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properties of certain, ii. 79 ; 
sleep of, ii. 80 ; effects of heat and 
moisture upon, ii. 113; natural 
decay of, ii. 47 ; dry stove, ii. 
53 ; damp stove, ii. 54 ; propa- 
gation of stove species, ii. 55 ; 
suitable for grouping in the 
flower-garden, ii. 108 ; planted 
out with a view to endure the 
open air, iv. 120 ; in pots, and 
management of cuttings, iv. 225; 
influence of climate upon, v. 
110, 131, 155, 179, 293 ; im- 
portance of studying the natural 
habits of, iv. Ill; effects of 
sudden exposure on exotic, v. 
203 ; elements of, viii. 55 ; their 
influence on animal life, viii. 
106 ; nourished chiefly through 
the atmosphere, viii. 129 ; in 
frames, management of, ix. 23 ; 
for flower-beds, xi. 157, 182 ; 
attention to trifles in the culture 
of, xi. 256, 260 ; in drawing- 
rooms and plant-cases, xii. 108 ; 
suitable for rockwork in stoves, 
&c, xii. 131 ; in what the ashes 
of consist, xii. 204 ; injured 
from their pots being exposed to 
bright sun, xii. 136; to obviate, 
xii. 137 ; value of moist atmo- 
sphere for, xii. 81 ; separate 
structures for different, xii. 161; 
utility of, xii. 162 ; greenhouse, 
description of pit for, xii. 162 ; 
growing on the conservative 
wall at Chatsworth, list of, xii. 
63 ; additional recommended, 
xii. 64 ; a consideration of grow- 
ing in pots, xiii. 37 ; stimulants 
to the better cultivation of, xiii. 
37 ; evils preventing the proper 
management of, xiii. 38 ; points 
necessary to attend to in ma- 
naging well, xiii. 39 ; diseases 
and affections of, xiii. 201 ; 
greenhouse, on planting in the 
open ground in summer, xiii. 
221 ; parasitic diseases of, xiii. 
225 ; various, constitutionally 
liable to disease, xii. 226 ; pecu- 
liarities of, xiii. 225 ; putting 
tender in the open ground in 
spring ought to be practised, 
xiii. 191 ; fine, xiv. 165 ; habits 
of, xiv. 229, 232 ; hard- wooded, 
xiv. 232 ; list of tender ones 
which have borne the open 
air, xiv. 36 ; profuse flowering 
of, xiv. 113 ; winter-blooming, 
xiv. 131 ; repose of, xiv. 233, 
251 ; exposure of, xiv. 177 ; 
hardy herbaceous, xv. 232 
Platanus-leaved Begonia, iii. 125 
Platycodon grandiflorus, vi. 166, 
xiii. 7 ; parviflorum, xi. 219 ; 
formosum, xiii. 195 
Platystemon californicum, iv. 136, 
189, v. 141, vii. 118 ; leiocar- 
pum, vi. 211 
Platystigma lineare, iv. 1 1 5 
Pleasure grounds, greenhouse 
climbing plants as summer or- 
naments to, vi. 1 72 ; description 
of at Dropmore, xiii. 108 
Pleasures of gardening, v. 153 
Plectranthera ciliosa, xi. 3 
Pleroma elegans, xiii. 190, 237; 
Benthamiana, x. 93, xi. 238 ; 
petiolata, xi. 267 ; Benthamiana, 
xii. 125 ; Mr. Kunth's, xii. 125; 
Kunthiana, xii. 125 ; elegans, 
xiv. 215, xv. 27 
Pleurothallis saurocephala, iv. 164 ; 
recurva, xi. 142 ; bicarinata, 
xii. 45 
Plumbago zeylanica, xiii. 93 ; Lar- 
pentse, xiv. 271, xv. 260 ; new 
species, xiv. 21, 239 
Plumiera rubra, ii. 114 ; acumi- 
nata, ix. 165 
Plumule, constituents of the, vii. 
259 
Plum, Hog, xv. 40 ; Zanzee, xv. 
41 ; Oghigee, xv. 41 ; Bourbon, 
xv. 41 ; Java, xv. 42 
Podolobium, ii. 85, 87 ; stauro- 
phyllum, iv. 171; berberifolium, 
ix. 118 
Podotheca gnaphalioides, ix. 21 
Pogogyne multiflora, xv. 118 
Pogonia, ii. 160, 184 
Poinciana Giliiesii, ii. ; pulcher- 
rima, iii. 3 ; Giliiesii, x. 94 ; pul- 
cherrima, xiv. 1 34 
Poinsettia pulcherrima, iii. 163, 
165, iv. 97, xiv. 134 
Poiretia linearis, xii. 75 
Poison bulb, i. 164 ; effects of poi- 
sons on plants, i. 31 
Poles recommended for supporting 
roses and other hardy climbing 
plants, vi. 13 ; ix. 114 
Polianthes tuberosa, i. 166 
Pollen, consistence of, vii. 233 
Polmaise heating, xiv. 79, 82 
Polyanthus, general culture of, i. 
108 ; selection of choice ones, i. 
Ill; ii. 120; Fletcher's Defiance, 
iii. 143 ; tuberosa, var. flora 
pleno, iii. 168, 264 ; seed to be 
sown, iv. 48 ; potted, iv. 96, 120 
Polygala myrtifolia, var. grandi- 
flora, iv. 260 ; chamaebuxus, a 
winter garden plant, xi. 253 
Polygonum acutatum, xiii. 115 ; 
cymosum, xiii. 115; amplexi- 
caule, vi. 186 
Polypetalse, chief characteristics 
of, vii. 231 
Polystachya bracteosa, xii. 117 ; 
reflexa, viii. 142 
Pomacese, ii. 208 
Pomegranates, culture of, i. 64 ; 
causes of barrenness, i. 64 ; his- 
tory and introduction of, i. 64 ; 
pruning, i. 65 ; grafting, i. 65 ; 
ii. 24, 120, 168, xiv. 34 
Ponceletia, culture of the genus, i. 
53 
Ponthiera, ii. 184 
Porana volubilis, ii. 109 
Porcupine Cactus, glaucous sweet- 
scented, v. 1 38 
Pores, nature and offices of vege- 
table, vi. 85 
Porosity of wood, ii. 22 
Porous plants require little light, 
v. 113 
Porphyrocome lanceolata, xii. 94, 
189, xiv. 53 
Port Famine Fuchsia, iii. 165 
Portugal Laurels, standard, viii. 58 
Portulaca Giliiesii, iii. 192 ; Thel- 
lusonii, vii. 140 ; cultivating the 
species of, vii. 258 ; Thellusonii, 
viii. 29 ; in the open ground, the 
greenhouse, and the stove, viii. 
30 ; splendens, x. 166, 263 
Posoqueria versicolor, viii. 117 
Potash, properties of, xi. 228 ; the 
grand agent in vegetable nutri- 
tion, viii. 154 
Potentilla, culture of the genus, i. 
170 ; atro-sanguinea, hybrid 
Russelliana, iii. 70 ; Thomasii, 
iv. 41, 211; Hopwoodiana, iv. 
211 ; formosa, iv. 191 ; Garne- 
riana, iv. 165 ; ferruginea, v. 
223 ; glabra, v. 209 ; Tonguii, 
v. 187 ; Hopwoodiana, vi. 149, 
xv. 233 ; insignis, viii. 164 ; new 
varieties of, x. 262 ; bicolor, xii. 
261; Macnabiana, xiii. 190,219, 
xv. 233 ; Menziesii, xv. 240, 247 
Pots, improved kind of, v. 177 ; 
those employed by nurserymen 
usually too small, v. 184 ; for 
early crocuses and bulbs, viii. 
17 ; shallow ones most desirable, 
ix. 253 ; for plants, improved 
forms of, x. 42, 89 ; Brown's 
patent, x. 42 ; Hunt's patent, x. 
90 
Potting plants, soils used by nur- 
serymen in, v. 183 ; important 
principles to be attended to in, 
v. 208, vii. 34, 47 ; proper sea- 
.son for, vi. 71; the habits of 
plants to regulate the manner of, 
viii. 49 ; time for a general, viii. 
47, 71 ; suggestions for, ix. 24, 
47, 235 ; remarks on a novel 
method of, x. 12, 36, 84, 108 ; 
hints about, x. 48 ; the advan- 
tages of early attention to, xi. 46 
Pott's Chinese Pseony, iii. 262 
Poupartia, xi. 41; Borbonica, dul- 
cis, mangifera, xv. 42 
Pourretia cserulea, vii. 42 
Power of soils, to absorb water 
from, iv. 1 1 
Pratia, xv. 1 2 
Precocious developments, necessity 
for checking, viii. 191, 239 
Premature development in plants, 
modes of remedying, x. 23 
Prepusa Hookeriana, viii. 261 
Preservation of flower - garden 
plants in winter, xiii. 181 ; ob- 
