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almost to touch one another they ma}' he potted separately 

 in pots three inches across, and placed under a garden light, 

 where, if need be, they can be covered against frost. Here 

 they may remain with all the air that can be given in mild 

 days until their roots fill the pots, when they must be removed 

 to five-inch pots, changing them without breaking the balls of 

 earth. They may be replaced in the frame, unless the 

 chances of frost have gone by, in w^hich case the pots may be 

 placed in the open air. By giving them all the air possible 

 the plants are kept from being drawn up tall and weak. They 

 may either be allowed to bloom in these pots, or be shifted 

 once more, whichever is preferred : those which indicate fine 

 growth may be w^orth another change. They will flower well 

 in the greenhouse, and form some of the prettiest objects 

 among potted annuals. Tbey do well in the flower garden, 

 too, in nice sheltered situations, if planted out in beds of rich 

 light earth towards the end of May. 



PHCENIX. Date Palm. [Palmace^e.] Palms. Good 

 loam. Seeds, which should be reared in heat. P. dactyli- 

 fera, the only one which will thrive in a greenhouse, is orna- 

 mental in habit. 



PHCENOCOMA. [Compositae.] Greenhouse evergreen 

 shrubs, requiring the treatment of Helichrysum. Sandy peat. 

 Cuttings in sand under a bell-glass. P. proUfera, flowers 

 crimson. 



PHORMIUM. ■ New Zealand Flax. [Liliaceje.] Hardy 

 herbaceous perennial. Loam. Division. P. tenax is orna- 

 mental in foliage and habit. 



PHOTINIA. [Pomaceae.] Fine - foliaged hardy ever- 

 greens for a wall. Sandy loam. Budding on the Hawthorn. 

 P. arhutlfolla, P. dubia, P. integrifolia, and P. serralata are 

 the principal. 



PHYCELLA. [Amaryllidacese.] Beautiful greenhouse 

 bulbs, allied to Habranthus. most of them hardy enough to 

 grow in a frame or pit, or in a warm dry border, slightly pro- 

 tected. Soil, strong rich loam. The general treatment of 

 Amaryllis is adapted to them. Propagated by offsets or by 

 seeds. 



PHYLICA. [Rhamnaceae.] Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. 

 Peat and loam. Cuttings in sand under bell-glasses. 



