INDEX. 



769 



Oatlands, the grotto at, 706. 



Octagon, to construct a, on the ground, 720. 



Oldacre, Mr, form of hot-air flue proposed by, 

 146 — introduction and description of the Ger- 

 man mushroom-house by, 466. 



Orange boxes, examples of, 399. 



Orange tree, mode of treatment of the, in Eng- 

 land and on the Continent, 401. 



Orangeries, construction of, 399 — boxes for the 

 trees, &c, ib. 400 — those on the Continent 

 and in England, 400 — and treatment of the 

 trees in the two, 401 — example of one, ib. — 

 various old ones, 402 — proper form, &c. for 

 them, ib. 



Orchid-houses, construction of, 405 — that of 

 Mrs Lawrence, ib. — that of Mr Rucker, ib. — 

 those at Dalkeith palace, ib. — that at Kew 

 garden, 408 — that of Messrs Booth at Ham- 

 burg, 409 — that of Mr Lyons, 410 — those of 

 the Belfast botanic garden, 411. 



Orchids, increasing taste for, 405. 



Orontes, the grove of, 1. 



Oropholite cement, 567. 



Oval, to describe an, 721. 



Oxford, walls at the botanic garden of, 93. 



Oxfordshire, geometrical flower-garden in, 622, 

 and Plate xxxi. 



Oxidation, prevention of, in hot- water pipes, 

 241. 



Painshill, conservatory at, 371 — grotto at, 706. 



Painting, specifications as to the expense of, in 

 different localities, 748. 



Painting and paints, various kinds of, &c, 562 

 — Carson's anti-corrosion, ib. — Todd's patent 

 protoxide, ib. — gas liquor, coal tar, &c, ib. — 

 spirit of tar, ib. — Mulgrave's cement, ib. — 

 Smith's economical paint, ib. — common anti- 

 corrosion, ib. — Zeno's anti-corrosion, 563 — 

 black, ib. — green, ib. — white-lead, ib. — new 

 white, 464 — graining, ib. — spelter or white 

 zinc, ib. — Fleming's, ib. — metallic, ib. 



Palm-stove, the Kew, construction of, 119, and 

 Plate xiv. 



Panopticon flower-garden, a, 575. 



Pantheon porte-fleur, the, 630. 



Paquet, M., on window gardening, with ex- 

 amples, 421. 



Parapets, construction of, with tiles, for gar- 

 deners' houses, 480, 481 — various designs for 

 them in gardens, 646. 



Parker's cement, 565. 



Parterre, origin of the term, 609. 



Parterres, designs for, suited to the geometrical 

 style, 623 et seq. — forms of, adapted to the 

 picturesque, 698 — examples of them, 699. 



Pasley, T. S., on hot-air stoves, 227. 



Patrick's mushroom-house, 469. 



Patton, G., Esq., his pinetum, 587. 



Paul, Messrs, work on the rose-garden by, 665, 

 666. 



Pavement, employment of, for the copings of 

 walls, 70 — mode of constructing walls of 

 it, 96 — imitation of tesselated, 480 — employ- 

 ment of it for the construction of water-tanks, 

 519, 521— best kinds, &c. of it for footpaths, 

 560 — employment of it for constructing 

 edgings in flower-gardens, 590 — prices of dif- 

 ferent kinds of, 744. 

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Paxton, Sir Joseph, on conservative walls, 101 

 — ridge-and-furrow roofed greenhouses first 

 erected by, 109 — on the ridge-and-furrow 

 roof, 115, 116 — on the proper angle of eleva- 

 tion for hothouses, 135 — on Cruickshanks' 

 mode of heating, 164 — the large conservatory 

 at Chatsworth built by him, 374 — ridge-and- 

 furrow greenhouse at Chatsworth erected by 

 him, 395 — on ridge-and-furrow roofed pits 

 and their construction, 457 — melon-house 

 designed by him, 462 — the form of sash-bar 

 used by him, 544, 547 — and of gutter, 549— 

 on the geometrical flower-garden, with ex- 

 amples, 611 — rockwork at Chatsworth con- 

 structed by him, 701. 



Peach-houses, the construction of, 346 — the 

 ordinary form, ib. — the Dutch, 347 — the 

 Danish, ib. — the Scotch, 348 — Atkinson's, ib. 

 Nicol's, 349 — Loudon's, ib. — the Dalkeith, ib. 

 — the „Nuthill, 351 — a span-roofed one, ib. 

 — Crosskill's, 352 — Fleming's at Trentham, 

 353. 



Pearson, Mr, on the preservation of ice in 



stacks, 502. 

 Pedestals for the flower-garden, on, 650. 

 Pellatt, Mr, introduction of corroboranted glass 



by, 537. 



Pelvilain's pine pits, description of, 448. 

 Penn's system of hot- water heating, 173. 

 Pentagon, to construct a, 720. 

 Perceval, Mr, on the angle of elevation for hot- 

 houses, 138. 



Perkins' coil system of hot-water heating, iden- 

 tity of the Roman dracones with, 153 — de- 

 scription of it, 157 et seq. 



Perspiration of plants, the, 273. 



Peterhoff fountain, height of the, 636. 



Petworth gardens, size of, 12. 



Pictorial-gardenesque style in flower-garden- 

 ing, the, 573, 577. 



Picturesque, definition of the term, 693. 



Picturesque flower-garden, general arrangement 

 of the, 693 — divisions of it, ib. — definition of 

 its name, ib. — example of it, 694 — partial ad- 

 mission of the architectural style along with 

 it, 695 — the rough and trivial varieties of it, 

 696 — the arrangement, direction, &c. of the 

 walks in it, ib. — general character of the 

 ground required in it, 697 — character of the 

 trees, shrubs, &c, and style of planting 

 suited to it, 698 — example of the refined 

 style of it, ib., and Plate xxxiii — on the intro- 

 duction of artificial decorations into it, 698 — 

 style of house which it suits, 699 — various 

 examples of it, ib. — the construction, &c. of 

 rockwork in it, 701 — hermitages, arbours, 

 moss-houses and seats, 705 — bridges adapted 

 to it, 713 — the employment, &c. of rills, 

 rivulets, and cascades in connection with it, 

 715 — rustic fences suited to it, 717. 



Picturesque style of flower- gardening, definition 

 of the, and subdivisions of it, 573 — style of 

 planting suited to it, 581. 



Piered walls, construction of, 93. 



Pillans' hive, 529. 



Pine apple, first fruiting of the, in Great Bri- 

 tain, 7. 

 Pine or melon pit, a, 458. 

 Pine pits, see Pits. 



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