P. Paddy. See Rice. Paper made from vegetable productions of different kinds, 18, 28, 101, 185, 215, 243 Papyrus, description, preparation, and uses of, 18, 19 Parsley, leaves, roots, and seed, uses of, 82 Parsnips, how cultivated, and uses of, 79 Pawpaw, description and uses of, fruit, bark, leaves, and stem, 266 Peach, fruit, kernels, flowers, and leaves, uses of, 139 Pear, fruit, wood, and leaves, uses of, 146 Pearl barley, how made, and uses of, 28 Peas, cultivation and uses of, 185, 186 ----, everlasting, use of, 186 Pepper, black, how cultivated and prepared for use, 13 ----, white, what it is, and how prepared, 13 ----, uses of, and how adulterated, 14 ----, long, description and uses of, 14, 15 ----, Guinea, description and uses of, 57 Perry, of what made, 147 Peruvian bark, whence obtained, how prepared for, use, and uses of, 45 Petals, 2 Pimento, description and cultivation of, 138, 139 ----, how collected and prepared for use, and uses of, 138 Pine, Weymouth, description and uses of, 235 Pines, fruit, description, history, cultivation, and uses of, 87 Pistil, 2 Pitch, how prepared, and uses of, 234, 235 Plane tree, description and uses of, 230 Plantain tree, description and uses of, 259 Plum, common, description and uses of, 143 ----, French, 44 ----, bullace, fruit, flowers, and wood, uses of, 144 Pomegranate, description and uses of, 141, 142 Pontac wine, 66 Pontefract cakes, how made, and uses of, 187 Poplar, great white, description and uses of, 253, 254 ----, trembling, 254 ----, black, 254 ----, Lombardy or Italian, 255 Poppy, white, description, cultivation, and uses of, 154, 155 Port-wine, 65 Potatoe, roots, stalks, and apples, uses of, 54-56 Pounce, from what prepared, 257 Prunes, 144 Puff-ball, description and use of, 275 Pumpkin or pompion, description and uses of, 208 Q. Quassia, description, history, and uses of, 134, 135 Quince, description and uses of, 149, 150 Quincy berries. See Currants, black.