943 
Plague, early epidemics of, 518, 514, 515. 
of Wood-rats, 1614-1618, 590, 712. 
Plagusia depressa, 506. 
Planarians, land, 848. 
Plantains, 624, 627. 
Plantation holes, 468. 
Plant-lice, 802. 
Plants brought from Bahamas, 1616-25, 
624, 627, 628, 629. 
Platophrys lunatus, 504. 
Platynus, 797 
Platyptilia pusillidactyla, 891. 
Plecotrema, 727. 
Plexippus Paykulli, 831, 839. 
Pliocene Bermuda, 465. 
Plodia interpunctella, 779, 780. 
Plot, in 1673, 564. 
Plough, the ship, 545, 547, 596. 
Ploughs, introduction of, 492, 557, 895. 
Plover, 665. 
Pluchea camphorata, 577. 
odorata, 577. 
purpurascens, 577. 
Plum tree, 639. 
Plume-moth, 891. 
Plumeria rubra, 647. 
Plumsted, Wm., 612. 
Plusia dyaus, 889. 
fratella, 775. 
ou, 775, 782, 911. 
rogationis, 889, 891. 
Pocahontas and companions, fate of, 
514. 
Peecillozonites Bermudensis, 675, 728. 
circumfirmatus, 728. 
Nelsoni, 728. 
Reinianus, 728. 
zonatus, fossil, var., 728. 
Poinciana regia, 646. 
Poison Ivy, 579, 588, 658. 
remedies for, 658. 
seeds eaten by catbird, 589. 
Poisonous secretion of Agua toad, 727. 
Poison Vine, 658. 
Polistes Canadensis, 750. 
pallipes, 750, 752. 
perplexus, 750, 751, 752. 
Polygyra appressa, 732. 
microdonta, 729. 
Polypodium elasticum, 575. 
A. E. Verrill— The Bermuda Islands. 
Polypodium pectinatun, 579. 
Pomace-fly, 742. 
Pomegranate, 433, 604, 629, 630, 631, 
803. 
hedges of, 433, 624, 630, 681. 
Pomelo, Scale-insects of, 893. 
Pompilius Philadelphicus, 752. 
Pompions (pumpkins), 546. 
Pontodrilus arene, 846, 847. 
Bermudensis, 847. 
Popple, Governor, 516. 
Population at different periods, 568. 
Population in 1679, 521. 
Porcellio levis, 844. 
parvicornis, 844. 
Poreupine-fish, 504. 
Porguise, 702. 
Porgy, 702, 704. 
Porites, 484, 485. 
astreoides, 505. 
clavaria, 505. 
Pork, exportation of, 521. 
Port Royal Parish records, 510. 
Porter, Wm. E., 414. 
Portulacca oleracea, food of sea-turtles, 
694. 
Potato-beetles, 788. 
Potatoes, 425, 528. 
duty on, 529. 
exportation of, 528, 5380. 
first cultivated in 1613, 628. 
sent to Massachusetts, 1636, 528. 
sent to Virginia, 1620, 528, 623. 
sweet, 425. 
varieties of, 528. 
Poultry, introduction of, 720. 
Powder magazine robbed, in 1775, 456, 
872. 
Powee, 720. 
Prentiss, D. Webster, Notes on birds 
of Bermuda, 725. 
Price, regulated by law, of labor, 555. 
of salt, 520. 
of sawing cedar timber, 602. 
of tobacco, food, ete., 520. 
Prickly Pear, 482, 572, 578, 581. 
Pride of China, 644. 
Pride-of-India, 424, 644. 
Principal introduced fruits and fruit 
trees, 627. 
