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GARDENING FOR BEGINNERS 



Pond, scum on a, 529 



Pond sides, Irises for, 593 ; plants for, 593 



Poplar, 591 ; Populus tremula pendula, 



591 ; P. tremuloides, 591 

 Poppies, 546, 570, 597 ; Californian Bush, 

 254; Carnation-flowered, 546; Eastern, 

 570; Iceland, 28 ; Oriental, 28 ; Oriental 

 in mixed border, 38 ; Perennial, 570 ; 

 Plume, 559 ; raising from seed, 29 ; Wild 

 Field and Shirley, 29 



Populus tremula pendula, 591 ; P. tremu- 

 loides, 591 

 Portulaca, the, 64, 149 ; for rock gardens, 



149 



Potato, 411, 615; disease, 413; history 

 and habitat, 410; moulding the plants, 

 413 ; planting the sets, 413 ; preserving 

 seed tubers, 412 ; 'propagation of the, 

 411 ; raising from seed, 412 ; varieties, 

 413, 615 



Porous, meaning of term, 514 

 Pot culture, Figs for, 469 ; for fruit trees, 

 481 ; hints on potting, 624 ; hybrid per- 

 petual Roses for, 578; Lilies for, 113; 

 measurements of garden pots for, 509 ; 

 Mignonette for, 40 ; Monkey flower for, 

 308 ; Roses, 578, 580 ; Solomon's Seal 

 for, 315 ; Strawberry forcing, 458 ; Straw- 

 berry, varieties for, 462 ; varieties of 

 Hyacinths, Narcissi, and Tulips for, 316 

 Pot plants for cold greenhouse, 597 

 Potentilla, 553, 571 

 Potting-manure, meaning of term, 514 

 Prairie Rose, 584 

 Pratia angulata, 168 

 Prickly Heaths, 245 ; leaved Holly, 239, 



591-2 ; Thrift, 550 



Primrose, 29, 553, 571 ; Blue, 31 ; bunch- 

 flowered, 38 ; Cape, 307 ; common wild, 

 29 ; Dame Sunflower, 34 ; double, 30 ; 

 Evening, 553, 569 ; Japan, for pond 

 sides, 593 ; Munstead, 30 

 Primroses and Polyanthuses, 29 ; raising 



from seed, 29 

 Primula auricula, 11-17 

 Primulas, 597 ; for rock gardens, 158 ; 

 Japanese, 311; Star, 311 ; under glass, 

 158; varieties of, 311, 553, 571; P. 

 Chinense, 311; P. floribunda, 311; P. 

 intermedia, 157 ; P. japonica, for pond 

 sides, 593 ; P. marginata, 141 ; P. 

 pubescens, 141 ; P. spectabilis, 157 

 Privet, 242, 592 ; Golden, 266 ; oval-leaved, 



242; variegated, 266 

 Propagation, meaning of term, 515 

 Prophet Flower, 550, 556 

 Prostrate-growing annuals, 54 

 Protecting Alpines, 142 ; Rose blooms, 

 78 ; Sweet Peas, 57 ; Tulips, 118, winter 

 flowers, 617, 625 



Pruning fruit trees, 424 ; Grape Vine, 449 ; 

 hardy flowering shrubs, 267 ; root, 271 ; 

 Roses, 71 



Prunus, varieties of, 247, 270, 591, 592, 

 595 ; P. amygdalus, 591 ; P. avium flore 

 pleno, 591 ; P. japonica flore alba pleno, 



590 ; P. Moseri flore pleno, 265 ; P. 



persica purpurea, 265 ; P. Pissardii, 265 ; 



P. serrulata flore pleno, 591 ; P, triloba 



flore pleno, 590 ; P. triloba for walls, 



248 



Pseudo bulb, meaning of term, 515 

 Ptarmicoides, 556 

 Pteris aquilina, 340 

 Pterocarya caucasica, 247 

 Purple Barberry, 266 ; leaved Beech, 265 ; 



leaved Nut, 266 ; Myrobalan, 265 ; Oak, 



265 ; Peach, 265 ; Plum, Moser's, 265 

 Purslane, Tree, 266 



Puschkinias, 97 ; P. scilloides, 106, 554 

 Puzzle, Monkey, 593 

 Pyramid, meaning of term, 515 

 Pyrethrums, 31, 569 ; soil for, 31 ; varie- 

 ties of, 31 

 Pyrus, 248, 270, 271 ; P. aria, 249 ; P. 



aria magestica, 591 ; P. baccata, 249 ; 



P. floribunda atrosanguinea, 591 ; P. 



japonica, or Cydonia japonica, 248 ; P. 



japonica, pruning, 271 ; P. spectabilis 



flore pleno, 591 



QUAKING grass, 549 



Quamash, the, 99, 559 



Quassia, 494 



Quercus, varieties of, 249 ; G. ilex, 591 ; 



G. pedunculata concordia and purpurea , 



265 ; G. rubra aurea, 265 

 Quick, or Thorn, 592 

 Quince, English, 479 ; Japanese, 248, 479 ; 



planting for its beauty, 479 



RABBIT proof plants, 624 



Racemes and spikes, meaning of terms, 



518 

 Radishes, 413, 614 ; sowing for successive 



crops, 413 ; varieties of, 414 

 Raising hardy flowers from seed, 44 

 Ramondia Natalias, 141 ; R. pyrenaica, 



140, 554 



Ranunculus, 554 ; for moraine gardens, 

 157; Persian varieties, 596; R. aconiti- 

 folius, 571 ; R. lingua, for pond sides, 



593 



Rape (see Small Salads), 414 



Raphiolepis japonica, 250 



Raspberry, the, 477 ; North- American 

 Purple-flowered, 255 ; planting, time for, 

 477 ; propagation of, 478 ; selection of, 

 612 ; selection of autumn fruiting, 612 ; 

 summer and autumn fruiting varieties, 

 479 ; summer treatment of, 478 



Red Cabbage, 401 ; Currants, 467, 613 ; 

 rust on Roses, 80 ; spider, 79, 453, 492 ; 

 Valerian, 559 



Red flowered Annuals, 54, 55 



Red-hot Poker, 566, 596 



Reed, Great, 219 ; New Zealand Reed, 219 



Regal Lodge, Kentford, gardens at, 166 



Re-planting or renovating borders, 41 



Reseda odorata, 64, 65, 308, 545 



Repotting, 624 



