INDEX. 



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PEARS,, of training Trees that are headed down near to the place where they 

 have been grafted, 100. 



— , — Of the Canker and its Remedy, 101 . 



Shortening the foreright shoots, ibid. 



Of decayed and rotten roots, 102. 



■ Trenching the borders, ibid. 



A remedy for stunted Pears, ibid. 



The distance, at. which Pear-trees should be planted from each others 



103. 



• — Of borders, and the proper depth of mould, 104. 



. How the Trees ought to be treated in a clayey soil, ibid. 



Proper small crops for the borders, ibid* 



PHALEN/E,. how to destroy, 272. 



• See Bombyx. 



POISON, for Vermin. See Rats and Mice. 

 PLUMS,, different sorts .of, 1L 



■ Choice of Trees, management of the Borders, and planting, IS.. 



• — Heading-down, 16. 



■ Distance at which Plum-trees should be planted, ibid. 



• Training, and shortening the leading shoot, ibid. 



■ Preparing Wall-trees for standards, and transplanting them, 17.- 



• Trenching the Borders, 18. 



. Of Standards in Orchards, and Dwarfs in Gardens, ibid. 



■ Of -Cross-rows in Gardens, ibid. 



Of. pruning and restoring old and decayed trees, 19.. 



Of foreright shoots, 20. 



■ — ■ Sheltering from frosts and cold winds, ibid. 



. The Composition ought always to be applied after the knife, 2U- 



. Of thinning the fruit, ibid. 



POTS, number of, in a cast, 113, note. 



QjQINCES, best sort of, for the kitchen garden, 140. 



_ , . Propagation, planting, and pruning of them, 14K 



— . , Rough bark, and bark bound trees, 142. 



— — Should be planted at a. distance from Apples and Pears, ibid. - 



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