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INDEX. 



Pelargonium, list of, 246 

 Pentstemon, 17 

 Pereskia, 154 

 Periploca, 82 

 Periwinkle, 28 

 Persea, 165 

 Petunia, 27 

 Phaseolus, 247 

 Phlox, 27, 42 

 Phoenix, 169, 247 

 Phormium, 247 

 Photinia, 224 

 Phrynium, 142 

 Phylica, 247 

 Physic nut, 163 

 Pimelea, 247 

 Pimenta, 167 



Pinks, 17, 3S, 47, 88, 108, 109 

 Pinus, 94 

 Pistacia, 248 

 Pitcher plant, 167 

 Pittosporum, 248 

 Plantain tree, 167 

 Platylobium, 248 

 Plumbago, 43, 169, 248 

 Plumeria, 169 

 Podalyria, 248 

 Poinsettia, 170 

 Poivrea, 156 

 Polianthes tuberosa, 89 

 Polyanthus, 17, 88, 106 



character of a, 89 



Polyspora, 170 

 Pomegranate, 262 

 Potentilla, 43 

 Portulaca, 27 

 Primrose, 43, 48, 88, 106 

 Primula, 43, 282 

 Prince's feather, 29 

 Protea, 239, 248 

 Pruning, 18, 19 

 Pterospermum, 170 

 Pultenea, 249 

 Pyrus, 121 



Queen Margaret, 26 



plant, 171, 252 



stock, 41 



Ragged Robin, 41 



Ranunculus, 17, 49, 87, 105, 107 



character of a, 87 



Red cedar, 94 



spider, 137 



Renanthera, 184 



Reseda, 31 

 Rhapis, 170 

 Rhododendron, 249 

 Rhodochiton, 249 

 Rhus, 19 

 Richardia, 273 

 Rhipidodendron, 267 

 Robinia, 19 

 Rochea, 224 

 Rocket larkspur, 30 

 Rock rose, 221 

 Roella, 250 

 Rondeletia, 171 



Rooms, treatment of plants in, 287 

 Rose campion, 33 



tree, 249 



Pvoses budding, 110 

 , Chinese or Bengal, ever- 

 blooming, 66 



, climbing, 53, 75 



, daily, 66 



, hardy garden, list of, 49 



, hybrid Chinese, list of, 59 



, hybrid perpetual, 63 



, I'Isle de Bourbon, 65 



, microphylla, 78 



, musk-scented, 74 



, noisette, 72 



odorata or tea, 69 



, of grafting, 64 



, perpetual, 61 



, striped, list of, 61 



Rubus, 301 

 Ruellia, 171 

 Russelia, 171 



Sage, 250 

 Sago palm, 171 

 Sagus, 171 

 Salpiglossis, 27 

 Salvia, 250 

 Saponaria, 44 

 Saxifraga, 44 

 Scabiosa, 34 

 Schizanthus, 28 

 Scottia, 251 

 Screw pine, 168 

 Senecio, 251 

 Sensitive plant, 27 

 Shrubs, of planting, 21 

 Shortia, 28 

 Silene, 44 

 Silk vine, 82 

 Silver tree, 239 

 Snail flower, 247 



