INDEX 



643 



flowered, 310; scented, 310; treatment 



of, 310 ; Zonal, 64, 65 ; Zonal, as edging, 



63; Zonal, for summer bedding, 63; 



Zonal, for winter flowering, 310 

 Pentstemons, 597 ; culture of, 24 ; propa- 

 gating by cuttings, 25 ; varieties of, 553 ; 



P. barbatus Torreyi, 570 

 Perennial Larkspur, 196, 560 ; Potentilla, 



571 ; Sunflowers, 34, 563 ; Sunflowers in 



mixed borders, 40 

 Perennials, Hardy, for town gardens, 196; 



from seeds, 46 ; various kinds of, 555 

 Pepper Tree, Alder-leaved, 227 

 Pereskia, 369 

 Pergola, 621 ; Brambles suitable for, 255 ; 



Roses for arches and, 575 

 Peristeria elata, 328, 329 

 Periwinkles for planting in shade and drip, 



260 

 Pernettyas, 245, 591, 592; P. mucronata, 



595 

 Perpetual FloweringCarnations,i3o; Roses, 



hybrid, 73, 81 

 Persian Cyclamen, 302 

 Peruvian Lilies, 555, 595 

 Pests, Insect, 16, 79, 102, 131, 292, 329, 



33- 36p. 361, 367. 487-495 



Petrocallis pyrenaica, 157, 553 



Petunias, various uses of, 310 ; single- 

 flowered, 65 ; soil for, 66 



Phacelia campanularia, 54, 149, 546 



Phaius, 329 



Philadelphuses, 246, 269 ; P. Lemoinei 

 erectus, 590; pruning, 369 



Phillyraea, 246 ; P. media, 592 



Phloxes, 196, 597 ; culture of, 26 ; Dwarf, 

 138 ; herbaceous, 25, 570 ; herbaceous for 

 pond sides, 593; soil for, 26; time to 

 plant, 26 ; varieties of, 27, 553 ; P. Drum- 

 mondii, 54, 63, 64; P. setacea and 

 varieties, 141, 553; P. superlata, 165 



Phygelius capensis, 570 



Phyllocactus, 369 



Phyllostachys nigra, 221 



Physalis, 570 



Phyteuma comosa, 553 



Piceas, 592 ; varieties of, 593, 594 ; P. 

 morinda, 591 



Picotees, 128; best yellow and white ground 

 varieties, 128 



Pieris, 246; P. floribunda, 592 



Pillar Roses, 85, 577 ; seven to ten feet 



high. 577 



Pillars, Brambles suitable for, 255 



Pim, Mr. Greenwood, quoted, 549 



Pimpernel, 149 



Pine, 592 ; Austrian, 591, 594 ; Bhotan, 594; 

 Chili, 593; Corsican, 594; Norfolk Is- 

 land, 295 ; Stone, 594 ; Swiss Stone, 594 ; 

 Weymouth, 594 ; P. insignis, 91 



Pines, 594 ; for rock gardens, 147 



Pin-eye, meaning of term, 521 



Pink-flowered annuals, 54 



Pinks, 27, 570, 597 ; as an edging, 27 ; best 

 laced varieties, 28 ; common white, 27 ; 

 Indian, 148 ; for rock gardens, 149 ; 



Mountain, 138 ; propagation by cuttings 

 or pipings, 27 ; by layering, 28 ; raising 

 single, from seed, 28 ; Sea, 140 ; seed- 

 ling in dry walls, 163 ; soil for, 27 ; 

 varieties of, 27 ; wireworm in, 27 

 Pip, meaning of term, 513 



Pipings, propagating Pinks by, 27 



Piptanthus nepalensis, 247 



Plan of kitchen garden, 390, 391 ; for Rose 

 garden, 68 ; for spring bedding, 60, 61 ; 

 for summer bedding, 62, 63, 64, 65 ; of 

 Tulip bed, 120 



Plane Tree, 247 



Plantain Lily, 561 



Planting wall garden, 162 ; and shelter- 

 ing an exposed flower-border, 622; 

 Roses, 68 ; spring flowers, 60 ; the 

 border, 38 ; steep sunny bank of poor 

 soil, 623 



Plants, cleaning, 616 ; dwarf, for paved 

 garden, 165 ; easily raised from seed, 

 groups of, 49 ; foliage, annuals as, 52 ; 

 for border, choice of, 38 ; for cold green- 

 house, 594 ; for dry-wall garden, 163 ; 

 for pond sides, 593 ; for rooms, 621, 622 ; 

 for water surface, a few, 593 ; garden, 

 that will bear flooding, 617 ; hedge, 592 ; 

 keeping in winter, 203 ; miscellaneous 

 for growing under glass, 159 ; rabbit 

 proof, 624 ; raising from cuttings, 209 ; 

 shrubby for cold greenhouse, 594 ; some 

 foliage, for cold greenhouse, 596 ; staking 

 border, 42 ; stove, 600 ; to cover north 

 paling, 617 ; useful greenhouse, 293-317 



Platanus acerifolia, 247 



Platycodon grandiflorum, 570 



Plum in small orchard, 480 ; Moser's 

 Purple 265 ; Purple-leaved, 248 ; selec- 

 tion of plums for cooking, 609 ; for 

 dessert, 608; varieties of the, 428; for 

 pot culture, 485 



Plumbago capensis, as greenhouse climber, 

 310; P. Larpentae, 553, 570 



Plume Poppy, 559 



Podocarpus, 592 



Poet's Narcissus, 96, 116 



Poinciana Gilliesi, 594 



Pointing, meaning of term, 514 



Pointsettia pulcherrima, 604 



Poison Ivy, the, 253 



Poker, Red-hot, 566, 596 



Polemonium caeruleum, 570 ; P. con- 

 fertum, 157, 553 



Polyanthus, 29 ; raising from seed, 29 ; 

 Narcissus, 114, 115 



Polygala, 553; P. Chamaebuxus, 247; P. 

 dalmaisiana, 594 



Polygonatum, 57d ; P. multiflorum, 32, 



Polygonum, 553, 571 ; P. baldschuanicum, 

 277 ; P. cuspidatum, and P. sachalinense, 

 for pond sides, 593 ; P. orientale, 51 



Polypodies, varieties of, 340 



Polystichums, varieties of, 339 



Pomegranate, the, 528 



Pond flower, Cape, 593 



