IN DEX. 



Orange-Pippin, the variety of Apple so deno- 

 minated, improperly named, 145. 



Orange trees trained, in some parts of Devon- 

 shire, against walls in the manner of Peach- 

 trees, 177 ; 243. 



Orchis Papi/ionacea, Pyramidalis, 289. 



Ornamental gardening one of the grand 

 branches of Horticulture, 3. 



Ornithidium Coccineum, 293. 



Ornithog/ossum Glaucwn, 330. 



Otandra Cernua, 298. 



Oxygene Air, its utility in promoting vegeta- 

 tion, 233, &c— By absorbing it, the sap of 

 vegetables becomes saccharine, 234. n. — 

 Applied with success to the roots of Melons, 

 235. 



Padleys Pippin, a new variety of Appl 



scription of, 69. 

 Paleness of Peaches, method 



Palm-i 



utility of 



preventing, 

 preserving its pollen. 



Paludanus, Bernard, sends to Clusius 

 a specimen of the Tuberose, 46, 48. 



Pancratium Maritimum, Tiaraflorum, Fere- 

 cundum, 341, 342. 



Pandanus H ami lis, 265, 266. 



Papas, a tuberous root, used for food by the 

 inhabitants of Quito, 10. 



Pardanthus Chinensis, 313. 



Pakkinson, author of the Paradisus Ter- 

 restris, 23— His account of the Tuberose, 

 46; 48— His figures of that plant badly 

 copied, and his statement inaccurate, 49. — 

 His observation on an old practice of nur- 

 sery-men, 194. 



Passion-flower, particularity attending it, 

 when reared from the seed, 23. 



Patersonia Sericea, 311. 



Peach ; experiments for raising new varieties 

 of that fruit, 38; and 165, fyseq. 



Peaches, grown under glass, void of colour, 

 149.— How to obviate this inconvenience, 

 %b. — The Romans had them in abundance, 



Peach-house, observations on the best method 

 of constructing one, 199, &c. 



Peach-houses, Roman, remarks on, 149- — 

 Constructed also by the English, 150. 



Peach- tree ; hopes entertained of making it 

 produce its fruit without artificial helps, 3. 

 — Mr. Knight's new method of training 

 it, 80, &c. — May be made to bear, when 

 three years old, 161. — Remarks on its lux- 

 uriant shoots, &c. 194, 195.— On the bud- 

 ding of, App. 5. — Management of, in 



P t a> 



178. 



Pears; the gr 

 cated to the Horticultural Society, 226, &c. 

 —The raisin- new varieties of; an object 

 which the Horticultural Society intend to 

 promote by.premiums, App. 2. 

 Pear-tree, not originally a native of Britain, 3. 

 —Naturalized, and prolific in that country, 

 ib.— The time it requires to attain maturity, 

 39 —Observations on grafts from that tree, 

 60.— Remarks on the pruning and draining 

 of standard Pear-trees, 236, &c— How 

 trained by the French, App. 8 . 

 Peche de Vigne, that tree used by the French 



for budding upon, App. 5. 

 Peiresc, the Senator, 46,47. 

 Pelargonium Zonule; Mr. Hill's account of 

 the manner of reviving a plant of that spe- 

 cies by the application of oxygene air to 

 its soil, 233, 234. 

 Peramium Repens, 30\. 

 Petamenes Quadrangularis, 324, 325. 

 Philogyne Calathina, Conspicuu, and Hen* 



natis ; 355, 356, 357- 

 Phylidrum Lanuginosum, 270, 

 Picdu Midi, elevation of thatmountan n, App. 

 18.— Number of species of vegetables found 

 there, 19. . w hen 



Pineapples, conjectures on the time wn 

 they were first grown in England, 150 

 Raised here in greater perfection than 

 Pinc-ltuseZof the English, remarks on, 150. 

 Pitcairnia Sulphurea, 269. pmse lves to 



Plants, their tendency to adapt tl ' el "y 

 the climate in which they are placed, 3. 



