INDEX. 25r 



PEACHES, sorts for North and East aspects, ibid. 



PEARS, dIfFerent sorts of, 53. 



Choice of trees, and planting, 62. 

 Pruning, ibid. 



Cankery trees, how to treat, 63. 



Experiments on unfruitful, old, and decayed trees, ibid. 



A comparative statement of the produce of trees, by the old and new 



way of pruning and training, ibid. 

 Description of an old Beurre Pear-Tree restored from li inch of sound 



bark, 65. 



Of training trees that are headed down near to the place where they 

 have been grafted, ibid. 



Of the Canker and its remedy, 66. 



Shortening the fore-right shoots, ibid. 



Of decayed and rotten roots, 67. 



Trenching the borders, ibid. 



The proper depth of mould, ibid. 



How the trees ought to be treated in a clayey soil, ibid. 



Proper small crops for winter and spring, ibid. 

 PHALENi^:, how to destroy, 183. 



See BoMSYx, 1.84. 

 POISON, for Vermin. See Rats and Mice. 



PLUMS, different sorts of, 7. 



Choice of Trees, management of the Borders, and Planting, 9- 

 Head-down, 10. 



Distance at which Plum-Trees should be planted, ibid. 

 Training, and shortening the leading shoot, ibid. 

 Preparing Wall-Trees for Standards, and transplanting them, ibid. 

 Trenching the Borders, 11. 



Of Standards in Orchards, and Dwarfs in Gardens, ibid. 



Of Cross-rows in Gardens, ibid. 



Of pruning and restoring old and decayed trees, 12- 



Of fore-right shoots, 13. 



Sheltering from frosts and cold winds, ibid. 



The Composition ought always to be applied after the knife, 13. 



Of thinning the fruit, ibid. 



Q: 



QUINCES, best sort of, for the kitchen garden, 91. 



Propagation, planting, and pruning of them, ibid. 



Rough bark, and bark bound trees, 92. 



Should be planted at a distance from apples and pears, ibid. 



