INDEX. vii. 



PAGE 



Ophiopogon spicatum variegatum ... 295 



Opuntia, 42 cochinellifera 302 



,, Ficus indica 302 



Opuntias 302 



Orache, purple, The annual 11 



Orange Ball Tree 392 



family, The .. 237 



,, flower, Mexican, The 37 



Oranges, Mock, The 404 



„ on the terrace walk ... 45 



Orchard houses 529 



,, trees, Pears for 537 



Orchards, Black Currants for ... 537 



Cherries for ... ... 537 



„ Damsons for 537 



„ Gooseberries for 537 



„ Plums for 537 



,, Raspberries for 537 



,, Red Currants for 537 



,, Strawberries for 537 



Orchid Butterfly, The 335 



,, collector, Mr. Gibson 320 



,, ,, Mr. Ure-Skinner ... 320 



1, ,, William Lobb ... 320 



„ culture, Advice to beginners 321 



„ Dove, 323 flowers 319 



,, house, cool, The 337 



,, ,, notes upon the ... 323 

 Odontoglossums for .. 342 

 „ Oncidiums for ... 342 

 ,, houses, Temperatures of ... 338 

 ,, hybridists, Some famous ... 321 

 ,, introductions of Dr. Rox- 

 burgh 320 



Orchids and Admiral Bligh 319 



,, and Messrs. Loddiges ... 320 



, and Mr. Bateman 321 



,, and Sir Joseph Paxton ... 320 



,, cultivation of 323 



„ easily-grown ... 340 



„ epiphytal 320 



„ for cool bouse 342 



,, for intermediate house ... 341 



,, Form of flowers amongst ... 319 



,, hardy, The 123 



,, ,, on rock garden ... 162 



,, History of, notes upon the ... 320 



,, hybridisation of 319 



,, imported, Treatment of ... 340 



,, Importing ... 319 



Mimicry in ... ... ... 319 



„ Moth 323 



„ Rebasketing, 335 Swan ... 324 

 ,, Swan, Species and treat- 

 ment of 328 



,, Winter-flowering 327 



Ornithogalum nutans in the grass ... 221 



,, pyramidale 160 



Ornithogalums, The 124 



Orobus, 124 azureus 167 



,, vernus 167 



Osmanthus 429 



Osinunda palustris ... 362 



regalis 349, 362 



Oswego Tea ... ... 112 



Othonna cheirifolia 4 



Oxalis ... ... 73, 165, 242 



Oxlip 124 



Oxydendron arboreum... ... ... 403 



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 I'M 



548 

 522 

 303 

 576 

 575 

 553 



Pa^onia Moutan 



Pasonies, Herbaceous, for the border 

 ,, The, species and garden 



varieties 



Paeony Moonlight 



Palms, 370 Date, of commerce 

 ,, Large, upon the lawn 



Pancratium illyricum 



,, maritimum 



Pandanus... ... 



Panicum variegatum 



Pansies, show and fancy 



,, tufted, for edgings 



Papaver, 167 nudicaule 



,, orientale 



,, orientale and Monarda 



didyma 



Paraffin emulsion as an insecticide ... 



Pasque Flower, The 



Passiflora, 39 alata, 315 casrulea... 



,, Decaisneana 



„ edulis 



,, kermesina, 315 princeps 

 quadrangulans 



,, racemosa 



Passifloras, greenhouse 



Passion Flowers, 39 greenhouse ... 

 ,, ,, stove 



Paullinia thalictrifolia 



Paulownia imperialis, cutting hard 

 back to get big leaves ... 

 ,, in sub-tropical garden 



Pavia macrostachya 



Paxton, Sir Joseph, and Orchids at 



Chatsworth 



l'ea, Everlasting 



,, The, culture and varieties 

 „ tree, Siberian, 393 weevils 



4 



15S 



124 



125 

 37o 

 4 5 

 7» 

 78 

 368 

 295 

 127 

 92 

 160 

 160 



508 

 7i 

 7 



3i5 

 315 

 315 

 3'5 

 3'6 

 315 

 273 

 3'5 

 315 



320 

 39 

 475 

 502 



Peach, the common 



Peaches 



A succession of 

 ,, for forcing 

 ,, for pots, Varieties of 



,, in pots 



Pear, The 



Prickly, The 



,, saw fly, The ... 499 



,, trees and fungoid attacks ... 512 



,, ,, as cordons for arches ... 518 

 ,, ,, with beautiful floweis for 



a lawn 517 



Pearl Bush, The 397 



Pears, dessert, for little gardens ... 532 



,, for orchard trees 537 



Pelargoniums on terrace wall ... 45 



,, various kinds of ... 52 



Pelican Flower, The 315 



Pelloeas, The 362 



Pentas carnea 309 



Pentstemon, Purple, and Coreopsis 



grandiflora 10 



Pentstemons ... 127, 160, 167 



Peperomias 314 



Pepper Bush, Sweet, The 4 



,, Tree of the United States ... 394 



Pergola, English, An 40 



,, fruit trees on ... ... ... 520 



Pergolas 40 



Peristeria elata 323 



Periwinkle, The ...129,145 



Pernettya mucronata 429 



Persica vulgaris ... 404 



Pescatoreas, choice ... 329 



Pests of kitchen garden 491 



Petunias 245 



Phacelia campanularia ... 18 



Phaius, 323 Culture of 324 



„ grandifolius ... ... . . 320 



Phalasnopsis, 323 Culture of... ... 324 



Phalangium lineare aureo-variegata 



and varieties 295 



,, lineare variegatum in 



room or window ... 589 



Philadelphus grandillorns 4 



,, microphallus 4 



Philadelphuses, The 404 



Phillyrea 430 



Philodendrons ... 314 



Phloxes, alpine, The, 165 Annual ... 27 



,, Dwarf ... ... 129, 167 



,. Herbaceous ... 129, 160 



,, Perennial, in th'? border ... n 



Phoenix dactylifera, 370 reclinata ... 370 



,, rupicola, 370 tenuis... ... 370 



Phormium tenax 3 



,, ,, Colensoi ... ... 295 



,, ,, in the greenhouse 295 

 ,, ,, Veitchi in t h e 



greenhouse ... 295 

 Phormiums, The, in the greenhouse 41, 295 



Phygelius capensis 129 



Phy^elium capensis ... 160 



Phyllanthus 314 



Phyllocactus, 42, 302 speciosiss'mus 302 



Phyllocacti. Varieties of 302 



Phyllostachys Boryana 375 



,, glaucescens ... ... 375 



,, Henonis 375.437 



„ Kumasasa 375.437 



mitis 375, 437 



insra 4,375,437 



Quilioi 437 



,, violescens 437 



,, viridi-glaucescens ... 437 



Phyllotasnium Lindeni ... ... 314 



Physalis Alkekengi, 129 Franchetti.. 129 



Phyteuma comosum ... ... ... 167 



Phytomyza amnis 499 



Picea pungens, 443 True 447 



Picotees, 82, 252 White ground ... 263 



Pieris brassies, 502 Rapi 502 



Pilocereus, The 302 



Pimpernel 26 



Pine, Black or Austrian 447 



,, Chili, The, 443 Cluster, The... 448 



,. Corsican, The, 447 ... ... 447 



,, Stone, The 448 



,, Swiss Stone 447 



,, Weymouth, The 448 



Pines by the sea 433 



,, true, The 447 



Pink, Cheddar, The, 89 Sea 137 



Pinks, 130 alpine 29, 166 



,, annual and biennial 28 



„ White, for edging 92 



Pinus austriaca, 433 family, The ... 447 



,, insignis, 433 Laricio 433 



,, montana, 433 Pinaster ... 433 



,, sylvestris ... 433 



Pitcairnias 309 



Pitcher plants 316 



Pittosporums in variety ... .. 433 



Plane, Oriental, The ... 404 



Plant bugs 499 



Plants, Border selecting positions for 154 



,, Covert, succeeding in shade ... 436 



,, Foliage, for the greenhouse ... 294 



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Plants, for masses of colour 45 



,, Greenhouse and hardy, used in 



rooms 596 



,, ill-health amongst, cause of ... 590 



,, in tubs for terraces 45 



,, Succulent, for the greenhouse 301 



,, Tender, aspect for 41 



,, ,, groups of, upon the lawn 45 



,, ,, in the border 149 



,, used for sub-tropical gardening 54 



,, Window, insects attacking ... 590 



,, window, Watering 589 



Platanus orientalis 404 



Platyceriums, The 362 



Platyclinis filiformis 334 



the spring-flowering ... 334 



Platycodon grandiflorum ... ... 10 



Platycodons, The 130 



Platystemon californicus 18 



Pleiones, culture of 332 



Pleroma 247 



Pleurothallis 338 



Plum, The ... 559 



Plum, Cherry, The varieties and fruit 



of 516 



,, ,, as a deciduous hed^e ... 439 



,, ,, or Myrobalan, The ... 404 



,, Chinese, Forcing 303 



Plumbago capensis 7, 247 



,, ,, and alba 274 



,, Larpentae 130, 267 



,, rosea in stove 309 



Plumbagos '274 



Plums, The 404 



,, for forcing 303 



,, for orchards 537 



„ in pots, 57C Select 533 



Podophyllum Emodi 167 



peltatum 167 



Podophyllums 130 



Poinsettia pulcheri ima 310 



Polemoniums ... ... ... 130, 167 



Polyanthuses, The 130 



Polygala Dalmaisiana 299 



Polygonatums, The 130,167 



,, dwarf 165 



Polygonums 130 



Polypodium calcareum 350 



Polypodiums, The 362 



Polypody, common. The 350 



limestone, The 350 



Poljstichum aculeatum 350 



,, plumose forms 



of the ... 353 



,, angulare 350 



Polystichums, The 362 



Pond Flowers 130 



Pondside or stream, Giant Gunneras by 47 



Ponthieva maculata ... ... ... 338 



Poplars, The 404 



Poppies in variety ... 160 



Poppy, Horned, 15 Mexican 102, 130 



Plume 78, 160 



,, Prickly, 26 Welsh, The ... in 



Populus, species and varieties of ... 404 



Potato, The, 476 disease, The ... 478 



,, seed tubers ... 476 



Potatoes and the disease ... ... 512 



,, Forcing, 487 Lifting 478 



,, Planting 476 



,, Preparing soil for 476 



,, varieties of ... 478 



Potentillas 130, 167 



Pots, old Seakale, value of, for plants 46 



,, Rhubarb, value of. for plants ... 86 



Pratia angulata 167 



Primrose, Bird's-eye 131 



,, Evening 31, 123, 167 



,, Japanese, The 131 



Star, The 248 



Primroses, The ... 131 



Primula cortusoides Sieboldi 247 



,, fioribunda ... 248 



„ stellata 248 



,, verticillata sinensis 248 



Primulas, Alpine, 167 Chinese ... 247 



,, Species and varieties of ... 131 



Privet as a hedge ... 439 



Privets, The 429,436 



Prophet Flower ... 166 



Pioteas, The 248 



Prumnopitys elegans ... 44S 



Prunus Myrobalana as a deciduous 



hedge 439 



,, Pissardi 2,517 



,, ,, and Cornus Sputhi .. 372 



,, sinensis fl. pl ... 2 



,, ,, Forcing ... ... 303 



,, spinosa ■••433, 436 



,, triloba ... ... 2 



Prunuses, The ... 404 



Pseudolarix Kosmpferi 447 



Pterises, The 362 



Puschkinia libanotica compacta ... 132 



Pyracantha, The 7 



Pyrethrum uliginosum 100 



Pyrethrums 132 



Pyrus baccata 405 



Peruses, The 405 



