An encyclopaedia of gardening. Comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles / By J.C. Loudon. Illustrated with many hundred engravings on wood by Branston.

  • John Claudius Loudon
Date:
1825
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Credit: An encyclopaedia of gardening. Comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles / By J.C. Loudon. Illustrated with many hundred engravings on wood by Branston. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    other plants. The common broom-rape, an. major, may be sown or planted at tlufVoot of the common broom, spartium, and the others at the roots of such plants as they are seen to affect in their wild state. Orobus, bitter vetch, diadel. decan. and legumi- nosese, H. peren. Eur. of easy culture. Orobus tuberosus, the tuberous-rooted bitter vetch, 4302. Orontium, hexan, monog. and aroideae, H. peren. Amer. and Japan, which grow in light sandy soil, and are increased by division at the root. Orpine, —see Telephium. Ortegia, trian. monog. and caryophylleae, H. peren. Eur. which thrive in light rich soil, and cuttings root freely under a hand-glass. Orthopogon, trian. dig. and gramineee, a S. tr. W. Ind. of common culture. Oryza, rice, hexan. dig. and graminese, a S. an. Ethiopia, of easy culture as a marsh plant. Osbaston, a seat in Derbyshire, 7574. Osbeck, P. A. Toreen, and Captain Eckeberg, their voyage to China, page 1130. A. D. 1771. Osbeckia, octan. monog. and melastomeae, a S. bien. Ceylon, of common culture. Osier, — see Salix. Osmites, syngen. polyg. frustran. and corymbifereae, a G. tr. C. B. S. which grows well in light rich soil, and cuttings root freely under a hand¬ glass. Osmunda, cryptog. schismatopterides and Alice®, H.peren. Amer. Brit, and C. B. S. ferns of common culture, 1678. Ossevfelder, H. A., his works on gardening, page 1124. A. D. 1771. Ossington Hall, Nottinghamshire, 7576. Osten, Van, his works on gardening, page 1129. A.D. 1703. Osteospermum, syngen. polyg. necess. and corym¬ bifereae, G. tr. C. B. S. which may be treated as osmides. Osterton House, Nottinghamshire, 7576. Ostrya, hop-hornbeam, monoec. polyan. and amen- taceae, H. tr. Italy and N. Amer. which grow in any soil, and are increased by seeds or lay¬ ers. Oswego tea, — see Monarda. Osyris, poet’s cassia, dicec. trian. and santalaceae, a G. tr. S.‘ Eur. which thrives in loam and peat, and ripened cuttings will root in sand under a hand¬ glass. Otaheite chestnut, inocarpus edulis. Otaheite myrtle, securinega nitida. Othonna, ragwort, syngen. polyg. necess. and corym¬ bifereae, G. and F. tr. and peren. C. B. S. which grow in any light, rich soil, and cuttings root freely under a hand-glass. Otto, Frederick, C. M. H. S., inspector of the botanic garden, Berlin, 219. Owston, a seat in Yorkshire, 7582. Ox-eye,—see Buphthalmum. Ox-eye daisy, chrysanthemum leucanthemum. Ox-lip, — see Primula. Ox-tongue, — see Picris. Oxalis, wood-sorrel, decandr. pentagyn. and gerani- aceae, G. and H. peren. C. B. S. bulbs of easy culture. Oxalis acetosella, the common wood-sorrel, 4075. Oxford botanic garden, 7557. Oxfordshire, gardens and residences of, 7558. Oxvanthus, pentan. monog. and rubiaceae, a S. tr. Sierra Leone, which thrives well in sandy loam and peat, and cuttings root in sand under a hand¬ glass. Oxybaphus, umbrella-wort, triand. monogyn. and nyctaginege, S. peren. and an. S. Amer. which grow in loam and peat, and are increased by young cuttings under a bell-glass in sand. Oxycoccus, cranberry, octan. monog. and ericege, a S. tr. and H. tr. Eur. and Amer. which require a peat soil, and moist situation. Oxycoccus macrocarpus and palustris, 4708. Oxylobium, decan. monog. and leguminoseae, G. tr. Austral, which grow in sandy loam and peat, and young cuttings root in sand under a hand¬ glass. Oxystelma, pentandria digynia and asclepiadege, a S. peren. E. Ind. which thrives well in loam and peat, and cuttings root freely in sand under a hand-glass. Oxytropis, diadel. decan. and leguminoscgc, FI. peren. and an. Eur. which prefer a light sandy P. Pachysandra, monoec. tetran. and euphorbiace H. peren. N. Amer. which succeeds well in common light soil, and increases freely by sue from the roots. Packbush, S. T., his works on gardening, page ] A. D. 1695. Packenham Hall, a seat in Westmeath, 7662. Paddock, puddock, or purrock, a country t< originally applied to a small space enclosei pales from a park, for hounds to run matche now generally applied to the small grass enclos commonly attached to a park, or kept in the h of the resident on the demesne. Pgederia, pentan. monog. and rubiaceae, a D. ! China, a climber which thrives in loam and j and cuttings root readily. Pgeonia, pgeony, polyan. dig. and ranunculaceae Chinese tree-paeony, a F. tr. China, with nui ous varieties, thrives in any rich, light soil; ripened cuttings slipped off, and planted in ground in a shady place, without cover, will freely. The H. peren. Eur. requires a deep, loamy soil, — see 1639. Pgeony, — see Pgeonia. Pain’s Hill, a seat in Surrey, 7527. Paisley manufacturers, their gardens and flo meetings, &c., 7628. Palavia, monad, polyan. and malvacege, a H Peru, of common culture. Palisade (palissade, Fr.), any fence of pales, a pal the term is generally used when an ornami paling is intended. Palissy, Bernard de, a French author on gardei page 1115. A. D. 1563. Pallasia, syngen. poly, frustran. and corymbife a G. tr. Peru, which thrives in any rich, soil, and cuttings root freely under a hand-gl Palma Christi, — see Ricinus. Panax, polyg. dicec. and araleae, S. tr. Amer. China, which thrive well in light loam, and tings root readily in sand under a hand-glass H. peren. grow in similar soil, and are inert by seeds, or dividing at the root. Pancratium, hexan. monog. and amaryllide; and G. peren. and H. peren. Eur. Amer. and I which grow in light loam and vegetable mi with little water when not in a growing s They are increased by seeds and suckers. Pandanus, screw-pine, dicec. monan. and pane cege, S. tr. Ind. and N. S. W. which thri\ loamy soil; but rarely produce growths w admit of removal for propagation. Panic-grass, — see Panicum. Panicum, panic-grass, trian. dig. and gramine tr. and bien. and H. peren. and an. Ind. A and Eur. grasses of common culture. Pannage, a law term signifying the feed w swine or cattle may derive from the mast, ac or herbage of woods. Panning, forming a pan or saucer-like hollow n newly planted trees, to receive and retain w 2098. Panshanger, a seat in Hertfordshire, 7544. Panton House, Lincolnshire, 7577. Papaver, poppy, polyan. monog. and papaven H. peren. Eur. of easy culture. Papaw-tree, — see Carica. Paper mulberry, morus papyrifera. Papilio, the butterfly, a lepidopterous insect, 2! Papilio machaon, 6194. Parasitic hardy shrubs, 6588. Parasitic exotics, their culture and manager 6736. Parasitic plants, such as root into other living pi and derive their nourishment from them ; root into the stem or branches, as viscus. mistletoe; others attach themselves to the as hypocistus ; some of the epidendrae and at will grow either on living or dead trees. Pardanthus, trian. monog. and iridese, a G. p China, a bulb which may be treated as ixia. Parham, a seat in Sussex, 7531. Pariana, monoec. polyan. and gramineae, a Cayenne, which grows in loam and peat, and tings root in sand under a bell-glass. Parietaria, pellitory, poly, monoec. and urticese peren. and an. and H. peren. Eur. and Indi easy culture in light soil.