INDEX 



Nut-walk, 9 ; catkins, 11 ; suc- 

 kers, 11 



Oak timber, felling, 60 

 Old wall, 72, 116 and onward 

 Omphalodes verna, 45 

 Ophiopogon spicatum for winter 



cutting, 16 

 Orchard, ornamental, 181 

 Orobus vernus, 52 ; O. aurantia- 



cus, 62 

 Othonna cheirifolia, 63 



PEONIES and Lent Hellebores 

 grown together, 76 



Pseony Moutan grouped with 

 clematis montana, 70; special 

 garden for pseonies, 72; fre- 

 quent sudden deaths, 73 ; varie- 

 ties of P. albiflora, 74 ; old 

 garden kinds, 75; pseony spe- 

 cies desirable for garden use, 75 



Pansies as cut flowers, 57 ; at 

 shows, 243 



Parkinson's chapter on carna- 

 tions, 94 



Pavia macrostachya, 103 



Pea, white everlasting, 95 



Pergola, 212 



Pernettya, 165 



Pests, bird, beast, and insect, 259 



Phacelia campanularia, 63 



Pheasants, as depredators, 261 ; 

 destroying crocuses, 261 



Philadelphus microphyUus, 103 



Phlomis fruticosa, 103 



Phloxes, 135 



Piptanthus nepalensis, 63, 206 



Planes pollarded, 215 



Planting early, 129 ; careful plant- 

 ing, 130 ; planting from pots, 

 131 ; careful tree planting, 148 



Platycodon Mariesii, 108 



Plume hyacinth, 49 



Polygala Chamjebuxus, 164 



Polygonum compactum, 136 ; Sie« 



boldi, 258 

 "Pot-pourri from a Surrey gar- 

 den," 18 

 Primroses, white and lilac, 44 ; 

 large bunch-flowered kinds as 

 cut flowers, 58 ; seedlings 

 planted out, 85 ; primrose gar- 

 den, 216 

 Primula denticulata, 184 

 Progress in gardening, 249 

 Prophet-flower (Amebia), 56 

 Protecting tender plants, 145 

 Pterocephalus Parnassi, 107 

 Pyrus Maulei, 50 



Queen wasps, 63 

 Quince, 128 



Rabbits, 260 



Ranunculus montanus, 50 



Raphiolepis ovata, 204 



Rhododendrons, variation in foli- 

 age, 35 ; R. multum maculatum, 

 35; plants to fill bare spaces 

 among, 37 ; arrangement for 

 colour, 64 and onward ; hybrid 

 of R. Aucklandii, 69 ; alpine, 165 



Ribbon border, 266 



Ribes, 50 



Rabinia hispida, 203 



Rock garden, making and renew- 

 ing, 115 



Rock-wall, 116 and onward 



Rosemary, 204 



Roses, pruning, tying, and train- 

 ing ; fence planted with free 

 roses ; Reine Olga de Wurteni- 

 burg, 38; climbing and ramb- 

 ling roses, 39; Fortune's yellow, 

 Banksian, 40; wild roses, 43; 

 garden roses : Provence, moss, 

 damask, R. alba, 78 ; roses in 

 cottage gardens, ramblers and 

 fountains, 79 ; free growth of 



