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PoRTUL a'c A — omitinued. 



The seeds are minute and scarcely want cover- 

 ing with soil. Sow at the end of April outdoors ; 

 or on surface of light soil in pans and sprinkle with 

 sand, placing them in a temp, of 65° in March. 

 When two or three leaves have formed transplant 

 singly into pots, harden off in cold frame and 

 plant out in May or June. Water in very hot 

 weather. Sunniest position in the garden. 



Pot-Marigold. See Calendula officinalis. 



Prickly Poppy. See Argemone Mexicana. 



Prince's Feather. See Amaranthus hypocondriacus ; 

 also Polygonum orientate. 



Prismatocap/pus pentagonius. See Specularia penta- 

 gonia. 



Purple Horned Poppy. See Roemeria. 



Purple Jacob^ea. See Senecio. 



Purple Soudanese Bean. See Dolichos. 



Purple Sweet Sultan. See Centaurea moschata. 



Purslane Sun Plant. See Portulaca. 



Pyramid Mullein. See Verbascum pyramidatum. 



Pyramidal Bell-Flo wer. See Campanula. 



Pyre'thrum — Feverfew (from Gr. pyr, fire, so called 

 from the hot taste of the root). Nat. Ord. 

 Compositw. 



The well-known golden-leaved Feverfew is 



