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GENERAL INDEX. 



Potentilla anserina, the wild tansy or .soose,grass, 



Poterium, burnet, monoec. polyan. and rosaceae, G. 

 tr. S. Eur. and H. peren. Eur. of com.non cul- 

 ture. 



Poterium sanguisorba, the common burnet, 4072. 

 Pothos, tetran. monog. and aroideae, S. peren. W. 



Ind. and a H. peren. N. Amer. all of which thrive 



well in loamy soil, and are increased by dividing 



the roots, or by seed. 

 Potsdam, gardens of, 208. 

 Powdersham Castle, Devonshire, 7600. 

 Powel, Anthony, Esq. his work on gardening, page 



1107. A.D. 1769. 

 Powerscourt, a seat in Wicklow, 7654. 

 Pow3's Castle, a seat in Montgomeryshire, 7567. 

 Poynton, a seat in Cheshire, 7590. 

 Pozzi, George, his works on the vine, page 1128. 



A.D. 1810. 



Prasium, didyn. gymnos. and labiateae, F. tr. S. Eur. 

 which thrives in light rich soil, and young cut- 

 tings root under a hand-glass. 



Praslin, formerly Vaux le Vicompte and V. le Vil- 

 lars, now Vause Praslin, a seat near Paris, the first 

 attempt of Le Notre's to lay out grounds. 



Freaudeau-Chemilly, E., his works on gardening, 

 page 1120. A. D. 1794. 



Prenanthes, syngen. polyg. aequal. and cichoracese, 

 a F. tr. Barb, and H. peren. and a bien. N. Amer. 

 and Eur. of common culture. 



Preserving vegetables, 2289. 



Preserving vegetables, operation for, 2289. 



Preston Hall, in East Lothian, 7619. 



Prestwood, a seat in Staffordshire, 7570. 



Prestwould Hall, Leicestershire, 7573. 



Price, Uvedale, Esq., his writings on gardening, 

 page 1110. A. D. 1794. 



Prick, or pricker, a small dibber, — see Dibber. 



Pricking, or pricking out, transplanting very young 

 plants or seedlings, with a prick or small dibber. 



Primrose, primula vulgaris, — see Primula. 



Primula, primrose, pentan. monog. and primulaceae, 

 H. peren. Eur. beautiful little plants : the hardier 

 sorts grow in loamy soils in shaded situations, 

 and the alpines thrive best in peat and loam in 

 pots ; all require to be frequently parted and re- 

 planted. 



Primula auricula, the auricula, 6339. 

 Primula elatior, the oxlip, 6403. 

 Primula veris, the cowslip, 6401. 

 Primula vulgaris, the primrose, 6399. 

 Primula vulgaris, var. polyanthus, the polyanthus, 

 6389. 



Prince's feather, araaranthus hypochondriacus. 



Prinos, winter berry, hexan. monog. and rhamneae, 

 F. and H. tr. N. Amer. which grow well in light 

 soil, but prefer peat, and are increased by layers 

 or seeds. 



Priory, a seat in Hampshire, 7594. 



Priory, a seat in Surrey, 7527. 



Priva, didyn. angios. and verbenaceae, S. peren. 

 Mex. and E. Ind. which grow in loam and 

 peat, and cuttings root readily under a hand- 

 glass. 



Privet, — see Ligustrum. 

 Professional police of gardening, 7700. 

 Promenades, public, equestrian, pedestrian, and 



mountain, 7313. to 7322. 

 Pronvitle, Augustus de, his work on gardening, 



page 1122. A. D. 1818. 

 Propagation, different operations for, 1985. 

 Pi^^riety, as a requisite beauty in gardening. 



Props for plants, different kinds of, used in garden- 

 ing, 1517. 



Prosopis, decan. monog. and leguminoseae, a S. tr. 

 E. Ind. a prickly plant of which the pods are 

 eaten as a spice in India ; it grows in loam and 

 peat, and cuttings root in sand under a hand- 

 glass. 



Prospect towers, their use in gardening, 1806. 



Prostanthera, didyn. gymnos. and labiatece, a G. tr. 

 N. S. W. a beautiful plant which thrives in loam 

 and peat, and cuttings root in the same soil under 

 a hand-glass. 



Protea, tetran. monog. and proteaceae, G. tr. C.B.S. 

 magnificent plants which grow best in light turfy 

 loam, with one third fine sand; the pots well 

 drained, and furnished with a stratum of sherds 

 or gravel ; care must be taken not to let the 

 plants droop for want of water, as they will sel- 

 dom recover. Ripened cuttings taken off at a 

 joint, and pared quite smooth, and thinly planted 



in pots of sand, will root under a hand-glass, but 

 not plunged ; damp must be avoided by wiping the 

 glasses frequently. 

 Protecting vegetables, 2206. 



Prunella, self-heal, didyn. gymnos. and labiateae, 

 H. peren. and an. N. Amer. and Eur. which 

 thrive in light rich soil, and are increased by 

 dividing at the root. 



Pruning, origin of, 32. 



Pruning, science of, 2110. 



Prunus, the plum and cherry, icos. di-pentag. and 

 rosaceae, S. G. and F. tr. W. and E. Ind. and H. 

 tr. Eur. and N. Amer. The G. and F. sp. grow in 

 loam and peat, and cuttings root in sand under 

 a hand-glass : the H. sorts grow in any loamy soil, 

 and are increased by all the modes of propagating 

 trees. 



Prunus avium, the gean, 4577. 



Prunus cerasus, the cherry, 4574; cherry-house, 

 2674 ; and to force the cherry, 3117. 



Prunus domestica, the common plum, 4550; to 

 force the plum, 43/0. 



Prunus spinosa, the sloe, 4765 ; P. padus, the bird- 

 cherry, 4766. 



Psiadia, syngen. polyg. necess. and corymbifereae, a 

 S. tr. Maurit. which grows freely in rich light 

 soil, and cuttings wiU root readily under a hand- 

 glass. 



Psidium, guava, icos. monog. and myrteaceae, S. tr. 



W. Ind. grown there for their fruit : here they 



thrive in loam and peat, and ripen fruit readily ; 



they are increased by cuttings in sand under a 



hand-glass, or by layers. 

 Psidium, pyriferum, pomiferum, &c. 5982. 

 Psilotum, cryptog. stachyopt. and lycopodineae, a S. 



peren. W. Ind. a fern which grows in loam and 



peat, and cuttings will root under a hand-glass in 



sand. 



Psoralea diadelph. decan. and leguminoseje, a S. 

 bien. and G. tr. and peren. chiefly C. B. S. which 

 grow freely in loam and peat, and are increased, 

 by cuttings in sand under a bell-glass, or by seeds, 

 which they ripen abundantly. 



Psoralea esculenta, the bread-root, 4333. 6031. 



Psychotria, pentan. monog, and rubiaces, S. tr. W. 

 Ind. which grow in loam and peat, and cuttings 

 root in sand under a hand-glass. 



Pteris, brake, cryptog. filices and filiceee, a S. 

 tr. and peren. W. Ind. G. peren Mad. N. S. W. 

 and H. peren. Brit, and N. Amer. all of easy cul- 

 ture. 



Pterocarpus, diadelph. decan. and leguminoseas, S. 

 tr. E. and W. Ind. which thrive in light loamy 

 soil, and cuttings not deprived of their leaves, root 

 in sand under a hand-glass. 



Pteronia, syngen. polyg. sequal. and cynarocephaleae, 

 G. tr. C. B. S. which thrive in loam and peat, and 

 cuttings root freely under a hand-glass. 



Pterospermum, monad, dodec. and malvaceae, G. tr. 

 E. Ind. which thrive well in light loam, and cut- 

 tings, not deprived of their leaves, root freely in 

 sand under a hand-glass. 



Pterostylis, gynan. monan. and orchideje, a G. 

 peren. N. S. W. which thrives in sandy loam and 

 peat, without much water after it has done flower- 

 ing. 



Pterygodium, gynan. monan. and orchideae, a G. 

 peren. C. B. S. which may be treated as ptero- 

 stylis. 



Puanke-qua, villa of, near Canton, 076. 

 Public gardens, to lay out, 7312. 

 Public laws relative to gardening, 7700. 

 Public parks, their formation, 7313; management, 

 7492. 



Public squares, their formation, 7319; manage- 

 ment, 7491. 

 Puccoon, sanguinaria canadensis. 

 Puddling or mudding the roots of plants, 6849. 

 Puddling to hold v;ater, 1719. 

 Pulhawa, a seat near Lublin, in Poland, 283. 

 Pullein, Samuel, M. A., his work on gardening, page 

 - 1105. A. D. 1760. 



Pulmonaria, lungwort, pentan. monog. and bora- 

 gineae, H. peren. Eur. and N. Amer. of easy cul- 

 ture in light soil. 



Pulsatilla, pasque flower, polyan. polyg. and ranun- 

 culaceas, H. peren. Eur. which grow best in light 

 sandy soil, and may be increased by division at 

 the root. 



Pultensa, decan. monog. and leguminoseae, S. tr. 

 Austral, which grow in sandy loam and peat, 

 and cuttings root readily under a boll-gl.iss in 

 sand. 



