INDEX. 



483 



Pea, historical notice of two varieties of, bv ( 

 Mr.T. H. Masters, F.H.S., Eden nursery, 153. ! 

 Pea, Master's imperial marrow, 153. i 



, Dwarf knight's marrow, 153. ' 



Pea-husks, how to produce beer from, 324. 

 Peas for early crops, on transplanting, by Mr. 

 Daniel Judd, F.H.S., 164. * 



, rearing of, in pots and boxes, in hot-beds 



and hot-houses, 127. 

 , method of raising early crops, 338. 

 Peach and nectarine, remarks, including the 

 result of some experiments on budding on 

 almond stocks, by Mr. William Anderson, 

 F.L.S. H.S., &c, 384. 

 Peaches and nectarines, arrangements of, re- 

 latively to the mildew, 225. Arrangement by 

 Mr. George Lindley, C.M.H.S., 174. 225. 

 Peaches and nectarines on the same tree, 471 

 Peaches, sorts grown near Copenhagen, 271. 



, Spring Grove Persian, 72. 

 Peach-tree, new mode of training, communi- 

 cated by Mr. W. Seymour and Mr. Duti; 128. 

 Pears called Silvanges, and particularly on the 

 Silvange Verte (green Silvange), by M. 

 Charles Francis Pierard, C.M.H.S., 163. 

 Pear, new variety by T. A. Knight, Esq., 341. 

 Pears, description of some new sorts, by John 

 Turner, Esq., F.E.S., 73. 

 , a list of, cultivated in France and the 



Netherlands, &c, 175. 

 , Beurre d'Aremberg, by Mr. Knevec, 87. 

 , Beurre Delbecq, some account of, 326. 

 , Grande Bretagne Dort'e, 249. 

 , Colmar-Dewez, 83. 

 , notices of three new keeping sorts of, 



by John Braddick, Esq. F.H.S. 249. 

 , merveille de la nature, query on, 472. 

 , on grafting them on apples, 200. 

 , on the Beurr^ Spence and other new 

 sorts, and on the art of keeping fruit, 

 by John Braddick, Esq., &c. 144. 

 , Present de Malines, notice of, 33. 

 , Prince de Printems, 250. 

 , Surpasse St. Germain, 249 

 Pear-tree, description of one on which the 

 operation of reverse grafting has been per- 

 formed, by Mr. William Balfour, 71. 

 Pear-trees for perry, on the cultivation of, by 



Rusticus, of Kent, 153. 

 Penny, Mr. George, of the Epsom nursery, 



on the culture of orchideous plants, 465. 

 Percival, Dr., of Annfield, 2G1. 

 Petersen, Mr. Jens, 203. On the gardens and 



state of gardening, &c. of Denmark, 259. 

 Petrovskoye, a Russian. country seat, 203. 

 Phelps, the Rev. W., on protecting wall-trees 



rom the effects of frost" 306. 

 Philalethes, on pruning vines in Sept. 211. 

 Philips's Sylva Florifera (advertised), 234. 

 Phoenix Park, Dublin, 12. 

 Picot de la Peyrouse's Sketch of the Agricul- 

 ture of the South of France (advertised), 232. 

 Pictorial Plans (advertised), 231. 362. 

 Pierard, M. Charles Francis, C.M.H.S., note on 



the pears called Silvanges, &e., 163. 

 Pines, to grow with the heat of leaves, without 



dung or fire, by Mr. James Dall, 306. 

 Pine-apples grown on boards placed over a dung 

 pit, by Mr. John Breese, 308. 

 grown under a frame with the heat 

 of leaves alone, by Mr. William Gibson, 171. 

 Pine-apple, large one at Shugborough, 89. One 

 still larger at Stowe, 89. 

 , monstrous, 342. 



, on the cultivation of, by Mr. Alex- 

 ander Stewart, C.M.H.S., 70. 

 , on the culture of, by Mr. William 



Greenshields, 426. 

 plants, on destroying the bug and 

 scale on, by Mr. John Bowers, 308. 

 , the different modes of cultivating 



(advertised), 334. 

 , White Providence, two very large 

 specimens, grown by Mr. Robert 

 Dixon, noticed, 454. 

 ine-house and pits, description of, by Charles 

 Holford, Esq. F.H.S., 172. 



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Pine-pit, description of, to be heated by steam, 

 erected in Shugborough gardens, Stafford- 

 shire, by Mr. Andrew Johnston, 407. 

 Pine-pit, heated by flues, without tan, invented 

 by Mr. A. Stewart, C.M.H.S., of Valleyfield, 

 with a figure, 71. 

 Pine plants in the garden of the Hort. Soc. SS. 

 Pine and fir tribe, mode of grafting, by the 



Baron de Tschudy, 79. 

 Pine, Scotch, to improve the timber of, 447. 

 Plantes Fourragtres de la Toscane, by M. Gai- 



tono Savi, account of, 196. 

 Planting in North America, a work on, by 



Michaux, 205. 

 Plants, naturalization of, by J. C. Lewchs, 324. 



, to take impressions of, 223. 

 Plater, Count Louis, 377 

 Plimley, Mr., of the Royal Forcing Gardens, 



Kensington, 273. 

 Plum, a new variety, 89. 



^description of an unknown one, 471. 

 , Downton imperatrice, 68. 

 , from New Jersey^ called La DoTicieuse, 

 or Cooper's large red American, 99. 

 Poa Abyssinia, the teff bread, 28. 

 Poison, action of, on vegetables, 89. 

 Pollen, on the influence of, in cross breeding, 

 upon the colour of the seed coats of plants, 

 and the qualities of their fruits, by T. A. 

 Knight, Esq. F.R.S., &c, 6S. 

 Pomme de deux ans, 94. 

 Pomology, to render more flourishing, 324. 

 Pomological Society of Altenbourg, 324. 



of Guben in Lusatia, 324. 

 Pomona ltaliana, remarks on, 200. 

 Pompions and gourds, on the cultivation of, by 

 Mr. Henry Greig, 150. , 



Populus nigra, specimen of, in Denmark, 326. 

 Portugal, botanic gardens of, 52. 

 Potash of Russia, how obtained, 447. 

 Potato, early variety of Penzance, 342. 

 , early ruS'ord kidney, 406. 

 , on the culture of the early, as prac- 

 tised in Lancashire, and on the mode of 

 cooking the'potato there, by R. W., 405. 

 Potato, thirty^one uses of, enumerated, 438. 



, use of the tender tops and leaves, 447. 

 Potatoes iirsfbrought into notice in France bv 

 Voltaire, .80.; 

 , how to preserve, in a dried state, 80. 

 , mineral, in America, 205. 

 Potts, Mr. John, 56. 62. 



Poultry, breeding, rearing, and fattening of, 

 as practised in France, a treatise on (adver- 

 tised), 99. 

 Powell, David, Esq., on grafting wax, 67. 

 Powis, Earl, fruit of anona squamosa ripened 



by him, 73. 

 Practical Botany, Ac. by W. Johns, M.D., 195. 

 Practical essay on the vine and melon (adver- 

 tised), 474. 

 Practice of Mr. Robson in respect to pelargo- 

 nium, hemmemerises, and heliotropes, 12. 

 Prado of Madrid, 239. 

 Prangos hay plant, 87. 

 Preservative against insects and blight, 81. 

 Prickly pear, 205. 



Primula sinensis, in France and the Nether- 

 lands, 80. ; in Lee's nursery, &c, 220. 

 Pronville, Mi, of Versailles, his method of pre. 



serving improved varieties of roses, 170. 

 Provident Institution, &c, plan of, by James 

 Cleghorn, Esq. accountant in Edinburgh, 317. 

 Provincial Horticultural societies, 88. See 



Hort. Soc.. 

 Prussian gardening society, transactions of, re- 

 viewed, 308. 

 Publication of rare plants proposed to be issued 

 by the Horticultural Society, 88. ; of rare 

 fruit, &c. 88. 

 Public squares and jjarks of London, remarks 



on, by Mr. Lenne, 311. 

 Pulawy, the principal seat of the family of 



Prince Czartoryski, in Poland, 376. 

 Pyracantha, beautiful variety of, 12. 

 Pyrola minor, abundant near Dalkeith, 256. 

 Pyrus japonica, fruit of, by Miss Cr.ibtree, 87. 



