GENERAL INDEX. 



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, Richard, F. R. S., author of various bota- 

 nical works, and of Sketches of the Progress of 

 Botany in England, 2 vols. 8vo. 1790. He died in 

 1801. 



Pumpkin, cucurbita pepo, 4208. 



Pumps used in gardening, 1716. 



Punica, pomegranate, icos. monog. and myrteaceae, 

 a G. peren. W. Ind. H. tr. S. Europ. of easy cul- 

 ture in light soil, and increased by cuttings. 



Punica granatum, the common pomegranate, 5952. 



Punnet, a small flat basket of from four to twelve 

 inches in diameter, and one to three inches deep, 

 formed of split wood or shavings of timber, see 

 Basket. 



Pupalia, pentan. monog. and arnaranthaceae, a S. tr. 

 and peren. E. Ind. which grows readily in light 

 rich soil, and cuttings root freely under a hand- 

 glass in heat. 



Pursh, Fl. Amer., Flora America? Septentrionalis ; 

 or, a Systematic Description and Arrangement of 

 the Plants of North America, by Frederick Pursh. 



Purslane, see Portulaca. 



Purslane-tree, portulacaria afra. 



Futtenham Priory, Surrey, 7527. to 1217. 



Pycnanthemum, didyn. gymnos. and labiatea?, H. 

 peren. S. Amer. which thrive in light rich soil, 

 and are increased by dividing at the root. 



Fye, H., Esq., his ideas on laying out public squares, 



Pye, Mrs. Hampden, her works on gardening, page 



Pyrethrum, feverfew, syngen. polyg. super, and 

 corymbifereae, G. tr. Teneriffe and Canaries, and 

 H. peren. Europe, of easy culture. 



Pyrola, winter green, decan. monog. and ericeae, H. 

 peren. Brit, rather difficult to cultivate; they do 

 best in sand or gravel, in a shady situation, and 

 are increased by seeds or young cuttings under a 

 hand-glass. 



Pyrus, the apple, pear, service, &c. icps. di-pentag. 

 and rosaceae, H. peren. chiefly Eur. of easy culture, 

 and increased by seeds, layers, cuttings, &c. 



Pyrus aria, the whitebeam-tree, 4768. 



Pyrus aucuparia, the mountain ash, 4767. 



Pyrus communis, the pear, 4433. 



Pyrus domestica, the true service, 4473. 



Pyrus malus, the apple-tree, 4339. 



Pyrus torminalis, the wild service, 4768. 



Pyxidanthera, pentan. monog, and ericeee, a H. 

 peren. Carolin. which thrives in peat soil, and may 

 be increased by cuttings under a hand-glass. 



Pyt House, Wiltshire, 7596. 



Q- 



ig grass, see Briza. 



sia, decan. monog. and magnoliaceaa, S. tr. W. 

 Ind. which flower freely in loam and peat, and 

 ripened cuttings, taken off at a joint, not defoli- 

 ated, root readily in sand under a hand-glass. 



Queenby Hall, Leicestershire, 7573. 



Queensborough, a seat in Galway, 7672. 



Querber. J , his works on gardening, page 1120. 



A. D. 1800. 



Quercitron, the dyer's oak, 7072. 



Quercus, oak, monoec. polyan. and amentaceas, H. 

 tr. N. Amer. and Eur. which grow in loamy soil, 

 and are increased by seeds, and some sorts by 

 layers and grafting. 



Quercus cerris, the luccomhe oak a variety of the 

 Turkey oak, 7071. 



Quercus robur and pedunculata, the common oak, 

 7070. 



Queria, trian. monog. and caryophylleae, a H. an. 

 Spain, of common culture. 



Quillwort, isoetes lacustris. 



Quince-tree, see Cydonia. 



Quincunx, a mode of planting or disposing of objects, 

 2076. 



Quintinie, Jean de la, his writings on gardening,, 

 page 1116. A. D. 1696. 



Quisqualis, decan. monog. and combretaceae, S. tr. 

 E. Ind. climbers, which grow in loam and peat, 

 and root freely in sand under a hand-glass. 



R. 



Raby Castle, Durham, 7585. 



Radiola, all-seed, tetran. tetrag. and semperviveae, 

 a H. an. Brit, of easy culture. 



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Radish, see Raphanus. 



Radnorshire, gardens of, 7610. 



RafHesia arnoldii, and R. horsfieldii, 6737. 



Rafnia, diadeL decan. and leguminoseae, a G. bieo. 



C. B. S. of common culture. 

 Ragged Robin, lychnis floscuculi. 

 Ragwort, see Othonna. 

 Rails, or railings, used in gardening, 1803. and 



6092. 



Rain-gauge, or pluviometer, 1286. 

 Rainham, a seat in Norfolk, 7554. 

 Raith, a seat in Fifeshire, described, 7635. 

 llajania, dicec. hexan. and dioscoreaa, a S. peren. 



W. Ind. which thrives well in rich loam, and is 



increased by dividing at the roots. 

 Rake (raieau, Fr.), different kinds of, 1314. 

 Raking, 1874. 

 Ramonda, pentan. monog. and solanacea?, a H, 



peren. Pyrenees, which thrives in dry rockwork 



or in pots, in loam and peat, and is increased by 



dividing at the root, or by seeds. 

 Ramopn-tree, see Trophis. 

 Rampion, isee Campanula and Phyteuma. 

 Ramsay, James, a Scotch landscape-gardener, 



363. 



Ramson, allium ursinum. 

 Rana arborea, or tree-frog, 6086. 

 Randia, pentan. monog. and rubiaceae, S. tr. Afr. 



and W. Ind. which grow best in sandy loam and 



peat, and cuttings root in sand under a hand- 

 glass, in moist heat. 

 Eartfl, I. F., his works on gardening, page 1125. 



A. D. 1788. 

 Ramleben, his essay on gardening, page 1127. A. D. 



1817. 

 Ranunculus, crowfoot, polyan. polyg. and ranuncu- 



laceae, H. peren. bien. and an. of easy culture in 



common garden-soil, some requiring a moist 



situation, and others, as R. aquatilis, to be planted 



in shallow water. 



Ranunculus asiaticus, the garden ranunculus, 6256. 

 Rape, brassica napus. 

 Raphanus, radish, tetrad, siliq. and crucifereae, a 



H. peren. bien. and an. Eur. of easy culture. 

 Raphanus sativus, the garden radish, 3574: to 



force the radish, 3403 

 Rapin, Ren, a French writer on gardening, page 



1116. A. D. 1665. 

 Rapistrum, tetrad, silic. and cruciferese, H. an. 



Egypt and Eur. of common culture. 

 Rarities, as garden decorations, 1841. 

 Raspberry, rubus idseus, 4696. see Rubus. 

 Rastillion, a seat in the county of Cork, 7666. 

 Rathfarnh am Castle, a seat in the countv of Dub- 



lin, 7653. 

 Rauch, B, A., his works on gardening, page 1120. 



Rauwolfia, pentan. monog. and apocynese, St. tr. S. 



Amer. and Jamaica, which grow in loam and 



peat, and cuttings may be rooted in sand under 



a hand-glass. 



Ravensworth Castle, Durham, 7584. 

 Re, Filippo, his works on gardening, page 1128. A. D 



1809. 

 Rea, John, gent, his works on gardening, page 1101. 



A. D. 1665. 



Read's garden syringe, 1419. 

 Reaumuria, polyan. pentag. and ficoidezE, a F. tr. 



Syria, a handsome flowering plant in sandy loam 



and peat, and young cuttings root under a hand- 

 glass. 



Red Castle, a seat in Ross-shire, 7647. 

 Red cedar, juniperus virginiana. 

 Red Rise, a seat in Hampshire, 7594. 

 Red spider, see Acarus. 

 Redgrave Hall, Suffolk, 7552. 

 Redoute, J. P. and C. A. Thory, their works on 



gardening, page 1122. A. D. 1819. 

 Reeds, see Arundo. 

 Reeds, coverings of, used in gardening, 1520. 

 Regent's Park, London, 7313. 

 Regina Claudia (Reine Claude, Fr.), Queen Claudine, 



a plum, the green gage of this country, see 



Plums, 4553. 

 Reid, John, his works on gardening, page 1101. 



A. D. 1683. 

 Relhania, syngen. polyg. super, and corymbifereae, 



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



and cuttings root under a hand-glass. 

 Religion, its influence on gardening, 512. 

 Rem. on Hot,, Remarks on Hot- houses, page 1112, 



A. D. 1803. 

 Rendcome, a seat in Gloucestershire, 7565. 



