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Most of the species are handsome plants. The following 

 are the best varieties : Light. — D'arge?it, Do?iaria, Kete- 

 lerii, Louis Meza?'d, Mada?ne Aurelie Z)uriez, Madaine de 

 Brobeques^ Madame Giddenschuh, Madame Marseau, Madame 

 Suceur, Mrs. Stafidish, Roi Leopold^ Speculum^ Triomph de 

 Twickel. Dark. — President Morel, Neptune, Madame Houl- 

 let, Madaitie Henricq, Madame Amazile Fothier, Henry Lierval, 

 Evening Star, Dugueslin, Cromwell, Milk Prial. 



Phygelius. [Scrophularinese.] A very pretty bedding 

 plant, flowering freely towards autumn in the border. Prop- 

 agated by cuttings. 



P. Capensis (Cape) ; greenhouse perennial ; i foot ; flowers 

 red and orange, in September ; Caffreland ; 1854. 



Phyllodoce. [Ericaceae.] Pretty little shrubs, allied to 

 Daboecia, and Menziesia, and requiring the same treatment. 

 Peat soil. Propagated by layers. 



P. empetriformis (empetrum-like) ; hardy evergreen shrub ; 

 6 inches ; flowers pale red, in July ; North America; 1810. P. 

 taxifolia (yew-leaved) ; hardy evergreen shrub) ; 6 inches ; flow- 

 ers red, in July ; North America, Europe, and Scotland. 



Physalis. Winter Cherry. [Solanaceae.] A genus con- 

 taining a half-hardy perennial, ornamental in autumn on 

 account of its orange-colored berries. Common soil. Pro- 

 pagated by division. 



P. Atkekengi{A\kekeng\) ; half-hardy perennial ; i foot ; flow- 

 ers white, in July ; south of Europe ; 1 548. 



Physianthus. [Asclepidaceae.] A greenhouse climber 

 which, however, does finely planted out in summer in a 

 rich w^arm border. Flowers, freely produced, white, with 

 green and pink lining. The flowers have the curious pro- 

 pert}- of catching the honey tubes of moths and butterflies, 

 so that the insects cannot escape. Propagated by seeds and 



