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INDEX 



of, 102; ventilation, 95; culture on walls out- 

 doors, 107 



Peach, Alexander, iii ; Alexandra Noblesse, 112 ; 

 Amsdenjune, T12 ; Barrington, 112 ; Bellegarde, 

 112 ; Condor, 112 ; Crimson Galande, 112 ; 

 Dagmar, 114; Doctor Hogg, 114; Duchess of 

 Cornwall, 112; Ducliess of York, 112; Dymond, 

 112: Early Alfred, 112; Eai-ly Grosse Mig- 

 nonne, 112 ; Golden Eagle, 112 ; Goshawk, 

 113 ; Grosse Mignonne, 113 ; Hale's Early, 

 113; Lady Palmerston, 113; Late Devonian, 

 113 ; Nectarine Peach, 113 ; Noblesse, 113 ; 

 Prince of Wales, 113; Princess of Wales, 113; 

 Rivers' Early York, 113 ; Royal George, 113 ; 

 Sea Eagle, 113 ; Stirling Castle, 114 ; Thomas 

 Rivers, 114; Violette Hative, 114; Walburton 

 Admirable, 114: Waterloo, 114 



Peaches for culture under glass, no ; for walls 

 outdoors, no ; the best, in 



Pear, Alberline, 134 ; Aspasie Aucourt, 132 ; Baron 

 Leroy, 132, 140; Bartlett, 138; Beacon, 132; 

 Belle Angevine, 138 ; Belle Guerandaise, 140 ; 

 Belle Julie, 132 ; Bellissime d'hiver, 132 ; Ber- 

 gamotte Esperen, 132 ; Beurr^ Bosc, 132 ; 

 Beurr6 Clairgeau, 139 ; Beurr^ Diel, 133 ; Beurr^ 

 d'Amanlis, 133 ; Beurr^ d'Avranches, 136 ; 

 Beurr^ du Buisson, 133 ; Beurr^ de Capiaumont, 

 139; Beurr6 d'Esteren, 135; Beurr6 de Jonghe, 

 133; Beurr6 Fouqueray, 133: Beurr^ Giffard, 

 133 ; Beurr6 Hardy, 133 ; Beurr^ Jan Van 

 Geert, 133: Beurri^ Magnifique, 133; Beurr^ 

 Mortillet, 133; Beurr6 Perran, 133; Beurr6 

 Ranee, 133 ; Beurr^ Superfin, 134 ; Black Jack, 

 '138; Bonne de Malines, 138; Catillac, 134: 

 Chalk, 139; Charles Ernest, 134; Clapp's 

 Favourite, 134; Colmar d'^t^, 134; Comte de 

 Lamy, 140; Conference, 134; Conseiller de la 

 Cour, 134; Crawford, 139; De Tongrfes, 135; 

 Directeur Hardy, 134 ; Doyenne Boussoch, 

 134; Doyenne d'Alen9on, 134; Doyenn^ d'^t^, 

 134 ; Doyenn6 du Cornice, 135 ; Doyenn^ de 

 Merode, 134; Dr. Jules Guyot, 135; Duchesse 

 d'Angoul^me, 140 ; Duchesse de Bordeaux, 135 ; 

 Durondeau, 135; Easter Beurr^, 135 j Emile 

 d'Heyst, 13S ; Fertility, 140; Fondante d'Au- 

 tomne,i35; Fondante deThirriot, 135 ; General 

 Wauchope, 140; Gilogil, 135; Glastonbury, 

 140; Glou Morceau, 136; Grosse Calebasse, 

 136; Hessle, 139; Jargonelle, 136; Jersey 

 Beurr6, 133 ; Josephine de Malines, 136 ; 

 Knight's Monarch, 136; Lammas, 139; Le 

 Brun, 140; Le Lectier, 136; Louise Bonne of 

 Jersey, 136 ; Malines, 136 ; Mar^chal de la 

 Cour, 134; Marguerite Marillat, 136; Marie 

 Benoist, 136 ; Marie Louise, 136 ; Marie Louise 

 d'Uccle, 137; Marquis, 137 ; Michaelmas Nelis, 

 137; Nouvelle Fulvie, 137; Olivier de serres, 

 137; Parrot, 140; Passe Crassane, 137; Petite 

 Marguerite, 137 ; Pickering, 138 ; Pitmaston 

 Duchess, 137; Pound Pear, 134, 138 ; President 

 Barabe, 137; Princess, 137 ; Rivers' Conference, 

 134; Saint Edmunds, 140; Saint Luke, 13B ; 

 Seckle, 138 ; Souvenir du Congr^s, 138 ; Spring 

 Beurr6, 138; Summer Crassane, 140; Summer 

 Doyenne, 134; Thompson's, 138; Triomphe de 

 Vienne, 13B ; Uvedale's St. Germain, 13S ; Van 

 Marum, 136; Verulam, 138; Vicar of Wink- 



field, 138; Warden, 138; Williams' Bon 

 Chraien, 138; Williams', 138; Winter Nelis, 

 138 ; Zephirin Gregoire, 138 



Pear in the open, the, 128; the best stocks, 130; 



orchard culture, 131 

 Pear trees on walls, 117 ; distance apart to plant, 

 120 ; espalier trained trees, 122 ; forms of trees, 

 117; feeding, 124; gathering and storing the 

 fruit, 124 ; spring and summer pruning, 120 ; 

 pear stock, 118; quince stock, 118; single or 

 double cordons, 125 ; thinning the fruit, 123 ; 

 training, 119 ; varieties for walls, 128 ; for small 

 gardens, 139; for garden culture, 139: for 

 orchard standards, 139 ; of recent introduction, 

 140 ; selections of dessert, 139 ; the best, 132 ; 

 best market, 140 

 Persimmon, the, 208 



Pineapple, the, 141 ; fruit, the ripe, 149; fruiting, 

 148 ; general cultural remarks, 145 ; how to 

 judge, 150,; insect enemies, 149; planting, 144; 

 plants in borders, 144 ; pot culture, 146 ; propa- 

 gation, 142 ; soil, 143 ; summer treatment, 147; 

 varieties, 143; winter treatment, 148; stove, 

 299 



Plum, Alderton, 159 ; American Gage, 158 ; Bel- 

 gian Purple, 158 ; Belle de Louvain, 158 ; Black 

 Mogul, 158; Bryanstone Gage, 158; Coe's 

 Golden Drop, 158; Comte d'Atthem, 158; 

 Comte d'Atthem's Gage, 158 ; Dauphin, 159 ; 

 Denniston's Superb, 158 ; Diamond, 158 ; Early 

 Apricot, 158 ; Early Orleans, 158 ; Early Rivers, 

 159 ; Early Transparent, 158 ; Fonthill, 159 ; 

 Grand Duke, 158; Green Gage, 158; Golden 

 Drop, 158 ; Golden Transparent, 158 ; Kirke's, 

 158; Late Orange, 158; Jefferson, 158; Late 

 Transparent Gage, 159 ; Magnum Bonum, 159 ; 

 Monarch, 159; Oullin's Golden Gage, 159; 

 Pond's Seedling, 159 ; President, 159; Primate, 

 159 ; Prolific, 159 ; Red Egg, 159 ; Reine Claude 

 de Bavay, 159; Rivers' Early Prolific, 159; 

 Royal Dauphin, 159 ; Sultan, 159 ; The Czar, 

 159; Transparent Gage, 159; Victoria, 159; 

 White Egg, 159 ; White Magnum Bonum, 

 159 ; Wilmot's Early, 158 ; Wyedale, 159 



Plum, the, 151 ; culture on walls, 151 — mulching, 

 155 ; planting, 152 ; pruning, 152 ; summer 

 pruning, 152 ; varieties, best, 155 ; watering, 

 155 



Plum for orchards, the, 156; varieties, 157; the 

 Cherry, 160 ; the Date, 208 



Plums, the best, 158 



Pomegranate, the, 212 



Psidium cattleianum^ 215 ; P. Guava, 215 



Pumelo, the, 205 



Punica Granaium, 212 



Pyrus Torminalis^ 31 



Quince, the, 161; apple-shaped, pear-shaped, 

 the Portugal, 161 



Raspberry, the, 162 



Raspberries in autumn, 163; Belle de Fontenay, 

 Perpetuel de Billard, Red Four Seasons, Yellow 

 Four Seasons, 166 



RaspbeiTies (Red), Baumforth's Seedling, Carter's 

 Prolific, Hornet, Norwich Wonder, Red Ant- 

 werp, Semper Fidelis, Superlative, 165 ; ( White 



