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POLIANTUES. 329 POLYGALA. 
—The May Apple, or Ducksfoot.| white flowers. The bulbs are im- 
An American herbaceous marsh | poried from Italy, where they are 
plant, which should be grown in a | grown for exportation as Hyacinths 
light rich soil kept moist, and which | are in Holland. ‘They require to be 
is increased by seeds or dividing its | bronght forward in a frame or pit; 
creeping roois. The flower is white, | and when coming into flower, they 
and the fruit, which is eatable, is! should be removed to a greenhouse 
green and about the size of a plum. | or any cool airy apartment, where 
Porrt’s Cassta—See Osy'‘ziss» | they will diffusea powerful fragrance, 
Poinci‘ana.—See C #sauri'N1A. which to some is grateful and to 
Poinsettia. — Euphorbidcee. others oppressive. ‘They should be 
A most splendid plant, not for its| potted in sandy loam; and if the 
flowers, which are small and white, | bulbs are intended to flower the 
but for its large bright scarlet | second year, the plants should be 
bracteas, which, at a little distance, | replaced in heat close to the glass, 
have a superb appearance. There | and kept there till the leaves begin 
is a variety with white bracteas,|to decay; after which the bulbs 
but it is very inferior to the species.| may be treated like those of the 
This plant requires a stove, in which | Hyacinth. It is rarely, however, 
it should be grown in a compost of | that this can be done with success, 
loam and peat. After it has shed | and it is therefore better to throw 
its leaves, it should be allowed aj the plants away when they have 
season. of rest, during which it| done flowering, and purchase fresh 
should be kept nearly dry. It is| bulbs every ah. In_pleasure- 
increased by cuttings, which, when | grounds of limited extent, a few 
taken off, should be dried for a few | plants of Tuberose in flower, distri- 
days, and then plunged into the tan | buted over them at distances of fifty 
of a pine pit or stove. or one hundred yards plant from 
Poi'vrea.—Combretacee.—This | plant, will diffuse a most delightful 
new genus, established by Professor | fragrance in the summer and au- 
De Candolle, includes all those spe- | tumnal evenings ; a circumstance 
cies of the genus Combretum which | well understood in the public gar- 
have ten stamens and five-angled | dens in the vicinity of Paris. 
seeds ; the type being Combréiium| Potya'’nrnus.—See Pri/mua. 
purpurea, (Poivrea coccinea, Dec.) Pory'caLta— Polygdlee.— Milk- 
For the culture, see Comsre‘rum. | wort. Very handsome greenhouse 
PoLemo'nium.— Polemonidcee.— | shrubs, natives of the Cape of Good 
Greek Valerian. The common} Hope, which should be grown in a 
wild species, P. certleum, is very | compost of two-thirds peat, and 
abundant on the dry sandy banks | one-third very sandy loam; or 
in the lanes near Shenstone, in| equal parts of peat and sand, with 
Staffordshire, where it is called | one-third of vegetable mould, may 
Charity, though its common namej|be used. The plants should be 
in other parts of England is Jacob’s | frequently watered; but the water 
Ladder. All the kinds succeed | should not be suffered to remain in 
best in gravelly or chalky soil, and|a stagnant state about the roots. 
they are all increased by dividing} When it is wished to raise young 
the roots. plants, the tips of the shoots should 
Poxia/NTHES. — Hemerocallidee. | be taken off about three inches long, 
—The Tuberose. A bulbous-rooted | and struck in sand under a bell- 
plant, a native of the East Indies, re- glass. All cuttings of the shrubby 
markable for ae highly odoriferous | Polygalas are very apt to damp off; 
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