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The two principal modes of their propaga- 

 tion, 4. — Remarks on manuring them, 6. 

 —Hints for inuring tender plants to the 

 climate of Englan I, 21, he — Aided in 

 their progress towards maturity by warmth 

 of soil and c'imate, 33 — Remarks on their 

 sexual intercourse, 105. — Annual and peren- 

 nial, their different habits, and how far 

 adapted by nature to elevated regions, re- 

 marks on, App. )S. 



Pliny's account of Tiberius's culture of 

 the Cucumber, 148— His character of the 

 Apricot, 152 ; and mention of a Mulberry 

 growing on a brier, ib. 



Plumier, Father, his account of the early 

 state of i he Tuberose, 46 — First discovered 

 the Mvrobroma Fragrans, 295. 



Plums, the numerous varieties of, derived from 

 the Sloe, 2; 2'). — Many varieties possessed 

 by the Romans. 153 —Account of a xu vv 

 variety, calbd C..e\s Colder, D,op, 182, 



S. Hi. 



gth of time it requires to 

 attain maturity, 39.— Mr. Knight's ex- 

 periment on one, 248, 249. 

 Plumule (the), in what rcp-a different from 



the buds of the parent-plant, "I?. 

 Foiteau and Turpi n, Messrs. their magni- 

 ficent work on Fruit-trees, 230.— Their 

 description of the Red Doyenne Pear, 231. 

 Pole, Cardinal, said to have ' 



thb 



i the 



Archbishop's garden 

 Polianthes Tuberosa, or Tuberose; Mr. Salis- 

 bury's observations on the cultivation of, 

 41, &c. — Its botanical description and fi- 

 gure, 42, &c. 

 Pol/en of one plant imbibed by the stigma of 

 another, consequences of, 105.— Utility of 



nig 



another, ib. and 10(3 — How distributed in 

 Cherry-houses, 151. — A new variety of 

 Pear raised by introducing the pollen of the 

 St. Germain into the blossoms of the Ber- 

 gamot, 180, 181. 

 Polyanthus JVarcissus, cultivated iti large 



quantities by Mr. Daniel Carter, 362. 

 Potatoe {Solatium Tuberosum), brought to 



England by the colonists sent out by Sir 

 Walter Raleigh, 8. — Introduced into 

 Ireland by Sir Robert SouTHWELL'sgrand- 

 father, Q. — Was at first eaten as a delicate 

 dish, ib. — Brought into Europe originally 

 from South America, 10.— Various opinion- 

 respecting the first discoverer of it, ib. and 



11. 



-Ob . 



early varieties of it, 57, 8tc— Method for 

 preventing the roots from becoming tube- 

 rous, 58.~Mr. Knight's observations on 

 the culture, &c. of Potatoes, 187, fee- 

 produce them without blossoms, 



188 Cal 



of iia 



■it of s 



; best method of fo 

 ■ ly 



, 249, 250. The 



lote by premiums, App. 1, 2. 

 Sweet ; used in England prior to the 



unorantly attributed to it, ib.— Mc- 

 t planting it in France, App. o.— 

 ons for digging it up, and tor keep- 



alled Libralia by the Romans, 

 ? iven by 



ticultural Society to persons producing new 

 varieties of fruit, 4, 5. 

 Vttnc supposed to be the same fruit as the 



JDamascena of the Romans, 153 

 tuning, injurious to young trees raised from 

 the seeds, 39-— Remarks concerning the 

 best method of pruning the Peach-tree, 

 81, 82*. — Effects of injudicious pruning ot 



