Parsnip, 121 



Hollow Crown, 121 



Student Selected, 121 

 Parsnips, fungus of, ^563 

 Parsonage-house at Bed- 

 dington, feud about. 15 



part of a Roman house 

 2 

 Partridge, 531 

 Parus ater, 546 



caeiuleus, 545 



caudatus, 546 



major, 546 



palustris, 546 

 Pasque-flower, 315 

 Passe Colmar pear, 160 



Crasanne pear, 161 

 Passer domesticus, 543 



montanus, 543 

 Passiflora Bellotti, 287 



cselestina, 287 



CEcr.ilea, 2S7 



edulis, 203 



Kermesina, 287 



macrocirpa, 203, 287 



princcDS, 287 



quadrangular! s, 287 

 Passion-flowers, 487 



edible, 203 

 Pastinaca sativa, 121 

 Patcham^ near Brighton, 

 where rises a river simi- 

 lar to the Bourne, 35 

 Patula, 252 

 Paul, Messrs., 189, agS 



Ricant rose, 270 

 Pea. 102 



Champion of England, 

 103 



Daniel O'Rourke, 103 



}Ji.von's Early, 103 



Everlasting, 233 



Ne Plus Ultra, 104 



button's Ringleader, 103 



Sweet, 233 



Veitch's Perfection, 103 

 Pea aphis, 476 



fungus of, 363—365 



mildew, 365 

 Peach, Mr., of Derby, 502 

 Peach-leaves attacked by 

 aphis, 369 



Peach-trees, "growth of, 

 172 



new varieties of, how ob- 

 tained, 172 



propagation of, 172 



priming o'', 174 



training of, 175 



Peaches: — 



Abec. 173 



Apricot, 175 



liellegard, 173 



Early Alfred, 173 

 Beatrice, 172 

 Louise, 172 



George the Fourth, 173 



Grosse Mignonne, 173 



Late Admirable, 173 



Noblesse, 173 



Victoria, 173 

 Pear-tree Walk, 42 



description of, 38, 434 

 Pear-trees grafted on 

 quince stock, 91 



grown in pots, 166 



growth of, 154 



new varieties of, how 

 obtained, 155 



pyramids, 165 



propagation of, 84, 15s 



pruning of, 163 

 Pears, baking 155 



desert, 156 



fungus of, 366 



Peirs, gathering of, 166 

 grit of, 162 

 perrv, 155 

 sclerogen in, 162 

 storing of, 166 



Pears, 154 :— 

 Alexander, 157 

 America, 161 

 Autumn Bergamot, 161 



Josephine, 162 

 Beadnell's Seedling, i6r 

 Rellissimd d'Hiver, 156 

 Benedictine, 162 

 Beurre d'Amanlis, 161 



Bosc, 161 



de Capiaumont, 158 



Clairgcau, 158 



DIel, 159 



GifFard, 157 



Goubalt, 161 



Ranee, i6o 



Superfin, 159 



Van Mons, i6i 

 Bezi Mai, 161 

 Brockworth Park, 162 

 Broompark, 161 

 CatiUac, 155 

 Chaumontel, 159, 166 

 Citron des Carmes, 15S,. 

 166 

 Crasanne, 159 

 Dorothee Royale Nou- 

 velle, 161 

 Doyenn6 de Cornice, 

 159. 165 . 



d'Ete, 156, 166 

 Duchesse d'Angouleme, 



Durandean. 161 

 Easter Beurre, 160 

 Epine d'Hiver, 162 

 Gansel Bergamot, 161 

 General Todieben, 159 

 ■ Glout Morceau, 160, 



Green Chisel, 161 

 Huyshe's Victoria, 160 

 Jargonelle, 156, 162, 165. 

 Jo.sephine de Malines, 

 160, 166 

 Knight's ^Monarch, 161 

 Louise Bonne, 157, 165 



of Jersey, 157 

 Marie Louise, 158, 162, 



165 

 Napoleon. 161 

 Ne Plus Meuris,i6o,i62 

 Neiis d'Hiver, i5o, 165 

 Nouveau Poiteau, 161 

 Nouvelle Fulvie. 162 

 Passe Colmar, 160 

 Passe Crasanne, i6r 

 Pois de Paradis, 161 

 Powell's Premier, 162 

 Prickly, 202 

 Thompson's, 158 

 Uvedale's St. Germain, 



156 

 Vicar of Winkfield, 161 

 Williams's Bon Chre- 

 tien, 157 



Pearson's Long Gun cu- 

 cumber, lOI 

 Plate apple, 148 



Peat at my garden, 20, 2J 



Peewit, 531 



Pelargoniums, 235 



Pelius Berus, 509 



Pellea flexuosa, 392 

 rotundifolia, 392 



Pemphredon unicolor, 463 



Pcndrlous beech, 419 



Penicillium glaucum, 355 



Penisporainfestans, a fun- 

 gus, 123 i 



INDEX, 



Penny of Edward IV. 

 found at Carshalton, 18 

 Saxon, found on Irriga- 

 tion fields, 7 

 silver Saxon, found in 

 Roman house, 3 

 Pennyroyal, 124 

 Pentatoma oleaceum, 473 

 Pentstemon glaber, 229 

 Peritstemons, 42, 229 

 Peony, 234 



Peony-flowered aster, 244 

 Peppermint, 124 

 extensively grown at 

 Mitcham, 124 

 Perdrix cinerea, 513 

 Pereira, Dr., 130, 253 

 Perennial plants, how to 

 grow, 222 



Perennial Plants, 

 222 : — 



acanthus mollis, 233 



carnations, 227, 22B 



Christmas rose, 225 



chrysanthemums, 231 



columbine, 229 



cowslips, 224 



dahlias, 230 



daisies, 226 



Delphinium Bella- 

 donna, 229 



Doronicum caucasicum, 

 226 



Escallonica californica, 

 229 



Everlasting peas, 233 



Gunnera scabra, 234 



heartsease, 223 



Helianthus decapetalus, 

 231 



hollyhocks, 230 



Myosotisdissitiflora,225 

 rupestris, 225 

 sylvestris, 225 



larkspurs, 229 

 perennial, 229 



lilies of the valley, 226 



Lobelia fulgens, 233 



lupins, 225 



pansies, 223 



pentstemons, 229 



peonies, 234 



phloxes, 230 



picotees 227 



pinks, 227 



polyanthus, 224 



primroses, 223 



Primula japonica, 224 



Pyrethrum cameum, 233 



Rudbeckia, 231 



snapdragons, 228 



sweet peas, 233 



violets, 222 



wallflowers, 226 

 Peristeria alataorchid,302 

 Periwinkles, 443 

 Perle d'Angleterre apple, 

 142 

 Peronospora effusa,, 363 



gangliformis, 363 



niveaj 363 



parasitica, 363 



Schleideniana, 363 



vicias. 363 

 Perry pears, 155 

 Persepolis, garden at, 566 

 Persian lilac, 438 



yellow rose, 269 

 Persians, ancient and 

 modern, gardens of the, 



570 

 Pestilence usually at 

 Croydon when the 

 Bourne rises, reason 

 why, 35 I 



Petasites vulgaris, 344 

 Peterborough House, Ful- 

 ham, 160, 203 

 Petromyzon fluviatiIis,5o6 

 Petroselinum sativum, 131 

 Petunia, 236 

 Peziza vesiculosa, 357 

 Phajusgraudiflora orchid, 

 298 



Phalaenopsis grandiflora 

 orchid, 296 



Phallus impudicus, 362 

 Phaseolus multiflorus, 108 



vulgaris, 107 

 Pheasant, 531 

 Philadelphus coronarius, 

 438. 



mexicanus, 439 

 Phillyreas, 437 

 Philomela Luscinia, 548 

 Philpotts, Mr., 26, 27 

 Phlox divaricata, 323 



Drummondii, 243 



herbaceous, 230 



Nelsonii, 323 

 Phloxes, 323 



propagation of, 87, 23a 

 Phragmites communis,332 

 Phylapentha horticula, 

 466 

 Phymatodes lycopodioi- 

 des, 401 



Physalis edulis. 204 

 Physcia parietina, 353 

 Phytomyza ilicis, 490 

 Pica caudata, 540 

 Picea nobilis, 428 



pectinata, 428 

 Pickaxe, 57 

 Picotees, 42, 227 

 Picus virldis, 539 



minor, 539 

 Pied wagtail, 544 

 Pieris brassicae, 482 



cratsegi, 483 



napi, 4S2 

 Pigeons, how to train 

 them, 533 



wood, 532 

 Pimpinella Anisum, 126 

 Pincers, 63 

 Pine, Scotch, 427 



Stone, 427 



Variegated, 262 

 Pines, 427 



Pine-apple Russet apple, 

 149 

 Pine-apple, Black Jamai- 

 ca, 208 



Providence, 207 



Queen, 207 



Trinidad, 2C7 

 Pine-apples, growth of, 207 



propagation of, 207 

 Pine-pit, heating of, 80 

 Pinguicula vulgaris, 320 

 Pinks, 42, 227, 246 



odour of, newprocess to 

 obtain it, 227 



propagation of, 86, 227 

 Pinnularia major, 350 

 Pinus insignis, 427 



Pinaster, 427 



Pinea, i^27 



sylvestris, 427 

 Pipit, meadow, 544 

 Pirot, Adam de, 14 



Pisciculture \— 

 fish-house, 498 

 fish-tray, 497 

 how practised, 497, 498 

 ova, how kept pre- 

 vious to being hatched, 



499 

 ova of trout, 497 



643 



Pisciculture — continued. 

 practised extensively in 



France, 497 

 the time for turning 

 young trout into the 

 streams, 499 

 trout, how to feed when 

 first hatched, 499 

 Pisu'm sativum, 102 

 Pitcher-plants, 303 

 Nepenthes ampuUacea, 

 303 

 distillatoria, 303 

 levis, 303 

 RafHesiana, 304 

 Saracenias, 300 

 Pitmaston's Golden Pip- 

 pin apple, 149 

 Orange nectarine, 175 

 Pine-apple apple, 148 

 Pine-apple Pippin apple, 



145 ' 

 Russet Nonpareil;ippIe, 



Pits, 67 



Plan of Croquet-ground, 

 44 



of my garden described, 

 87 

 Plane, 63 

 Plane-tree, 421 



mock. 420 

 Planorbis carinatus, 493 

 complanatus, 493 

 con tortus, 493 

 corneus, 493 

 vortex, 493 

 Planorbulina Ungeriana, 

 22 

 Plant-lice, 472 



mites, 453 

 Plantation, cranberry, 

 how arranged, 41 

 Plants, Alliaceous, 116 

 Alpine, 41 

 cannot be grown at 

 Florence, the reason. 

 , 53 

 alternately require 



growth and rest, 54 

 American, 441 

 amount of carbonic acid 

 given oflf, over one 

 acre of land, 49 

 Annual, 240 

 aquatic, 41 

 Aromatic, 124 

 atmosphere for, 4S 

 Bedding, 234 

 Biennial, 247 

 Bulbous. 210 

 clay sometimes useful 

 for their growtli, 50 

 climbing, 279 

 composition of, 48 

 derive the nitrogenized 

 principles and salts 

 from the ground, 48 

 epiphytic, salts of cell of 

 one plant pass into cell 

 of another, the reason 

 why, 52 

 exact mineral constitn- 

 ents of, 50 

 functions of leaves, 48 



of roots of, 48 

 Greenhouse, 249 

 guano sometimes used 

 as a manure, 52 

 herbs, 124 

 Leguminous, 102 

 necessary food of, best 

 mode of supplyingit,5o 

 orchidaceous, growth 



of, 49, 2^2 



perennial, 223 



