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October or November, by a mat cover- 

 ing. 



About ten roots are enough for a 

 dish. They are very useful as a vege- 

 table from early in October to the end 



OZOTHAMNUS. Three species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs, proba- 

 bly hardy. Young Cuttings. Loam and 

 peat. 



PACHIDKNDRON. Seven species. 



of December; and Mr. Cockburn, gar- Green-house tree aloes. Suckers and 



dener to the Earl of Mansfield, at 

 Canewood, thinks they would be more 

 cultivated if better known. An inferior | 

 kind has oflen been substituted for it, 

 viz., the Oxalis Jacquiniana ; but this 

 is distinguished by having pink flowers. 

 In Belgium, the loaves, being gratel'ully ' 

 acid, are used for the same purposes 

 as sorrel, and the flowers are mixed 

 with other salad herbs. — Gard. Chron. 

 182, and Hort. Trans, of Load. iii. N. 

 S. 30. 



As it is not a very common vegetable, 

 it may be useful to slate, as an improved 

 mode of cooking, that after peeling the 

 tubers, and cleaning out their hollow 

 centres, they must be well boiled in 

 rich stock (gravy), skimming otf the fat, 

 and then be served up hot, with a sauce 

 made of a little butter heated until 

 brown, with a spoonfull of flour, and a 

 little of the stock. 



0.\-EYE. Bupthalmum. 

 OX-EYE DAISY. Chrysanthemum 

 leucanthemum. 

 OX- LI P. Primula elatior. 

 OXYANTHUS speciosus. Stove ever- 

 green shrub. Young cuttings. Loam 

 and peat : abundant watering. 



OXYBAPHUS. Twelve species. 

 Chiefly hardy and half-hardy trailers 

 and creepers. Seed. Common soil. 



OXYCOCCUS. Cranberry. Three 

 species. Hardy evergreens. See Ame- 

 rican Cranberry. 



OXYLOBIUM. Ten species. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. Young cut- 

 tings. Loam, peat, and sand. 



O X Y P E T A L U M appendiadatum. 

 Stove evergreen twiner. Cuttings. Peat 

 and loam. 



OXYRIA reniformis. Mountain sor- 

 rel. Hardy herbaceous. Division. Com- 

 mon soil. 



OXYSTELMA ,esculentum. Stove 

 evergreen twiner. Cuttings. Peat and 

 loam. 



OXYTROPIS. Twenty-eight species. 

 Hardy herbaceous alpines. Seed. Sandy 

 loam and peat. 



OXYURA chrysanthemoides. Hardy 

 annual. Seed. Common soil. 



OYSTER-SHELLS. See Animal Mat- 

 ters. 



leaves, slightly dried. Sandy loam and 

 calcareous rubbish. 



PACHYPODIUM. Two species. 

 Green-house deciduous succulents. Cut- 

 tings, slightly dried. Sandy turfy loam 

 and peat. 



PACHYRHIZAS angulatus. Stove 

 evergreen twiner. Tubers, seed, and 

 cuttings. Rich light loam. 



PACHYSANDRA procumfte/js. Hardy 

 herbaceous ; and P. coriacea, stove ever- 

 green shrub. Division or suckers. Com- 

 mon soil. 



P/EDERIA fwtida. Stove evergreen 

 shrub. Cuttings. Rich light loam. 



P.^DEROTA. Two species. Hardy 

 Alpine annuals. Seed. Sandy loam. 



P.^ONIA. Paiony. Twenty-two spe- 

 cies, and many varieties. The follow- 

 ing are most worthy of cultivation : — 

 P. albiflora, white. 



— Candida, pinky. 



— fragrans, red. 



— Humeii, red. 



— Potsii, crimson. 



— Richardsonii, white. 



— rubescens, pink. 



— albitlora tartarica, pinky. 

 Whitlcjii, rosy. 



— anomala, crimson. 



— arborea, pink. 



— aretina Andersoni, rosy. 



— lobata, purple. 



— officinalis sabini, crimson, 



— albicans, white. 



— Baxteri, crimson. 



— carnescens, pinky. 



— rosea, red. 



paradoxa timbriata, purple. 



peregrina Byzantina, dark 



purple. 



compacta, pur- 



ple. 



— Russii, crimson. 



— sinensis, pink. 



— tenuifolia tlore pleno, red. 



— moutan, tree paeony, purple. 

 • albida-plena, white. 



anemoneflora striata, rose 



and white. 



anneslei, purplish pink. 

 Banksii, or Humeii, purple. 

 ■ carnea plena, rosy white. 



