INDEX 



Nfftural History Review, article by Sir Jo- 

 seph Hooker on Cedars of Lebanon, 80 



Nectarine, of Chinese origin, 211 



Nut fruits and manner of seed distribution, 

 173 



Nut-pine, Korean, seeds used as food, 175 



Oak, character of the bark, 29, 31; fall 



colouration of foliage, 40, 41, 42 

 Oak, Cypress, upright growing variety, 246 

 Orange-tree, brought from India by sol- 

 diers of Alexander the Great, 22; intro- 

 duced into Persia from China, 22 



Parson, S. B. (Flushing Nin-sery) , dis- 

 tributes Magnolia stellata, 146; fastigiate 

 Red Maple at, 244 

 Peach, introduced into Persia from China, 

 22; fall colouration of foliage, 40; history 

 of the, 210; search for hardy varieties, 

 212 ' 



Pear, fall colouration of foliage, 40; history, 



206 

 Pecan, oldest cultivated nut tree of Amer- 

 ica, 183 

 Persimmon, character of the bark, 32 

 Picea Abies var. ClanbrassHiana, 259 

 Picea Abies var. columnaris, 248 

 Picea Abies var. pyramidalis, 248 

 Picea Abies var. dumosa, 260 

 Picea Abies var. Gregoryana, 260 

 Picea Abies var. pumila, 260 

 Picea Abies var. pygmaea, 260 

 Picea glauca var. albertiana I. conica, 261 

 Picea glauca var. nana, 261 

 Picea mariana var. Doumettii, 260 

 Pili-nut, as a food nut, 176 

 Pine, Mugho, most widely used dwarf 



evergreens, 258 

 Pine, Norfolk Island, among earliest forms 



of tree vegetation, 11 

 Pine, Red, Japanese, dwarf forms of, 259 

 Pine, Scots, fastigiate form of, 248 

 Pine, Scots, dwarf forms of, 259 

 Pine, Sugar, seeds used as food, 175 

 Pine, Swiss, seeds used as food, 175 

 Pine, White, dwarf forms of, 258 

 Pine, White, fastigiate variety of, 244, 248 

 Pine, Japanese White, dwarf forms of, 259 

 Pinus cembra, seeds used as food, 175 

 Pinus koraiensis, seeds used as food, 175 

 Pinus Lambertiana, seeds used as food, 175 

 Pinus moniana (syn. P. mughus or P. 

 pumilio), 258 



Pinus parviflora (syn. P. pentaphylla), 259 



Pinus pumila, 258 



Pinus Strobus var. fastigiata, 248 



Pinus Strobus var. nana, 258 



Pinus sylvestris var. nana, 259 



Pinus sylvestris var. pyramidalis, 248 



Pinus sylvestris var. Watereri, 259 



Pinus densiflora var. globosa, 259 



Pinus densiflora var. umbraclifera, 259 



Plane-tree, character of the bark, 31 



Plum, fall colouration of foliage, 40; history, 

 and derivation of varieties, 220 



Plum Beach, 223 



Plum, Canada, 222 



Plum, Chicasaw, 223 



Plum, Japanese, introduction into America, 

 221 



Plum, Pacific, 222 



Plimi-cot, hybrid of Apricot and Plum, 221 



Pocock, Dr. Edward, credited with intro- 

 duction of Cedar of Lebanon into Eng- 

 land, 84 



Pope. Alexander, ridicule of topiary work, 

 105; famous Weeping Willow in garden 

 of, 235 



Portland, Duke of, introduces Magnolia 

 liliflora into England, 144 



Poplar, character of the bark, 30; fall 

 colouration of foliage, 39 



Poplar, Lombardy, history and proper 

 uses, 227; habitat, 230; introduced into 

 Europe and America, 231; in landscape 

 planting, 237 



Populus alba var. pyramidalis (syn. P. 

 BoUeana), 247 



Populus euphratica, 232 



Populus thevesiina, 247 



Proctor, T. E., succeeds in flowering Mag' 

 ^olia salicifolia, 147 



Prunus americana, best known of native 

 Plums, 222 



Ptutvus Amygdalus, the Almond, 195 



Prunus angustifolia, 223 



Prunus Armeniaca, 213 



Prunus avium, 214 



Prunus Besseyi, 218 



Prunus cerasifera, 220 



Prunus cerasus, 214 



Prunus dasycarpa, 214 



Prunus domestica, 218 



Prunus hortulana, 222 



Prunus incisa, 265 



Prunus insititia, 218 



Prunus mandshurica, 214 



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