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shrub, which is most frequently grown too fast, and is there- 

 fore generally seen as a rambling plant. Soil, two-thirds 

 loam and one-third peat. The object should be to keep the 

 plant dwarf and bushy ; it is sure to grow long enough after 

 all the pains taken on it. Cuttings may be struck in sandy 

 soil with or without bottom heat, covering them with a bell- 

 glass after inserting them. When rooted pot them singly in 

 three-inch pots, and as soon as they fairly start into growth 

 take off the tops to encourage the lateral shoots : when they 

 fill their small pots with the roots remove them to larger 

 ones. By continually checking any of the branches that 

 ramble out of form the plant can be grown a very pretty 

 object. Some of the stove species are desirable. 



PODALYRIA. [Leguminosae, § Papilionaceae.] Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Turfy peat and sandy loam. Cut- 

 tings in sand under glass, or seeds, 



PODANTHES. See Stapelta. 



PODOCARPUS. [Taxacete.] Half-hardy evergreen shrubs, 

 or trees rather, suitable for a large winter garden. Loam. 

 Cuttings of ripe shoots in sand under glass. 



PODOLEPIS. [Compositfe.] Pretty half-hardy annuals. 

 The seeds may be sown in pots or on a mild hotbed in March, 

 and planted out into sheltered situations in May for early 

 blooming. A later crop may be had by sowing in the open 

 ground in April, and a still further succession by sowing in 

 May. The plants must be well thinned : they grow a foot or 

 upwards in height in rich light garden soil. P. chrysantha, 

 yellow, and P. gracilis, flowers rose or white, are the best. 



PODOLOBIUM. [Leguminosse, § Papilionacese.] Showy 

 greenhouse evergreen shrubs, with holly-like leaves and pea- 

 like flowers. They may be managed as Dillwynia. P. hetero- 

 phyllum. flowers yellow. P. staurophyUum, flowers orange 

 yellow. P. trilohatum. flowers orange yellow. 



PODOTHECA. [Compositae.] Annuals of no great beauty. 

 They may be sown in the open borders in March or April. 



POINCIANxA. Flower Fence. [Leguminosae, § Caesal- 

 piniese.] Fine shrubs, mostly tender. P. G-illiesii, from 

 Mendoza, is, however, hardy enough for a wall, and flowers 

 freely in the climate of London on a west aspect. Sandy 

 loam and peat. Cuttings in sand in heat. 



