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PHYLICA. Thirty species. Green- 

 house evergreen shrubs. 



PHYLLIS nohla. Green-house ever- 

 green shrub. Cuttings. Rich clayey 

 loam. 



PHYLLOCLADUS rhomboida- 

 lis. Green-house evergreen tree. Ripe 

 cuttings. Loam and peat. 



PHYLLOMA. Four species, all ever- 

 greens. P. aloiflorum is a stove tree; 

 the others, green-house shrubs. Suck- 

 ers. Sandy loam. 



PHYLLOPERTHA horticola. The 

 garden beetle. It is thus described by 



cies. Hardy herbaceous. Seed and 

 division. Common soil. 



PHYTOLACCA. Nine species. 

 Chiefly stove herbaceous. P. decandra 

 is hardy and wide spreading. Seed and 

 cuttings. Rich light soil. 



PIARANTHUS. Seven spe- 

 cies. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cut- 

 tings in the spring. Sandy loam and 

 lime rubbish. 



PICK-AXE, should have a handle 

 three feet and a half long, made of 

 ash; and the points or edges of the 

 head should be of well-steeled iron. 



Mr. Curtis: — "It is about four lines [ There are three varieties : — 1. The pick 

 and a half long, and three broad. Its with two points, for loosening hard sur- 

 elytra, or wing cases, are reddish- 1 faces. 2. The pick-axe, for cutting 

 brown, shining, and do not reach quite | through roots of trees when felling. 



3. The mattock, with one pointed and 

 one flat edge, for loosening surfaces, 

 and grubbing up roots. 



PICOTEE. See Carnation. 

 PICRIDIUM. Four species. Hardy 

 Division or 



to the extremity of the body ; the head 

 and thorax are dark green. It appears 

 on the leaves of the apple and pear in 

 June, feeding on the very young fruit. 

 When alarmed it feigns death, by fall- 

 ing on its back, and extending its legs ! herbaceous and annuals 

 in a stiffened manner, and in different , seed. Common soil, 

 directions. The female deposits her j PICTETIA. Two species. Stove 

 eggs in the earth, and the larvcB feed i evergreen shrubs. Young cuttings. 



on the roots of plants 



The only method we are acquainted 



Loam and peat. 



PIERARDIA dulcis. 



Stove ever- 



with of lessening the numbers of these i green tree. Cuttings. Sandy loam and 



beetles, is to collect and destroy them 

 early in the morning, or late in the 

 evening, when they may be found stick- 

 ing to the plants, and they can readily 

 be seen from their colour and size. 

 During the day, and particularly if the 

 weather is hot, they fly about with great 

 swiftness, and are not easily caught." — 

 Gard. Chron. 



PHYSEMATIUM. Two species. 

 Stove herbaceous. Division. Peat and 

 loam. 



PHYSIANTHUS albens. Stove 

 evergreen climber. Seed and cuttings. 

 Loam and peat. 



PHYSOCLAINA, Two species. 

 Hardy herbaceous. Seed and division. 

 Common soil. 



PHYSOPIPHON. Four species. 

 Stove epiphytes. Division of bulbs. 

 Wood and moss. 



PHYSOSTEGIA Seven species. 

 Hardy herbaceous. Division. Rich light 

 loam. 



PHYSURUS pictus. Stove shrub. 

 Cuttings, Light ricli loam. 



PHYTELEPHAS macrocarpa. 

 Stove evergreen shrub. Seed. Peat 

 and loam. 



PHYTEUMA. Twenty-three spe- 



peat. 



P I E R I S Cratcegi. Hawthorn, or 

 Black-veined Butterfly. Is white, with 

 black ribs or veins on the wings. It is 

 very much like Pontia Brassica. The 

 caterpillar is dirty yellow, hairy, black- 

 headed, and a brown stripe down its 

 sides. Tlie caterpillars mould several 

 times, and they are usually found on 

 the apple-tree, where both the yellow 

 eggs and caterpillars may be found in 

 June. The caterpillars draw two or 

 three leaves together with a web. 

 These should be sedulously sought for 

 and destroyed. 



PI LEA muscosa. Stove evergreen 

 trailer. Cuttings. Common soil. 



PIMELEA. Twenty-eight species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs. Young 

 cuttings. Sandy peat and loam. 



PIMPERNEL. Anagallis. 



PINCKNEYA pubens; a beautiful or 

 rather curious southern shrub, scarcely 

 sufficiently hardy to support the winters 

 of Pennsylvania. Cuttings. Sandy peat, 

 beneath a south wall. 



PIN E-A P P L E. Annnassa. The 

 pine-apple is but little cultivated in the 

 United States, though it is probable the 



