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Spain; 182 1. P. uiollis (soft); 18 inches; flowers purple, iu 

 May : Siberia. P. officinalis (shop) ; 3 feet ; flowers red, in 

 May ; Europe ; 1548. P. officinalis albicans (whitening) ; 3 feet ; 

 flowers white; in May. P. officinalis anenioniflora (anemone- 

 flowered) ; 3 feet; flowers pink, in May; 1830. P. officinalis 

 Baxteri (Baxter's) ; 3 feet ; flowers crimson ; Oxford. P. offici- 

 nalis blaiida (bland) ; 3 feet ; flowers white, in May. P. offici- 

 7ialis cancscens (hoary) ; 3 feet ; flowers white, in May. P. offi- 

 cinalis mnltipctala (many-petaled) ; 3 feet ; flowers crimson, in 

 May. P. officinalis rosea (rosy) ; 3 feet ; flowers red, in May. 

 P. officinalis I'ltbra (double-red) ; 3 feet ; flowers red, in May. 

 P. officinalis variegata (variegated-leaved) ; 3 feet ; flowers crim- 

 son, in June. P. paradoxa (paradoxical) ; 2 feet ; flowers pur- 

 ple, in May; Levant. P. paradoxa cojnpacta (compact) ; 2 feet ; 

 flowers purple, in May. P. paradoxa finibriata (double-fringed) ; 



2 feet ; flowers purple, in May. P. paradoxa Grevillii (Gre- 

 ville's) ; 2 feet; flowers purple, in May. P . paradoxa peregrina 

 (straggling) ; 2 feet ; flowers dark-purple, in May. P. pnbens 

 (downy) ; 2 feet ; flowers red, in May. P. Reevesiana (Reeves's) 



3 feet; flowers crimson, in May; China. P. Rnssi (Russ's); 

 2 feet ; flowers crimson, in May ; Sicily. P. simplicijlora (sim- 

 ple-flowered) ; flowers red, in May ; Levant. P. tenuifolia 

 (fme-leaved) ; 18 inches; flowers red, in May; Siberia; 1765. 

 P. tenuifolia flo/'e-p!eno (double-flowered); i8 inches; flowers 

 red, in May; Russia; 1831. P. tenuifolia latifolia (broad- 

 leaved) ; 2 feet ; flowers crimson, in June. P. triternata (thrice- 

 three-leafleted) ; 3 feet; flowers purple, in May; Siberia; 1790. 

 P. villosa (shaggy) ; 2 feet ; flowers red, in May ; south of Eu- 

 rope ; 1 816. P. Witnianniana (Witmann's) ; 2 feet; flowers 

 greenish-yellow, in May; Abcharia ; 1842. 



For new varieties, which are constantly produced, consult 

 the latest florist catalogues. 



Valafoxia. [Compositai.] Annuals and herbaceous per- 

 c'iiiiai.s, thriving in sandy loam, and propagated by seeds 

 aiid division. P. linearis is tender. 



P. fastigiata (tapering) ; hardy perennial ; flowers white, in 



