GENERAL INDEX. 



821 



Pineapple, varieties of, 684 

 Pith, use of, 5 

 Plant, cells of, 3 



structure of, 2 

 Plum, the, 545 



classification of, 547 



cultivation of, 546 



curculio, 185 



diseases of, 230 



gouger, 190 



grafting and budding, 546 



index of varieties, 783 



propagation of, 545 



varieties of, 548 



American group, 548 



Chickasaw group, 551 



European group, 552 



Japanese group, 575 



Wild Goose group, 550 

 Pointed ladder, 116 

 Pomegranate, the, 686 



index of varieties, 793 



propagation of, 686 



varieties, 687 

 Pores of leaves, 8 

 Presses for heading-up apple- 

 barrels, 128 

 Process of vegetation, 1 

 Prong-grafting, 437 

 Propagation, 22 



by budding, 41 



by cuttings, 24 



by grafting, 27 



by layers, 26 

 Pruning apple-orchards in bear- 

 ing, 105 



as afiecting fruitfulness, 94 



cherry-trees, 109 



giving desired form by, 95 



grape-vines, mode of, 412 



nursery and young trees, 96 



peach-trees, 106 



principles and practice of, 90 



proper time for, 93 



Pruning quince-trees, 110 



roots, 111 



single shoots, 96 



summer, 94 



tools for, 91, 106, 112 



tops, 90 



young apple-trees, 98 

 Pruning- knives, forms of, 91, 112 

 Pruning-shears, 114 

 Psylla, the pear, 180 

 Pummelo. See Shaddock. 

 Pyramids, to train, 100 



Quince, the, 580 

 curculio, 196 

 diseases of, 223 

 index of varieties, 793 

 propagation of, 580 

 pruning the, 110, 582 

 rust, 223 

 soil for, 582 

 varieties of, 582 



Rabbits, damage by, 294 

 Raspberry, the, 585 

 cane-borer, 203 

 classification, 589 

 diseases of, 237 

 index of varieties, 793 

 planting for market, 587 

 propagation of, 585 

 raising from seed, 588 

 rules for culture of, 588 

 saw-fly, 204 

 soil for, 585 

 varieties of, 589 



I., European, 589 

 II., American Black- 

 caps, 592 

 III., Native Red, 594 

 Registering orchards, 76 

 Renovating old trees, 82 

 Requisites for germination, 1 

 Root, collar of, 4 

 galls, 240 



