Plum blossoms, 157-158. Plume Poppy, 175 _et seq._ Plymouth, Massachusetts, early gardens at, 3. Poet's Narcissus, 318. Pogonia, 247. Poison Ivy, 403. Polling, of trees, 387. Polyantha Rose, 467. Polyanthus, as edging, 62. Pomander, 212. Pomatum, 209-210. Pompeii, standards at, 87 _et seq._ Pond Lily, 345. Pony Roses, 467. Poppies, 163-164, 243-244, 309 _et seq._, 431. Pops, 337. Portable dials, 356-357. Portulaca, 178-179. Potatoes, planted by Raleigh, 230. Potocka, Countess, quoted, 327. Pot-pourri, 471. Preston Garden, 15-16, 18, 24, 101. Prick-song plant. _See_ Lunaria. Primprint. _See_ Privet. Prince Nurseries, 26 _et seq._, 230. Privet, 54, 317, 406, 408. Provence Roses, 459. Prunella, 264-265. Prygmen, 99. Pudding, 304. Pulmonaria, 437-438. Pumps, old, 67-68. Pussy Willows, 155, 247. Puzzle-love, 435. Pyrethrum, 242. _Quabbin_, 419. Queen Anne, hatred of Box, 94. Queen's Maries, bower of, 103. Queen of the Prairies Rose, 468. Quincy, Josiah, 407. Ragged Robin, 291. Ragged Sailors, 265. Rail fences, 399 _et seq._ Railings, 62. Raleigh, Sir Walter, garden of, 230. Rapin, Rene, quoted, 94, 323; on gardens, 227. Red, influence of, 251. Remontant Roses, 468. Rent, of a Rose, 469 _et seq._ _Rescue of an Old Place_, cited, 103, 290. Rhodes, Cecil, garden of, 261. Rhododendrons, 42, 182, 244, 245. Ridgely Garden, 57, 60, 95, 101. Ring dials, 356. Rock Cress. _See_ Arabis. Rocket. _See_ Dames' Rocket. Rose Acacia, 185, 406. Rose Campion, 33, 174, 175. Rose Garden, at Yaddo, 81 _et seq._ Rosemary, 5, 55, 59, 110. Rose of Four Seasons, 467. Rose of Plymouth, 295. Rose Tavern, 470. Rose tobacco, 475. Rose-water, 472. Rossetti, D. G., picture by, 380; quoted, 380. Roxbury Waxwork. _See_ Bittersweet. Rue, 5, 110, 123 _et seq_, 434. Ruskin, John, quoted, 243, 283, 255, 279, 309. Sabbatia, 295. Saffron-tea, 118. Sage, 125 _et seq._ Sag Harbor, sun-dial at, 362. Salpiglossis, 262. Salt Box House, 128. Sand, in parterres, 56, 58. Santolina. _See_ Lavender Cotton. Sapson Apples, 201-202. Sassafras, 343. Satin-flower, 170 _et seq._ Sauce Saracen, 472. Scarlet Lightning, 443. Scilla, 255. Scotch Roses, 48, 464, 469. Scott, Sir Walter, sun-dial of, 219, 377. Scythes, 391. Seeds, sale of, 32 _et seq._ Serpentine Walls, 414. Setwall. _See_ Valerian. Seven Sisters, 435. Seven Sisters Rose, 463. Shade alleys, 59. Shaded Walks, 64. Shakespeare Border, 217 _et seq._ Sheep bones, as edgings, 57-58. Shelley, Garden, 223. Shell flower, 436-437. Shirley Poppies, 255, 312. Simples, 115. Skepes, 354, 391 _et seq._ Slugs, in Box, 95. Smithsonian Institution, sun-dials in, 357-358. Snakeroot, 423-424. Snapdragons, 33, 175. Snowballs, 71.