PEN 



453 



PET 



P. latifolius, white, slightly stained with bulbs, and lastly fill up the basket with 



purple 



P. Mackayanus, purple and white 

 P. Murrayanus, bright scarlet. 

 P. ovatus, bright bine. 

 P. procerus, bright blue. 

 P. pulchellus, light blue. 

 P. Scoi'ileri, lilac. 

 P. speciosus, bright blue. 

 P. venustus, light purple 



peat in pieces about the size of walnuts; 

 place the plant near the glass. 



" When the plant begins to grow, 

 supply it moderately with water; but 

 as its growth increases a larger (piantity 

 must be given, and when in full tlower, 

 water freely. Some of this elegant tribe 

 of plants are injured if syringed over 

 head ; such, however, is not the case 



Soil. — A light rich loam, mixed with with this plant. 

 peat. They may be increased by divi- j " The plant having flowered, and the 

 sion, but the strongest plants are raised pseudo-bulbs being matured, (but in a 



from seed. 



Propagation. — Sow in October, or 

 until January, in a cool frame. Keep 

 the plants near the glass until strong 

 enough for planting out in late spring. 



Always save seed when you can, and them dry until the period of rest 

 keep a stock of young plants to supply over." — Gard. Chron. 



dormant state,) they should not be re- 

 moved from the same temperature they 

 were in, when in flowering condition, 

 which ranged from 70^ to SO^, but 

 especial care should be taken to keep 



vacancies. 



P E N T Z I A flabelliformis. Green- 

 house evergreen shrub. Ripe cuttings. 

 Loam and peat. 



PEPPERMINT. Mentha piperita. 



PEPPER VINE. Ampelopsis bipin- 

 nata. 



PERENNIAL. A plant that lives 

 for more than two years. 



PERESKIA. Five species. Stove 

 cactaceous plants. Cuttings. Sandy 

 loam. 



P E R G U L A R I A. Three species. 

 Stove evergreen twiners. Cuttings. 

 Rich loam. 



PERICALLIS ttmsilaginis. Green- 

 house herbaceous. Seed and cuttings. 

 Loam and peat. 



PERILOMIA ocymoides. Green- 

 house evergreen shrub. Young cuttings. 

 Sandy peat. 



PERIPLOCA. Four species. Hardy 

 twiners, except the stove climber, P. 

 mauritinna. Layers and cuttings. Com- 

 mon soil. 



PERIPTERA punicea. Stove ever- 

 green shrub. Seed and cuttings. Loam 

 and peat. 



PERISTERIA. Dove Flower. Six 

 species. Stove orchids. Division of the 



PERITOMA serrulnta. Hardy an- 

 nual. Seed. Sheltered border. 



PERIWINKLE. Vinca. 



PERNETTIA. Arbutus. 



PERSEA gratissima. Stove ever- 

 green shrub. Layers and ripe cuttings. 

 Turfv loam aud peat. 



PERSIAN SUN'S-EYE. Tulipa ocu- 

 lus sol is. 



PERSICA. Two species and many 

 varieties. Hardy deciduous trees. P. 

 vulgaris the Peach, and P. lavis the 

 Nectarine, which see. 



PESOMERIA tetragona. Stove 

 epiphvte. Division of bulbs. Wood 

 covered with moss. 



PERSOONIA. Eighteen species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs. Ripe 

 cuttings. Sandy loam and peat. 



PET.4iLIDIUM harlerioides. Stove 

 shrub. Cuttings. Rich light loam. 



PF.TIVERIA. Two species. Stove 

 evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Loam and 

 peat. 



I PETRE.\. Four species. Stove 



[evergreens. P.stapelia as a climber, 



and P. voluhilis as a twiner, are among 



our handsomest plants. Cuttings. Rich 



loam. 



PETROBIUM arboreum. Stove ever- 



bulbs. Turfv loam and sandy peat, with green shrub. Cuttings. Sandy loam. 

 a little leaf-mould. P. Barkeri is one PETROCALLIS pyrenaica. Green- 

 of the most beautiful of this genus, and • house herbaceous. Seed or division, 

 for its cultivation Mr. Insleay, of Spring- j Sandy loam and peat, 

 field, near Birmingham, gives the follow- I PETROMARULA pinnata. Half- 

 ing directions : — ' hardy herbaceous. Division. Sheltered 



" On either a square twig or a conical light rich loam, and winter protection, 

 wire basket, with the bottom and sides PETROPHILA. Tenspecies. Green- 

 covered with moss, put pieces of pot-house evergreen shrubs. Ripe cuttings. 

 Bherds, afterwards that of the pseudo- 1 Turfy sandy loam. 



