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GENERAL INDEX. 



bellifereae, H. peren. and an an. chiefly Europ. 

 which grow in rich, light soil, and are increased 

 by seeds. 



Pimpinella anisum, the anise, 4219. 



Pinckneya, pentan. monog. and rublacese, a F. tr. 

 Georgia, which grows in sandy loam and peat, 

 and cuttings root in sand under a hand-glass. 



Pindcmonte, Ippolito, his works on gardening, 

 page 1129. A. D. 1817. 



Pine-apple, 514. see Bromelia. 



Pine-tree, see Pinus. 



Pinery, its construction, 2645 ; general culture and 

 management, 2697. 



Pinguicula, butterwort, dian. monogyn. and lenti- 

 bulareae, a G. an. Carolin. and H. peren. Europ. 

 which grow naturally in swamps, and succeed in 

 pots of any species of sphagnum, with a little peat 

 at the bottom, like drosera ; they are increased 

 by offsets from the heart of the plant, and from 

 seed. 



Pinguicula vulgaris, the common butterwort, 4320. 



Pink, see Dianthus. 



Pinkie House, East Lothian, 7619. 



Pinus, the pine-fir and larch, moncec. monad, and 

 conifereae, a S. tr. Amboyna, G. tr. E. Ind. and 

 H. tr. Eur. and Amer. ; the S. species succeed in 

 light, loamy soil, and ripened cuttings taken off at 

 a joint will root, though not readily, in sand 

 under a hand-glass ; the G. species require the 

 same soil, and roots more freely ; the H. species 



rw in light soil, and are commonly increased 

 seeds. 



Pinus abies, the spruce-fir, and other firs in com- 

 mon cultivation, 7058. to 7067. 



Pinus cedrus, and P. larix, the cedar-larch, and 

 common larch, 7051. and 7053. 



Pinus sylvestris, the Scotch or wild pine, and the 

 other pines in common cultivation, /040. 



Piper, pepper, dian. trig, and urticeae, S. tr. chiefly 

 climbers, peren. and an. W. Ind. mostly succu- 

 lents which grow in sandy loam and peat, and are 

 readily increased by cuttings and suckers. 



Pipewort, eriocaulon septangulare. 



Piqueria, syngen. polyg. aequal. and corymbifereae, 

 a G. peren. Mex. which grows freely in any light, 

 rich soil, and cuttings root readily under a hand- 

 glass. 



Piscidia, Jamaica dogwood, diadel. decan. and legu- 

 minoseae, a S. tr. W. Ind. a strong fast-growing 

 plant in sandy loam, and cuttings root in sand 

 under a hand-glass. 



Piscinary,1767. 



Pise, or en pise, (en pire or en pis, in the worst man- 

 ner, that is, as a last resource,) a mode of building 

 mud walls, 1564. 



Pisonia, heptan. monog. and nyctagineae, S. tr. 

 W. Ind. and a G. tr. Austral which grow in 

 loam and peat, and cuttings root in sand under a 

 hand-glass. 



Pistachia-tree, see Pistacia. 



Pistacia, dio?c. pentag. and terebintaceae, G. tr. 

 Barb, and H. tr. S. Eur. the G. species grow in 

 loam and peat, and ripened cuttings root in sand 

 under a hand-glass ; the H. tr. are rather tender, 

 but grow in common soil, and are increased by 

 layers or cuttings under a hand-glass in sandy 

 soil. 



Pisum, pea, diadelph. decan. and leguminoseae, a 

 H. peren. Eng. and H. an. S. Eur. of common 

 culture. 



Pisum maritimum, the sea-pea, 4309. 



Pisum sativum, the garden-pea, 3597 ; to force the 



Pit, a structure with a glass cover or roof, used as a 

 habitation for plants. Earth-pit, bark-pit, flued 



gt, M'Phail's pit, Alderstone pit, pit with rising 

 ame, West's pit, &c. 1540. to 1544. 

 Pit, in the conservatory, the bed of earth in which 



the trees are planted, occupying the principal part 



of the area of the house. 

 Pit of a stove or hot-house, an excavation in the 



moist or bark-stove for containing fermentable 



materials in order to supply bottom heat. 

 Pitcairnia, hexan. monog. and bromelese, S. tr. W. 



Ind. and S. Amer. which flower freely in light, 



rich soil, and are increased by suckers from the 



root 



Pitcher-plant, nepenthes distillatoria, 593. 

 Pitmaston, a seat near Worcester, 3329. 

 Pittosporum, pentan. monog. and pittosporeae, a S. 



tr. Guinea, and G. tr. Austral. C. B. S. and E. 



Ind. which grow in loam and peat, and cuttings 



root freely in sand under a hand-glass. 



Plane-tree, see Platanus. 



Plank-plant, bossiaea scolopendrlum. 



Planner (Scotch}, a maker of plans, see Horticul- 

 tural Architect 



Plans for improving country-residences, 7364 ; how 

 to form, 7364 ; important uses of, 7369 ; how to 

 carry into execution, 7370. 



Plans of gardens and garden objects, how to form, 

 1895 ; to transfer them to ground, 1913 ; to exe- 

 cute them, 1940. 



Plant, grass., Histoire des Plantes Grasses. Par 

 A. P. Decandolle. 



Plant packing-case, different sorts of, 1404. 



Plantago, plantain, tetran. monog. and plantagineae, 

 a G. tr. and bien. C. B. S. and H. peren. and an. 

 chiefly Eur. all of very easy culture in common 

 soil. 



Plantago coronopus, star of the earth, 4315. 



Plantain, see Plantago. 



Plantain-tree, see Musa. 



Plantations, neglected, to improve, neglected hedge, 

 rows, hedge-row timber, neglected ornamental 

 plantations, 6914. to 6924. 



Plantations, ornamental, their formation, 6852 ; 

 form, extent, disposition, general form, situa- 

 tion, arrangement of species, size of plants, 6853. 

 to 6876. 



Plantations of trees, their uses, as to shelter and 

 climate, improving soils, shade, separation, seclu- 

 sion, distinction, appropriation, concealment, to 

 heighten agreeable objects, direct the eye to ob- 

 jects, render indifferent objects agreeable, en- 

 hance the value of landed property, afford profit, 

 6762. to 6775. 



Plantations, their different kinds, group, clump, 



woods, copsewoods, 6810. to 6814. 



Plantations, their disposition in the ancient style, 

 7205 ; in the modern style, 7214. 



Plantations, useful, their formation, 6815. ; prepar- 

 ing the soil, form, enclosing, fences, species of 

 tree, mixture, whether to be sown or planted, 

 disposition of the plants, number of plants and 

 distance, size of the plants, seasons for planting, 

 operations of, 6816. to 6851. 



Plantations, useful and ornamental, their culture 

 and management, 6877 ; culture of the soil, till- 

 ing up blanks, pruning, for utility, for ornament, 

 seasons for, implements for, resinous trees, non- 

 resinous trees, heading-down trees, pruning for 

 bends, coppices, osier holts, strips and screens, 

 trees for shade, trees in parks, in pleasure-grounds 

 and lawns, thinning, 6878. to 6913. 



Plantations, valuation of, 6966. 



Planting, see Arboriculture. 



Planting, different modes of performing the oper- 

 ation, 2077. to 2109. 



Planting in arboriculture, operation of, by pitting, 

 by the diamond dibber, by the planter's mattock, 

 by the planter, by slitting, 6841. to 6851. 



Plants, see Vegetables. 



Plants, as indicative of soils, list of, 1036. 



Plants used as preserves and pickles, 4258. 



Plants used in tarts, confectionary, and domestic 

 medicine, 4195. 



Plas Newydd, a seat in Anglesea, 7603. 



Plat (plat, Fr. flat), a piece of ground of determinate 

 form, small compared with a field, but larger than 

 a border, bed, or stripe, see Plot 



Plat-band (plat bands, Fr.), a border round a 

 flat 



Platanus, plane-tree, moncec. polyan. and amenta- 

 ceae, H. tr. Levant, and N. Amer. handsome tim- 

 ber trees which grow in common soil, and are 

 propagated by layers and cuttings. 



Platt, Sir Hugh, his works on gardening, page 1099. 

 A.D. 1594. 



Plattes, Gabriel, his works on gardening, page 1100. 

 A.D. 1633. 



Platylobium, flat pea, diadel. decan. and legumino- 

 seae, G. tr. Austral, which grow in sandy loam 

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

 glass. 



Pla'x., Anthony William, his works on gardening, 

 page 1123. A.D. 1764. 



Pleacher (from plecto, to plait or weave), an arbor- 

 maker, see Topiarius. 



Pleasure-ground, garden-scenery devoted to show 

 and recreation, generally placed near the house, 

 and consisting of lawn, shrubbery, flower-gardens, 

 walks, water, seats, &c. 



Plectranthus, didyn. gymnos. and labiates, a S. tr. 

 arid an. and G. tr. and a bien. Africa and E. Ind. 

 of easy culture in light soil. 



