GENERAL INDEX. 



39a 



Pilularia, III. 334 



Pilumna, IV. 68 ' 



Pimelea, II. 318 



Pinching in flower garden, IL 203 



fruit-trees, III. 75 



■ Eoses, II. 10 



Pine-apple, Culture of, II. 30, 14,6, 261, 

 349 .... 



Insects affecting, II. 349 



Houses for, II. 30 ■ 



Monthly treatment of, 11. 262 



on the open-hed svstem, II. 



266 



growing in winter, II. 148 



pits, II. 226 



in winter and spring, II. 265 



Varieties of, II. 350 



Pine-trees, IV. 359 

 Pin-eyed flowers, III. 189 

 Pinguicula, III. 334 

 Pinks, II. 273 



Cultivation of, II. 366 



Selections of, II. 367 



Pinus, IV. 359 



Piper porphyrophyUum, HI. 227 



Pipes for glass-houses. III. 2?3 



Piptanthus nepalensis, IV. 281 



Pistia Stratiotes, III. 34 



Pitcaimea, IV. 125 



Pitcher Plants, III. 224, 331, 354 ; IV. 



200 

 Pits buUt on pillars, II. 223 



Covering, II. 227 



for Cucumbers, II. 226 



for Melons, II. 226 



in gardens, II. 221 



vrith stages, II. 223 



Plaoea, IV. 339 



Plagiolirion Horsmanni, IV. 339 

 Plane, IV. 290 

 Plane o£ Scotland, IV. 4 

 Plantagenet, Origin of, II. 170 

 Plantain, IV. 119" 

 Plantain LUy, IV. 88 

 Plant-food, Sources of, II. 98 ; III. 40, 

 111, 257 



• Necessity of perfect, IV. 174 



Planting Bulbs, III. 313 



out bedding plants, I. 105, 135, 



223 ; II. 85 ; IV. 54 



• ■ Eoses, I. 315 



■ succulent bedders, I. 316 



Plant-stoves and Orchid-houses, III. 



97—105, 164, 165 

 Plants assimilating nitrogen, III. 116 



for covering walls, IV. 200 



for invalids. III. 285 



for rooms, II. 279 ; III. 285; IV. 8 



for special pm-poses, L 351 — 353 



for table decoration, II. 208 



for vases, I. 330 



in pits, Special culture of, II. 228 



Platanus, IV. 290 

 Platycerium, III. 193 

 PlatycUnis, III. 85 

 Platytheca galioldes, II. 360 

 Pleione, IV. 69 

 Pleroma macranthum, IV. 28 

 Plumbago, II. 319 ; IV. 125, 242 

 Plums, Cultivation of. III. 234; IV. 

 272 



Propagation of, IV. 257, 272 



Selections of, IV. 273, 274 



Pockets for rocks. III. 219 

 Poinciana, IV. 125 

 Poinsettia, IV. 125 

 Poison-tree, IV. 205 

 Polemonium, II. 256 

 Polianthes taberosa, IV. 339 

 PoUen-gralns, III. 190 



and insects, III. 187 



Polyanthus, General culture of. III, 

 2a— 27 



Giant, III. 24 



Selections of, III. 26 



Types of, HI. 25 



Polygala, II. 319, 330 ; IV. 242 



i'olygonatum, II. 93 



Polygonum, II. 330 



Polypodium, Management of, III. 81 — 



85 

 Polyscias paniculata, IV. 203 

 Pond in kitchen garden, I. 26 

 Pontederia azurea, III. 28 

 — r- crassipes. III. 28 



cordata, III, 141 



Poplars, IV. 290 



Poppies, Varieties and culture of, II. 



102 

 Poppy-seeds, III. 307 

 Populus, IV, 290 

 Portable culture of Mushrooms, I. 



248 ; IV. 15 

 Pprtlandia, IV. 198 

 Potash in manures. III. 348 

 Potato, Culture of, 1. 299 ; I V. 234—236 



Effect of manure on. III. 353 



Pot-culture of Kgs, III. 75 ; IV. 295 



Mushrooms, I. 248 



■ Orchids and other plants, II. 



20; III. 167 

 . Eoses in conservatories, I. 



268, 269 : HI. 265—867 



Vines, I. 343 



Temperature in, 1. 119 



PotenUlla, II. 104 



Comarum, III. 141 



Pothos, IV. 198 

 Pots and potting, I. 3, 112, 326 

 - — ■ for indoor use. III. 5 

 -.— suspension. III, 4 



various shapes and sizes, I. 7 — 10 



Potting Auriculas, 3* 19 



plants, I. 112—116 



off, I. 114, 185 



Preparation of suburban gardens, I. 



42—44 

 Pricking off and out, 1. 113 

 Primroses, Cultivation of, I, 334 ; II. 



258,329—332; III. 25 



Varieties of, IIL 51—55 



Primulas, Treatment of, II. 319, 330— 



332 ; in. 51, 334 



Selections of. III. 51—54 



Pritchardias, IV. 326 



fllifera, IV. 267 



grandis, IV. 323 



Privacy in garden walks, I. 264 

 Privet, Growing of, I. 327; IV. 221 

 Promensea, IV. 69, 70 

 Propagating pits, II. 225 

 Propagation, 111.63,206,368; IV. 58, 



126, 250, 329 



by buds, 1. 178 ; IV. 254 



cross-breeding, IV. 329—336 



cuttings, I. 210, 230 ; HI. 129, 368 



—379 



eyes, I. 230; IT. 129 



fertilisation, III. 187—192 



grafting, I. 212—214 ; IV. 250 



hybridisation, IV. 329—336 



layering, I. 215 



leaves, IV. 126 



root-cuttings, 1. 217 ; IV. 127—129 



seeds, I, 176; IH, 64 



suckers, I, 216 , 



of Conifers, III, 206 



green-house plants, I. 62 



. herbs, I, 52 



Nepenthes, III, 207—209 



Orchids, III. 207—208 



Pahns, III. 207 



plants, I. 154 



succulent bedding plants, I. 314 



and light, III. 68 



and soil. III. 69 



and temperature, III. 65 



Protection of plants, III. 169-172 

 Proteinophallus, IV. 308 

 Protoplasm, II. 40 

 Provence Bead. III. 330 



. Eoses, III. 145—146. 



Pruning in Practice, III. 9 

 Natural, III. 9 



Pruning, Boot, III. 10 



Tools for, ni, 7 



Apples, II. 320; III. 14^22 



Peaches and Nectarines, IV. 108— 



112 



Pillar Boses, II. 114 



• Pyramidal Koses, II. 112, 113 



Eoses, II. 9, 110; III. 263 



Vines, I. 303 



and propagation, III. 11 — 19 



by cutting. III. 12 



■ by grafting. III. 13 



by inarching. III. 12 



by shps. III. 13 



Pmnus, IV. 291 



Psammisia, II. 360 



Pseudolarix Keempferi, IV. 360 



Pseudotsuga Douglasii, IV. 360 



Psyohotria, IV. 199 



Ptelea trifohata, IV. 291 



Pteris, genus of Perns, II. 198—202 



Pterocarya caucaslca, IV. 291 



Ptychosperma, IV. 326 



" Puff Ball," IV. 15 



Pulmonaria, IT. 242 



Pultencea, II. 356 



Pumpkins, II. 108 



Purslane, 1. 137 



Puschkima sciUoides, IV. 340 



Pyramidal Apple-trees, III. 17 



Pears, III. 236 



Pyramidal Pruning, III. 19, 75 



Eoses, I. 333 ; II. 110, 353 



Pyrethrums, Cultivation of, II. 343— 



34S 

 Pyrus, IV. 291 



Quamash or Camass Boot, IV. 102 

 Querpus or Oak-tree family, IT. 292— 



294 

 Quince, Culture of, IV. 363 



Baising Seedling, IV. 46 



stock, HI. 237 



Badicle in plant-life, I. 85 

 Badishes, 1. 138 



and Asparagus, II. 185 



and Beans, II. 185 



Bagged Eobins, III. 332 



Bagworts, II. 348, 349 



Baising genera from seeds. III. 206 



Baising seedling Bulbs, ni. 313 



Bamondia pyrenaica, II. 332 



Bampions, I. 139 



Banunculus, Growth of. III. 243 



Species of, II. 332 



Aquatic species of, III. 141 



Bape Turnips, II. 107 



Eaphia, IV. 327 



Eaphlolepis, IT. 294 



Easpberries, Cultivation of, IT. 117 — 



149 

 EavenaJa, IT. 199 

 Eavenia, IV. 28 

 Bed Cabbage, I. 169 

 Bed German Catchfly, II. 102 

 Eed-hot Poker Plants, III. 162 

 Bed Poppy, II. 102 



Bust, III. 337 



Spider, II. 81 ; III. 346 ; IT. 167 



Wood of California, IV. 360 



Eeed-mace, III. 143 



Beed mat protector, IV. 65 



Beidia, IV. 199 



Beinwardtia, IV. 30 



Bemarkable Vines, II. 83 



Bemedies for canker. III. 321 



caterpillars, insects, and moths, 



III. 343 

 Eenanthera, IT. 70 

 Eenovating fruit-trees, IT. 113 

 Bepairing garden roads, 1. 191 

 Eeproductiou, and how effected. III, 



118—122 



