PAL 



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PAN 



PALAFOXIA linearis. Green-house 

 herbaceous. Seed and division. Com- 

 mon soil. 



PALICOUREA. Three species. 

 Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. 

 Sandy loam and peat. 



PALIURUS. Two species. Hardy 

 deciduous shrubs. Seed, root cuttings, 

 and layers. Common soil. 



PAN^TIA fulva. Green-house an- 

 nual. Seed. Sandy loam. 



PANCRATIUM. Twenty-nine spe- 

 cies and many varieties. Chiefly stove 

 and green-house bulbs, butP. ?7ZiyrJC«7n, 

 and P. maritimum are hardy. They 

 are propagated by offsets, and new 

 varieties raised from seed. They thrive 

 best in a compost of three-fourths sandy 

 loam and one-fourth leaf mould. Take 

 up the hardy species in autumn, sepa- 

 rate the offsets, and replant immediately 

 about four inches deep in a light, well 

 drained sheltered border, putting some 

 mulch or six inches of coal ashes over 

 them during the winter. 



PANDAMUS. Twenty species. 

 Stove palms. Seed or suckers. Rich 

 light loam. 



PANNING is forming a pan or basin 

 in the soil round the stem of a tree or 

 shrub in which to pour water. 



PANSY or HEART'S EASE. Viola 

 tricolor. 



"This is one of the English florist's 

 flowers, and spirited contests for prizes 

 are yearly witnessed — in this country 

 but little attention has been paid it; 

 though its increasing beauty by the 

 production of new varieties is claiming 

 our regard. Those of us whose idea of 

 a Heart's Ease is confined to the pretty 

 little flower of former days, have but an 

 imperfect conception of the size, figure 

 and brilliancy to which the Viola tri- 

 color has attained. For an interesting 

 article on its culture see the " London 

 Horticultural Magazine." 



Varieties. — These are increased in 

 number annually, but the following are 

 established in public favour. 



Brown's Attila. 



Countess of Ork.iey. 



Curion. 



Cook's Attila. 

 Alicia. 



■ Black Bess. 



• Mulberry Superb. 



■ Prince Albert. 



• Ringleader. 



• Triumph. 



Davies' Miss Nugent. 

 Foster's Man of Kent. 

 King's Exquisite. 



Princess Royal. 



Sulphura Elegans. 



Kitley's Bathonia. 

 Lane's Sir John Sebright. 

 Lidgard's Jewess. 

 Major's Bridegroom. 



Beauty of Knosthorpe. 



Princess Royal. 



Maule's Princess Royal. 

 Pearson's Agnes. 



— — — — Black Prince. 



De Buch. 



Magraith. 



Milton. 



Sobieski. 



Scholfield's Surprise. 

 Silverlock's Prince Albert. 



Prince of Wales. 



Thompson's Attila. 



Beauty of Bucks. 



-— — ^— Coronna. 



Cream. 



Cyclops. 



Desirable. 



Duchess of Richmond. 



Hamlet. 



Jewess Superb. 



Launcelot. 



Miss Stainforth. 



Nymph. 



Prince Albert. 



Princess Royal. 



Regulator. 



Raphael. 



Rufus. 



Ultraflora. 



Venus. 



Warrior. 



Characteristics of Excellence. — " The 



first and most essential quality is its 

 form, which will be found in the greatest 

 perfection in that flower round which if 

 a circle be drawn each petal will exactly 

 touch the circle, not projecting beyond 

 it, nor stopping short of it. The petals 

 should be large and broad, because in 

 that case the indentations must be shal- 

 low where the outline of one petal meets 

 another. Of a firm texture, flat, even 

 at the edge, and free from notches. 

 The eye must be clean and well defined, 

 the colours should be rich and vivid, 

 and the markings must have a clear 

 edge. A uniform tint as a ground 

 colour is much esteemed ; but the varia- 

 tions and combination of colour are so 

 numerous and beautiful, that no precise 



