Index 



Onions for exhibition, 129; orna- 

 mental, 5; sowing, 186; storing, 

 45 



Ornamental Onions, 5 



Pansies, Tufted, 159 



Papaver rupifragum, 121 



Parrotia persica, 48 



Parsnip, 45, 148 



Path, paved, making a, 118 



Peach trees, disbudding, 181; plant- 

 ing, 81; under glass, 147; varie- 

 ties of, 82 



Pear trees, dwarf, 74; planting, 74; 

 codlin moth, 86; early varieties 

 of, 42; gathering, 42; self-fertile 

 and self-sterile, 77; storing, 44; 

 used for cross-pollination, 77; 

 varieties of, 80 



Peas, early, 46; sowing, 185 



Pegging down Eoses, 153 



Pentstemons, 160 



Perennials, 117 



Pergolas, renovating, 28 



Pernettya, the, 71 



Persian Cyclamen, 30 



Petunias from seed, 122 



Phlox Drummondi, 142 



Pinks, 139, 224 



Plans, making, 90 



Planting, completion of, 163 



Plants for rooms, 136; 4n a frame, 

 102 



Plumbago Capensis, 146 



Plume Poppy, 135 



Plum, planting, 81; self-fertile and 

 self-sterile, 77; varieties of, 81 



Polygonum baldschuanicum, 22 



Poppies, 161 



Potatoes, 148; early, 183 : planting, 

 185 



Pots, bulbs in, 34; Lilies in, 36; 

 Eoses in, 33 



Potting bulbs, 34 



Primrose, Japanese, the, 115 



Primula Beesiana, 115; Bulleyana, 

 115; capitata, 139; farinosa, 115; 

 floribunda, 101, 125 ; Porbesii, 139 ; 

 Porresti, 115; frondosa, 115, 139; 

 japonica, 115; Kewensis, 33, 101, 

 125; littoniana, 115; malacoides, 



33, 125; pulverulenta, 115; rosea, 

 115; verticillata, 125 



Primulas for the greenhouse, 125; 

 from seed, 139 : hardy, 115; star- 

 flowered Chinese, 101, 215 



Propagation by root cuttings, 135 



Protecting crops, 111 



Pruning, an explanation of, 152; 

 Clematis, 130; climbing roses, 

 154; early-flowering shrubs, 133; 

 fruit trees, 105; newly planted 

 fruit trees, 109 ; Eoses, 150 ; Eoses 

 in the greenhouse, 142; shrubs, 

 99; vines, 103 



Pyracantha, 70 



Pyrus Aucuparia, prunifolia, Eingo, 

 70 



Quamash, 8 

 Quince, Japanese, 94 



Eadishes, 129 



Easpberries, autumn-fruiting, prun- 

 ing, 147 



Eepotting room plants, 177 



Ehubarb, 148 ; forcing, 45, 89, 128 



Ehus cotinoides, 48 



Eicinus, 123 



I Eock garden in March, 168; plants 

 for, 117, 191, 229; from seed, 139; 

 making a, 262; protecting, 28 



Eock Eose, 230 



Eocksprays, the, 70 



Eoom plants, 136; repotting, 177 



Eoot cuttings, 135 

 - crops, storing, 45 



Boot-pruning fruit trees, 85 



Eose bed, making a, 49; bushes, 

 cleansing, 91; cuttings, 26; pests, 

 197 



Eoses, Bourbon, 57; Cabbage, 56; 

 Christmas, 114; climbing, 54; 

 climbing, for fences, 22; climb- 

 ing, perpetual - flowering, 54; 

 climbing, pruning, 154 ; Damask, 

 56; for walls, 155; from seed, 103; 

 garden, good varieties of, 51; 

 Hybrid China, 57; Hybrid Tea, 



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