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GENERAL INDEX. 



fltoring, i6.— Ii3t of sorts, i6.— in- 

 sects and diseases by which attack- 

 ed, ib. — its European names, 231 — 

 saving seed, &c., ib. 

 Parsnip-fly, the, 148— miner, the, 230. 

 Parterre garden, the, 816 — its ar- 

 rangement, sowing, &c., ib. et seq. 

 —list, &c. of annuals for it, 817 

 — of biennials, 818 — bedding-out 

 plants, «6.— list of these, 820. 

 Pastinacea sativa, see Parsnip. 

 Paul, Mr, his mode of shield-budding, 

 343— on the rosary, 757— on disbud- 

 ding the rose, 765— on the holly- 

 hock, 800, 801. 

 Pavies, what, 485. 



Paxton, Sir J., his system of spur- 

 pruning the vine, 609. 

 Pea, the early history of, 6— propor- 

 tion of ground for, 8— order of, in 

 the rotation, 16, 17— advantages of 

 transplanting to, 25— natural his- 

 tory of the, 48— its uses, nutritive 

 properties, &c., 49 — mode of propa- 

 gation, i6.— time, &c. for sowing, 

 ib. — its subsequent cultivation, 53 

 — soil and manure for it, 54 — forc- 

 ing, 55 — approved varieties and 

 their qupJities, ib. — insects and dis- 

 eases by which attacked, 58— gene- 

 ral remarks, saving of seed, &c., 61 

 — its foreign names, ib. — chemical 

 analyses of it, ih. 

 Pea-beetle, the, 59. 

 Peach, splice-grafting the, 331— soil 

 suitable to the, 359- root-pruning 

 the, 401 — and almond, supposed 

 identity of the, 560— and nectarine, 

 natural history, classification, &c. 

 of the, 485 — varieties of them, »&.— 

 those of China, the United States, 

 &c., ib. — their propagation, 486— 

 situation and soil, ib. — preparation 

 of the borders, »Ssc., 487— planting, 

 488— pruning and training on the 

 open walls, ib. — season of pruning, 

 489 — modes of it, ib. — Errington's, 

 490— Harrison's, 491 — Knight's, t6. 

 — Seymour's mode of training, &:c., 

 492— Hayward's, and the rationale 

 of it, t6.— Callow's, 494 — Kendall's, 

 *6.— the irregular, 495— the Ameri- 

 can practice, 496 — the French, ib. 

 — Du Breuil's, ib. — Mr Thomp- 

 son's, 497— their longevity, ib. — 

 modes of protecting the blossom, 

 498— thinning the fruit, 499— prin- 

 ciples to be observed for successful 

 cultivation, «6. — disbudding or sum- 

 mer-pruning, 500— forcing, 501 — 

 preparation of the trees for it, ib. — 

 temperature at various stages, 502 

 — adjustment of the young wood, 

 503— importance, 4ic. of ventila- 

 tion, 504 — other modes of forcing, 

 505 — training under glass, i6.— se- 

 lect list of peaches, 506 — and of 

 nectarines, 510 — diseases and in- 

 sects by which attacked, 512 — Euro- 

 pean names, 516. 

 Peaches, thinning of, 499 — select list 

 of, 506 — management of, in the 

 fruit-room, 675. 

 Peach aphis, the, 469— borders, pre- 

 paration of, 487 — pruner, the, 407 

 — saw-fly, the, 515 — stocks, kinds 

 of, &c., 328— trees, occasional pro- 

 duction of nectarines on, 305. 

 Pear, the, soil suitable to, 359 — root- 

 pruning the, 400- its natural his- 

 tory, 447 — planting it, soil, &c. 

 suited to it, 448 — on quince stocks, 

 449 — general management of it, ib. 

 ■— comparative sizes and forms, 451 

 — protecting its blossom in spring, 

 452 — criterion of good, t6.— select 

 list of dessert, i6.— recently intro- 

 duced ones, 459— culinary, 461— 

 lists of those suited to particular 

 localities, 462— growing it in pots. 



463 — pronunciation of French 

 names, 464 — its European names, 

 ib. — insects and diseases by which 

 attacked, 465. See also Apple and 

 Pear, pruning, &c. of. 



Pears, management of, in the fruit- 

 room, 673. 



Pear and apple aphis, the, 469 — blos- 

 som, protecting the, 452 — chermes, 

 468— leaf-miner, 473— midge, 470— 

 moth, ib. -plum-stock, 328, 486— 

 saw-fly, 468— stocks, how raised, 

 &c., 328 — trees, remarkable, at 

 Holme Lacy, 346 — large, in the 

 United States, 448 — tree blister- 

 moth, 473— tree oyster-scale, 472 — 

 weevil, 466. 



Pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly, the, 

 833. 



Peat, origin and nature of, 268. 



Peat earth, preparation, &c. of, 705. 



Peaty soil, what, 263, 268— plants in- 

 digenous to, 271. 



Peg-grafting, 333. 



Pegs for layering, 353. 



Pelargonium, cutting of, 347— culture 

 of the, 736. 



Pelvilain, M., his mode of growing 

 pines, 655, 656. 



Pendant form, training the apple and 

 pear in a, 483. 



Penny-royal, culture of, 236. 



Penthina ocellana, the, 466. 



Peppermint, culture of, 236. 



Perdrigon blanc plum, manufacture 

 of prunes from the, 525. 



Perennial -plant flower-garden, the, 

 815 — plants suited to it, 816. 



Perennials, grafting, 335. 



Perry, manufacture of, 447 — pears, 

 list of, 463. 



Persia, the peach indigenous to, 485. 



Persian melons, the, 668. 



Persica vulgaris, see Peach. 



Peruvians, use of guano by the, 294. 



Petrocarpus marsupium, singular pro- 

 pagation of the, 346. 



Phalaena grossulariata, the, 569, 580 

 — vanaria or halias, the, 580. 



Fhaseolus multiflorus, see Scarlet 

 runner — vulgaris, the, 71. 



Phigalia pilosaria, the, 473. 



Phillips, Mr, on the uses of garlic, 29 

 — on the African garlic, 30 — on the 

 origin of the leek, 44. 



Fhoenocoma, culture of, 704. 



Phosphate of lime as a manure, 297. 



Phosphoric acid, presence of, in plants, 

 20. 



Phyllopertha horticola, the, 437, 830. 



Phytolacca decandria, the, 134. 



Phytomyza ilicis, 827 — nigricornis, 

 59, 826. 



Pickling, onions for, 41. 



Picotee, cultivation of the, 806. 



Picturesque style, introduction of the 

 shrubbery into the, 781. 



Piedmontese truffle, the, 253. 



Pieris eratsgi, the, 437. 



Pigeon's dung as a manure, 294. 



Pimpinella anisum, 239. 



Pinching back, pruning by, 403. 



Pine-destroying beetle, the, 833 — 

 saw-fly, 836 — tree lappet-moth, 835. 



Pine-apple, natural history of the. 

 641 — its propagation, 642— by seed. 

 ib. — by gills, crowns, and suckers, 

 643— sou, 645— potting, 647— ven^ 

 tilation, 649 — shading, i&. — atmos- 

 pheric temperature, ib. — atmosphere 

 in connection with humidity, 650 — 

 bottom-heat, 653— -its age, 654— 

 growing it without fire-heat, ib. — 

 growing it planted out in beds, 655 

 —growing it from suckers on the 

 old stem, 659 — expeditious culture, 

 ib. — select list, 660— diseases and 

 insects, 661 — European names, 662. 



Pine-apples, management of, in the 

 fruit-room, 675. 



Pine-apple scale, the, 661, 824. 



Pine strawberries, origin of the, 681 — 



• list of, 588. 



Pink, cultivation of the, 807. 



Piophila apii, the, 149. 



Pipings, propagation by, 350. 



Pislura monacha, 834. 



Pisum sativum, see Pea. 



Pitmaston orange nectarine, origin of, 

 305. 



Plant-houses, arrangement of, 677— 

 camellia-house, 678 — orchid-house, 

 685— bulb-house, 696 — orangery, 

 700— heath -house, 703 — aquarium, 

 710 — stove or tropical plant house, 

 712— succulent house, 719- conser- 

 vatory , 721 — greenhouse, 724 — 

 flower-forcing house or pits, 729 — 

 cold pits, 733— conservative walls 

 and borders, 734 — miscellaneous 

 observations, 736. 



Plants, importance of their leaves to, 

 21 — indications of soils from, 270 — 

 the sexuality of, 314. 



Planting, preparing the ground for, 

 358 — see Transplanting. 



Planting out, objections to, in the 

 conservatory, 721. 



Planting dibbers, various forms of, 85 

 — trowels, various, ib. 



Platygaster Boscii, the, 472. 



Pliny on the globe artichoke, ic, 4 

 — on the origin of the leek, 44 — on 

 the kidney-bean, 71 — account of 

 asparagus by, 117 — on the sexuality 

 of plants, 314 — on the pear, 447. 



Plum, soil suitable to the, 359 — stan- 

 dard, pruning of, 394 — root-pruning 

 it, 401— as a stock for the peach, 

 486— its natural history, 524— its 

 uses, ib. — manufacture of prunes, 

 525 — its propagation, i6. — soil suited 

 to it, 526— situation and planting, 

 i6.— pruning and training, 527 — 

 summer- pruning,528 — winter-prun- 

 ing, ib. — comparative sizes, ib. — 

 select list, ib. — lists suitable for 

 particular situations, &c. , 534 — 

 diseases and insects by which 

 attacked, ib. — its European names, 

 536— forcing the, see Apricot, plum, 

 and cherry, forcing the. 



Plums, kinds of, suitable for forcing, 

 547 — management of, in the fruit- 

 room, 676. 



Plum saw-fly, the, 536 ^ stocks, 

 kinds of, &c., 328— propagation of 

 them by layering, 352 — tortrix, the, 

 516, 522— weevil, the, 534. 



Plusia gamma, the, 70. 



Poiteau, M., on the origin of new 

 varieties of fruits, 303. 



Poland, fungi used in, 243. 



Polyanthus, cultivation of the, 811. 



Polydesmus complanatus, the, 181. 



Polydnisus oblongus, the, 436. 



Pomological Magazine, the, 299. 



Pomona Londonensis, the, 302. 



Pontia brassicae, the, 113 — napi, the, 

 ib. — rapsB, the, ib. 



Ponty on transplanting by fixmg with 

 water, 387. 



Poplar saw-fly, the, 515. 



Poppy, the seeds of the, 309. 



Porthesia auriflua, the, 437 — chry- 

 sorrhcea, the, 438. 



Portugal, the onions of, 35. 



Portugal cabbage, the, 84 — culture of 

 it, 90— European names of, 116. 



Portulaca sativa, 171. 



Potato, the, proportion of ground 

 for, 8 — place of, in the rotation, 

 17 — composition of, as compared 

 with the turnip, 188 — its natural 

 histoi-y, 199 — its uses, 201 — modes 

 of propagation, 202 — propagation by 

 cuttings, ib. — and by seed, ib. — 

 planting, 203 — preparation of the 

 ground, 204 — size and choice of 

 sets, 206 — subsequent cultivation. 



