by dividing at the root. 



elleport-Saune, M , 



page 1122. A. D. 1813. 



Pell itory, see Peltaria. 



Peltaria, tetrad, silic. and crucifereae, a H. peren. 

 Austral, of common culture. 



Pembrokeshire, gardens and residences of, 7609. 



Penaea, tetran. monog. and jasmineae, G. tr. C. B. S. 

 which thrive in loam and peat, with the pots well 

 drained, and young cuttings root without diffi- 

 culty under bell-glasses in sand. 



Pendarves, a seat in Cornwall, 7601. 



Penguern, a seat in Flintshire, 7606. 



Penicillaria, poly, moncec. and gramineae, a S. and 

 H. an. E. and W. Ind. of common culture. 



Pennisetum, trian. dig. and gramineae, H. an. Eur. 

 and Ind. grasses of the easiest culture. 



Pennycuick House, Midlothian, 7618. 



Pennyroyal, mentha pulegium. 



Pennywort, see Hydrocotyle. 



Penpont, a seat in Breconshire, 761S. 



Penrhyn Castle, Caernarvonshire, 7604. 



Penrice Castle, Glamorganshire, 7608. 



Penshurst, a seat in Kent, 7538. 



Pentapetes, monadel. dodec. and malvaceae, a S. 

 tr. and a bien. Ind. and N. Spain, which grow 

 freely in light, rich soil, and cuttings root in 

 sand under a bell-glass. 



Penthorum, decan. pentag. and semperviveae, a 

 H. peren. Virginia, which grows freely in light, 

 sandy soil, and is readily increased by dividing at 

 the root, or by young cuttings under a hand- 

 glass. 



Pentre, a seat in Pembrokeshire, 7609. 



Pentstemon, didyn. angios. and bignoniaceae," a F. 

 tr. and H. peren. N. Amer. which grow in light, 

 rich soil, and succeed well in pots. Cuttings 

 root freely under hand-glasses. 



Pentzia, syngen. polyg. aequal. and corymbifereae, 

 a G. tr. C. B. S. which thrives well in any rich, 

 light soil, and cuttings root freely under a hand- 

 glass. 



Peplis, water-purslane, hexan. monog. and sali- 

 careaa, a H. an. Brit, a marsh plant of easy 

 culture. 



Pepper, see Piper. 



Pepper Harrow, a seat in Surrey, 7528. 



Pepper-vine, cissus stans. 



Pepperwort, see Lepidium. 



Perdicium, syngen. poly, super, and corymbifereae, 

 a H. peren. Siberia, which grows in rich, light 

 soil, and is increased by dividing at the root 



Perfect, Thomas, his works on gardening, page 

 1105. A. D. 1759. 



Perforated piers, piers for fruit-tree walls, the pro- 

 jecting parts of which are perforated to admit of 

 training the shoots through the pier, instead of 

 stopping them there, or bending them over it. It 

 is an ingenious mode, but the rounded pier 

 (1572. fie. 246. a), where practicable, is to be 

 preferred, as more readily admitting the taking 

 down and replacing of the branches at the prun- 

 ing season. 



Pergularia, pentan. dig. and asclepiadeae, S. tr. E. 

 Ind. fragrant climbers which succeed well in 

 loam and peat, and cuttings root readily in sand 

 under a hand-glass. 



Perilla, didyn. gymnos. and labiatea?, a H. an. 

 India, of common culture. 



Periploea, pentan. dig. and asclepiadeae, a G. and 

 H. tr. Syria and the Canaries, which grow freely 

 in common soil, and are increased by layers or 

 cuttings. 



Periwinkle, see Vinca. 



Perotis, trian. dig. and gramineae, a S. an. E. Ind. 

 of common culture. 



Pers.jChristian Henry Persoon's Synopsis Plantarum. 



