644 



INDEX. 



Plan ts — continued. 



position of roots, 49 



principle of watering 

 49. 50 



propagation of, S3 



reduce cheir "carbon 

 compounds from the 

 atmosphere, 48 



require a certain 

 amount of water, 49 



require difterent soils 

 according to their 

 kind, 40 



require heat and light, 

 &a, 48 



requ i re nitrogen izsd 

 compounds, and mine- 

 ral ^ngredien^s, 50 



roots of, position of, 49 



Salad, 92 

 sometimes require 



shade, how accom- 



Phims — coTiiimted. 

 Prince of Wales, 170 

 Keine Claude Violette 



pli-hfcd, 53 

 silex contained in some. 



50 

 skill required in water 

 ing, 49 

 Stove, 261 



subject to certain varia- 

 tion, 47 

 . the amount of woody 

 fibre of, in one "year, 49 

 the best nianm-e for, 51, 



52 

 the quantity of potash 

 in the ashes of dif- 

 ferent plants, 50 

 the time required for 

 their growth vaiies, 55 

 used for salads, 92 

 Vegetals, 02-136 

 Wild, 334 

 Platanus, 421 

 occidentalis, 421 

 orientalis, 421 

 Piatt, Sir Hugh, on cher- 

 ries, quoted, 10 

 Platycerium aethiopicum 

 403 

 alcicorne, 386, 40 

 grande, 403 

 Platyceriums, 403 

 Platyloma flexuosa, 392 



rotundifolia, 392 

 Fleurosigma attenuatum, 

 350 

 Plum aphis, 475 

 Plum-trees grown in pots, 

 170 

 growth of, 168 

 new varieties of, how 



obtained, 168 

 propagation of, 85, 168 

 pruning ofj 171 

 Plums, cookmg, 169 

 dessert, 168 

 fungus of, 367 



Plujts : — 



Belgian Purple, 169 

 Belle de Louvain, 169 

 Bullace, 170 

 ■ Chister Damson, 170 

 Coe's Golden Drop, iC 

 Damson, 170 

 Diamond, 170 

 Early Mirabelle, 168 

 Gisborne, 170 

 Goliath, 168 

 Greengage, 168 

 Ickworth's Imp6ratricc, 

 169 

 Jefferson, 168 

 Lawrence's Gage, 168 

 Orleans, 168 

 Prince Knglebert, 169 



Rivers' Early Favour- 

 ite, 168 

 Prolific, 169 

 Rochester Cluster Dam- 

 son, 170 

 Wtishingron, 170 

 Wine Sour, 170 

 Yellow Magnum 

 Bonum, T70 

 Pocket mdgnifymg-glass, 

 66 



Poinsettia pulcherrima, 

 265 ,- 



Pois de Paradis pear, 161 

 Poland, gardens of, 595 

 Potyactis, 363 

 Polyanthus, 224 

 propagation of, 87, 224 

 vulgaris, 224 

 Polydesmus complana- 

 I t"^. 456 



Polygala Chamasbuxus, 

 I 329 



Polymorphina, found in 

 clialk of the district, 23 



POI.VPI IN THE WATER 



Av r.iv Garden, 447 : — 

 Ilydra cnmmiuiis, 447 

 Fu^ca, 447 

 viridis, 447 

 Polypodiaceae, 388 

 Polypodium adnasceuF, 

 401 



alpestre, 378, 400 



appendicu latum, 400 



Braunii, 383 



calcsreum, 400 



cambricum, 378 



capense, 399 



D'-j'opteris, 378, 400 



filipes, 401 



flexile, ^378, 400 



fortunei, 401 



Ghei^breghtii, 401 



Heracleum, 401 



hexagonopterum, 383, 

 400 



hexaptera, 371 



lineatum, 401 



lonceum, 401 



lycopndioides, 400 



musaefolium, 401 



persicEEfolium, 401 



Phcgopteris, 378, 400 



piloselloides, 401 



plumula, 400 



refractum, 401 



Reinwardtii, 401 



repens, 401 



Robertiannm, 378, 400 



squamatum, 401 



sciuarrosum, 400 



&t'gmat,\cum, 401 



.subauriculatum, 401 



verrucosum, 400 



vulgare, 371, 378 



vulgaris, 400 

 Pnlypodiums, 400 

 Polypody, 43, 371, 378 



alpine, 41 



common variety of, 40 



limestone, 371 

 Polyporus versicolor, 356 

 Polypothecia, cup-shaped 

 sponge, 24 

 Polystichum aculeatum, 



379. 399 

 angulare, 379 

 Lonchitls, 379 

 proliferum, 379 

 Po'ystichums, 371,372,379 



Pomegranate, growth of, JPrimula villosa, 326 



204 vulgaris, 223 



Poinpones, 231 Primulas, 41, 326 



Pond in mossery, 41 

 Pondiceps cornutus, 528 



minor, 527 

 Poor Man's House, con 

 ^truction of, 68 



heating of, 70 



plants grown in it, 69 



where situated, 42 

 Pope, quotations from,i52, 

 425, 445. 494. 519 



propagation of, 87, 224 

 Prince Albfert apple. 149 

 Englcbert plum. 169 

 Henry des PaysBas,442 

 Humbert rose, 271 

 of Wales plum, 170 

 strawbeiry, 183 

 Princess Alice JMaude 



Poplar, Balsam, 412 

 Black, 411 

 Italian, ^zo 

 L -mbardy, 410, 435 

 Weeping, 412 

 White, 411 

 Poplar-trees, propagated 

 by cuttings, 86 

 Poppy, 248 

 born, 24C 



opium, propagated bj 

 seed, 83 

 yellow, 321 

 Population of Bedding- 

 ton, I 

 of Wallington, i 

 Populus acerrifolia, 412 

 alba, 41 z 

 balsa mifera, 412 

 fastigata, 410 

 monolifera, 410 

 nigra, 411 

 tremula, 411 

 Pork, measly, how occa- 

 sioned, 452 



Portugal, a garden at Cin- 

 , *ia, 595 

 laurel, 436 

 quince, 167 

 Portulacas, 246 

 Potash found in ashes of 

 plants, 50 

 Pocatoes, 123 

 destroyed by aphides, 

 ^i=3> 475 

 fungus, 363 

 propagated by tubers, 



i7 



Rivers' Ash-leaf kidney, 



strawberry, 183 

 Frederick William ca 



123., 



Potentilla anserina, 327, 



343 

 PoLentiUas, 327 

 Poierium Sanguis orba, gS 

 Pot apple-trees, 142 



currant-trees, 17S 

 mulberry- trees, 201 



pear-tree3, 166 



plums, 170 



st-^wberry plants, 181 

 Pottery, Rom^in, 3 

 Pottia truncata, ^53 

 Powell & Lealand. Messrs. 



260 



Powell's Premier pear,i62 

 Port-er, .Air. W. H„ 538, 



547. 

 President strawberry, 183 

 Prickly pear, 202 

 Prickly-seeded spinachj 



109 

 Primrose, Abyssinian, 326 



pnpagated by division 

 of roots, 87 

 Primroses, 223 

 Primula amoena cortusoi 

 des, ^126 



auricula, 327 



denticulata, 258, 326 



japonica, 224 



Nepauliensis, 258 



sinensis. 258 



vcris, 224 



mellia, 250 

 LouLse Victoria rose,272 

 of Wales strawberry, 183 

 Princesse de Lamballe 

 rose. 270 



Principles of gardening, 

 47 



Pnvet, 457 



Propagation of apples, 139 

 of carnations, 228 

 of cberries, 176 

 of China roses, 275 

 ■ of chrysanthemuras, 233 

 of cryptogamic plants, 



of currants, 177 



of dahlias, 231 



of Datura ai-borea, 238 



of fenis. 88. 406 



of Mraniums. 236 



of Golden pippin, 88 



of GoJdcu pyrethrum, 

 -38 



of gooseberries, 179 



of heliotropes, 237 



of hoUyhock, 230 

 of jargonelle pear, 88 

 of lupins, 225 

 of melons, iq6 

 of moss-roses. 278 

 of mushrooms, 358 

 of nectarine-trees, 172 

 of Noisette rose-trees, 



276 

 of nut-trees, 197 

 of peach-trees, 172 

 of pear-trees, 155 

 of phloxes, 230 

 of picotees. 228 

 of pine-apples, 207 

 of pinks, 227 

 of plants by runners, S7 

 of plum-trees, t68 

 ofpolyanthus plants, 



224 

 of pyrethrum plants, 



238. 

 of quince-trees, 167 

 of raspberry-tree.s, 183 

 of Ribston pippin, SS 

 of rose-trees. Hybrid 

 perpetuals, 272 

 Rose de Meaux, 269 

 Scotch. 269 

 of saawberry-plants 



181 

 of verbenas, 237 

 of vines. 194 

 of violets, 2-*3 

 of walnut-trees, 19S 

 of Wellingtonias, 431 

 Propagation of plants, 8: 

 by budding, 88, 90 

 by bulbs, 87 

 by circumrallation, 85 

 by cuttings, 86 

 by division, 87 

 by eyes, 87 

 by grafting, 89 

 by inarching, 88 

 by layers, 85 

 by leaves, 86 

 by rootSt 86 



Propagation of plants by 

 seed, 83 



by suckers. 85 



by tubers, 87 _ . 

 Protococcus viridis, 345 

 Provence rose, 270 

 Providence pine-apple, 60J 

 Prunuig knife, 59 



saw, 59 



shears, 59 

 Pruning of roses. S74 

 Prtums domestica, itjS 



iusititia, 170 



slneusLs, 426 



triloba, 426 

 Pseudo-iJiadema var'o- 

 'are, vai-jety of echini, 23 

 Psila rossc, 490 

 Pieris, 392 



aquilina, 379, 393 



argyrea, 386, 393 



ci-etica, 392 



indsa, 393 



longifolia, 393 



palmata, 393 



quadriaurita, 393 



rotundifolia, 383 



sagi:tifoIia, 393 



scabenila, 383, 303 



sen-ulata, 383, 393 



tremula, 386, 393 



tricolor, 393 



umbrosa, 393 



vespertilionis, 386, 393 

 Pteromalus biassicae, 482 

 I Puccinia lychnidearumi 



Pnlex irritans, 450 



talpie, 450 

 Pump, Warner's, 62 

 Pumpkins, 1 19 



setting flowers of, 101 

 Panica Granatum, 204 

 Purple beech, 419 



Filbert nut, 197 



loosestrife, 335 

 Putrid manures avoided, 

 reasons for, 51 

 Putty knife, 63 

 Puzzle monkej'-tree, 431 

 Pyramid aster, 244 



currant-trees, 178 



pear, 163 

 Pyrenees, flowers of, 44 

 Pyrethrum cameum, 233 



golden, 238 



Parthenium, 23S 

 Pyi-ethrums, propagation 

 of, 238 



Pyrrhula vulgaris, 541 

 Pyras aucaparia, 417 



communis, £34 



Malus, 138 



prunifolia, 132 



Quail, S3 1 



Queen Acne's Pocket 

 melon, 196 

 Qaeen Elizabeth's oak, 13 



coins of, found at Bed* 

 dington, 17 



visited Beddington, ^ 

 Queen of the Beauti^ 

 camelia, 250 

 Queen pine-apple* 207 

 Quekett, Mr. 184, 507 

 Quercus ilex, 414 



robur, 4x4 



sufaer, 414 

 Querquedula crecca. $ '^ 

 Quince, common, 167 



Japan, 439 

 Portugal, 167 



