GENERAL INDEX. 



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other plants. The common broom-rape, an. 



major, maybe sown or planted at t!ie root of the 



common broom, spartium, and the others at the 



roots of sucli plants as they are seen to affect in 



their wild state. 

 Orobus, bitter vetch, diadel. decan. and legumi- 



noseae, H. peren. Eur. of easy culture. 

 Orobus tuberosus, the tuberous-rooted bitter vetch, 



4302. 



Orontium, hexaiv monog. and aroidese, H. peren. 

 Amer. and Japan, which grow in light sandy soil, 

 and are increased by division at the root. 



Orpine, — see Telephium. 



Ortegia, trian. monog. and caryophyllcEe, H. peren. 



Eur. wJiich thrive in light rich soil, and cuttings 



root freely under a hand-glass. 

 Orthopogon', trian. dig. and gramineae, a S. tr. W. 



Ind. of common culture. 

 Oryza, rice, hexan. dig. and gramineae, a S. an. 



Ethiopia, of easy culture as a marsh plant. 

 Osbaston, a seat in Derbyshire, 7574, 

 Osbcck, P. A. Toreen, and Captain Eckeberg, their 



voyage to China, page 1130. A. D. 1771. 

 Osbeckia, octan. monog. and raelastomece, a S. bien. 



Ceylon, of common culture. 

 Osier, — see Salix. 



Osmites, syngen. polyg. frustran. and corymbiferen?, 

 a G. tr. C. B. S. w'hich grows well in' light rich 

 soil, and cuttings root freely under a hand- 

 glass. 



Osraunda, cryptog. schismatopterides and filicea;, 



H.peren. Amer. Brit, and C. B. S. ferns of common 



culture, 1678. 

 Ossenfdder, H. A., his works on gardening, page 



112-i. A. D. 1771. _ 

 Ossiiigton Hall, Xottinghamshire, 7i5/6. 

 Osten, Van, his works on gardening, page 1129. A.D. 



1703. 



Osteospermum, syngen. polyg. necess. and corym- 

 bifereee, G. tr. C. B. S. which may be treated as 

 osmides. 



Osterton House, Xottinghamshire, 757o. 



Ostrya, hop-hornbeam, monosc. polyan. and amen- 

 taceffi, H. tr. Italy and N. Amer! which grow in 

 any soil, and are increased by seeds or lay- 

 ers. 



Oswego tea, — see Monarda. 



Osyris, poet's cassia, dicec. trian. and santalacea?, a 

 6-. tr. S. Eur. which thrives in loam and peat, and 

 ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand- 

 glass. 



Otaheite chestnut, inocarpus edulis. 

 Otaheite myrtle, securinega nitida. 

 Othonna, ragwort, syngen. polyg. necess. and coiwm- 



biferefe, G. and F. tr. and peren. C. B. S. wliich 



grow in any light, rich soil, and cuttings root 



freely under a hand-g'ass. 

 Otto, Frederick, C. Til. H. S., inspector of the botanic 



garden, Berlin, 219. 

 Owston, a seat in Yorkshire, 7aS2. 

 Ox-eye, — see Buphthalrainn. 

 Ox-eye daisy, chrysanthemum leucanLhemum. 

 Ox-lip, — see Primula. 

 Ox-tongue, — see Picris. 



Oxalis, wood-sorrel, decandr. pentagyn. and gerani- 

 aceffi, G. and H. peren. C. B. S. bulbs of easy 

 culture. 



Oxalis acetosella, the common wood-sorrel, 4075. 



Oxford botanic garden, 7557. 



Oxfordshire, gardens and residences of, 7553. 



Oxyanthus, pentan. monog. and rubiacea;, a S. tr. 

 Sierra Leone, which thrives well in sandy loam 

 and peat, and cuttings root in sand under a hand- 

 glass. 



Oxybaphus, umbrella-wort, triand. monogyn. and 

 nyctagineffi, S. peren. and an. S. Amer. which 

 grow in loam and peat, and are increased by young 

 cuttings under a bell-glass in sand. 



O.xycoccus, cranberry, octan. monog. and ericcEe, a 

 S. tr. and H. tr. Eur. and Amer. which require a 

 peat soil, and moist situation. 



Oxycoccus macrocarpus and palustris, 4703. 



Oxylobium, decan. monog. and leguminosea^, G. tr. 

 Austral, which grow in sandy loam and peat, 

 and young cuttings root in sand under a hand- 

 glass. 



Oxystelma, ])entandria digynia and asclejiiadca;, a 

 S. peren. E. Ind. which thrives well in loam and j 

 peat, and cuttings root freely in s.ind under a j 

 hand-glass. i 



Oxytropis, diadel. decan. and Icgurainoscfc, H. I 

 peren. and an. Eur. which prefer a light s.mdy : 

 soil, and are readily increased by seeds 



P. 



Pachysandra, monoec. tetran. and euphorbiaces, a 

 H. peren. N. Amer. which succeeds well in any 

 common light soil, and increases freely by suckers 

 from the roots. 

 Packbiish, S. T., his works on gardening, page 1123, 

 A. D. 1695. 



Packenham Hall, a seat in Westmeath, 7662. 

 Paddock, puddock, or purrock, a country term, 

 originally applied to a small space enclosed by 

 pales from a park, for hounds to run matclies in, 

 now generally applied to the small grass enclosures 

 commonly attached to a park, or kept in tlie hands 

 of the resident on the demesne. 

 Pffideria, pentan. monog. and rubiacete, a D. S. tr. 

 China, a climber which thrives in loam and peat, 

 and cuttings root readily. 

 Pffionia, pffiony, polyan. dig. and ranunculacete, the 

 Chinese tree-pasony, a F. tr. Cliina, with numer- 

 ous varieties, thrives in any rich, light soil; and 

 ripened cuttings slipped off, and planted in the 

 ground in a shady place, without cover, wili root 

 freely. The H. peren. Eur. requires a deep, rich, 

 loamy soil, — see 1639. 

 Pa?ony, — see Pffionia. 

 Pain's Hill, a seat in Surrey, 7527. 

 Paisley manufacturers, their gardens and florists' 



meetings, cSrc, 7628. 

 Palavia, monad, polyan. and malvacete, a H. an. 



Peru, of common culture. 

 Palisade {palissade, Fr.), any fence of pales, a paling ; 

 the term is generally used when an ornamoital 

 paling is intended. 

 Palis^'l', liernard de, a French author on gardening, 



page 1115. A. D. 1563. 

 Pallasia, syngen. poly, frustran. and corymbifereje, 

 a G. tr. Peru, which thrives in any "rich, light 

 soil, and cuttings root freely under a hand-glass. 

 Palma Christi, — see Ricinus. 



Panax, polyg. dicec. and aralcEe, S. ti*. Amer. and 

 China, which tlirive well in light loam, and cut- 

 tings root readily in sand under a hand-glass ; the 

 K. peren. grow in similar soil, and are increased 

 by seeds, or dividing at the root. 

 Paiicrati'iin, hexan. monog. and amarjdlideas, S 

 and G. peren. and H. peren. Eur. Amer. and India, 

 which grovv' in light loam and vegetable mould, 

 with little water wlien not in a growing state. 

 They are increased by seeds and suckers. 

 Pandanus, screw-pine, 'dicec. monan. and pandana- 

 cecs, S. tr. Ind. and N. S. W. which thrive in 

 loamy soil ; but rarely produce growths which 

 admit of removal for propagation. 

 Panic-?:rass, — see Panicum. 



Panicura, panic-grass, trian. dig. and graminese, S. 

 tr. r.nd bien. and H. peren. and an. Ind. Amer. 

 and Kur. grasses of common culture. 

 Pannage, a law term signifying the feed which 

 swine or cattle may derive from the mast, acorns, 

 or herbage of woods. 

 Panning, forming a pan or saucer-like hollow round 

 newly planted trees, to receive and retain water, 

 2098. 



Panshanger, a seat in Hertfordsliire, 7544. 

 Panton House, Lincolnshire, 7o/7. 

 Papaver, poppy, polyan. monog. and papaveracese, 



H. peren. Eur. of easy culture. 

 Papaw-tree, — see Carica. 

 Paper mulberry, morus papyrifera. 

 Papilio, the butterfly, a lepi'dopterous insect, 2251. " 

 Papilio machaon, 6194. 

 Parasitic hardy shrubs, 6538. 



Pai-asitic exotics, their culture and management, 

 6736. 



Parasitic plants, such as root into other living plants, 

 and derive their nourishment from them ; some 

 root into the stem or branches, as viscus, the 

 mistletoe ; others attach themselves to the root, 

 as hypocistus ; some of the cpidendrEe and aeridse 

 will grow either on Hving or dead»trees. 

 Pardanthus, trian. monog. and irideae, a G. peren. 



China, a bulb which may be treated as ixia. 

 Parham, a seat in Sussex, 7531. 

 Pariana, monoec. polyan. and gramineae, a S. tr. 

 j Cayenne, which grows in loam and peat, and cut- 

 j tings root in sand under a bell-glass. 



Parietaria, pellitory, poly, monoec. and urticeee, a S. 

 I peren. and an. and H. peren. Eur. and Indi.i, of 

 : ■ easy culture in light soil. 



I Paris, octan, tetrag, and smilaccte, a H, peren. Brit. 



