PHARBITIS. 



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PHILIBERTIA. 



for the dry and withered appearance 

 which it presents when it enters 

 into its dormant state. At this 

 period it sheds its leaves, and its 

 stems become covered with a dry 

 brownish skin, which makes them 

 look exactly as if they were dead. 

 It should then be removed to a cool 

 situation, where the heat is not 

 greater than 40° or 45° of Fahren- 

 heit, and kept with only enough 

 water to prevent it from dying. In 

 the course of a feAv weeks, a young 

 shoot will begin to push out from 

 the crown of the root ; and as soon 

 as that is perceived, the plant should 

 be re-potted in sandy peat (the pot 

 being first neaiiy half filled with pot- 

 sherds), and removed to the orchi- 

 deous house, where it should be 

 exposed to a strong heat and syringed 

 twice a day with a copious supply of 

 water to the roots till the appear- 

 ance of the flowers, when it should 

 be removed to a cooler atmosphere, 

 say that of a drawing-room, and be 

 no longer syringed. 



PnAL£xo'psis. — Orchidacece. — 

 The White Butterfly Plant.— This 

 beautiful plant, which certainly re- 

 sembles a white butterfly, as much 

 as 0. joapUio does a tortoiseshell 

 one, should be grown on a piece of 

 wood with the bark on, hung from 

 the roof of the hothouse, the roots 

 being wrapped in moss and tied on 

 the branch. It flowers profusely, 

 but it is very diflicult to propagate. 

 The White Butterfly Plant, F. amd- 

 hilis, is remarkable for the great 

 length of time it continues in flower ; 

 P. grandiflora closely resembles it, 

 but the flowers of P. rosea are 

 pinkish. 



Pharbi^s. — Convolvuldcece. — 

 The new name given by M. Choisy 

 to Convolvulus mdjor and some few 

 other species. The difterence be- 

 tween this new genus and the genus 

 Convolvulus consists in the shape of 



, the stigma, and in the number of 

 cells in the capsule. 



Phaseo^lus. -Leguminbsce. — The 

 Scarlet-runner, P. multijtdi'us, was 

 cultivated at its first introduction as 

 I a garden flower ; and it is still often 

 j gro^\Ti for ornament in small street- 

 gardens, by sowing the seeds in the 

 I ground, and training the plants up 

 pieces of pack-thread, fastened to a 

 hook or nail in the wall, at one end, 

 and to a peg stuck in the groimd at 

 the other. There is a variety with 

 red and white flowers which is very 

 ornamental. 



Philade'lphus. — PMladelphece. 

 — The Syringa, or j\Iock Orange. 

 — North American hardy shrubs, 

 common in shrubberies, the flowers 

 of which smell like those of the 

 Orange, and the leaves taste like 

 Cucumbers. It is rather remark- 

 able that one of the English names 

 of these plants is Syringa ; which 

 is the botanic name of the Lilac, to 

 which they have not the slightest 

 I aftinity. There are many species ; 

 ! some of which have very large and 

 ' handsome flowers, and some bear 

 I flowers without any fragrance. 

 : They are all quite hardy, and 

 , will grow in any soil or situation ; 

 j and they may all be propagated by 

 I seeds, layers, cuttings, or division 

 ! of the root. 



i Philesia. — Smildcece. — A beau- 

 I tiful little shrub, with bright crim- 

 son flowers and box - like leaves ; 

 which is called Pepino in its native 

 country. It is found along the 

 Straits of Magelhaen, and the west 

 coast of Antarctic America. It is 

 supposed to be quite hardy. 



Philibe'rtia. — Asdepiaddcece. 

 — A very curious twining plant, a 

 native of Buenos Ayres, which re- 

 quires a greenhouse in this country. 

 It should be grown in very sandy 

 loam, Tvith the pots well di-ained, 

 and be kept nearly dry diu-ing the 



