P L A 



465 



PLU 



PLATYLOBIUM. Six species. 

 Greeii-house evergreen shrubs. Seed. 

 Sandy peat and a little loam. 



PLATVLOPHUS trifoUatus. White 

 ash. Green-house evergreen tree. Ripe 

 cuttings. Loam and peat. 



PLATYSTKMON. Two species. 

 Hardy annuals. Seed. Sandy loam. 



PLATYSTIGMA linear e. Half-hardy 

 herbaceous. Division. Sandy loam. 



PLATYSTYLIS. Three species. 

 Hardy herbaceous. Division and seed. 

 Light loam. 



PLE.4SURE-GR0UND is a collective 

 name for that combination of parterres, 

 lawns, shrubberies, waters, arbours, &c. 

 yvhich are noticed individually in these 

 pages. One observation may be ap- 

 plied to all — let congruity preside over 

 the whole. It is a great fault to have 

 any one of those portions of the plea- 

 sure ground in excess ; and let the 

 whole be proportioned to the residence. 

 It is quite as objectionable to be over- 

 gardened as to be over-housed. Above 

 all things eschew what has aptly been 

 termed gingerbread-work. Nothing of- 

 fends a person of good taste so much 

 as the divisions and sub-divisions we 

 are sometimes compelled to gaze on 

 " with an approving smile." 



PL EC T RAN THUS. Six spe- 

 cies. The annual and biennial species 

 by seed ; the shrubs and herbaceous by 

 cuttings. All in rich light loam. They 

 are all tenants of either the green-house 

 or stove. 



PLECTRITIS congesta. Hardy an- 

 nual. Seed. Common soil. 



PLECTRONIA corymhosa. Green- 

 house evergreen tree. Cuttings. Loam 

 and peat. 



PLKROMA. Four species. Stove 

 evergreen shrubs. Young cuttings. 

 Sandv loam and peat. 



PLETHORA. See Extravasated Sap. 



PLEURANDRA. Seven species. 

 Green-house evergreen shrubs, 

 cuttings. Sandy loam and peat 



PLEUROTHALLIS. Twenty-three 

 species. Stove epiphytes. Division. 

 Wood and moss. 



PLOCAMA pendula. Green-house 

 evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Loam and 

 peat. 



PLOUGHMAN'S SPIKENARD. 

 Baccliaris. 



PLUM. Prunus domestica. 



the London Horticultural Society at 

 Chiswick. The following limited, 

 though select number, we extract from 

 the catalogue of the old Landreth Nur- 

 series. (See p. 466.) 



The descriptions and cuts of a few- 

 choice kinds may aid those about to 

 plant, in selecting with advantage. 



Fig. 130. 



Washington. (Bolmar's Washing- 

 ton.) (Fig. 130.) " This is an Ameri- 

 can seedling, accidentally produced in 

 the city of New York. Its great size 

 and beautiful appearance, at once intro- 

 duced it into general culture ; it must 

 be confessed, there are many of greater 

 merit, though but few of more prepos- 

 sessing aspect. 



" Skin yellow, or yellowish-green, 

 when fully matured dotted with red. 

 Flesh yellow, separating freely from 

 the stone. The tree is of vigorous 

 Ripe j growth, hardy, and well suited to our 

 climate." — Rural Reg. 



Columbia. (Fig. 131.) " An admi- 

 rable plum, well worthy of its name; 

 raised by Mr. Lawrence, of Hudson, 

 New York, who has doubly served us 

 by producing another first rate plum, 

 ' Lawrence's Favorite.' The Columbia 

 is a free bearer, fruit of the first class, 

 both as regards size and quality. Skin 

 purple, abounding in bloom. Flesh 

 orange. Ripe at Philadelphia close of 



Varieties. — One hundred and twenty- 

 seven are cultivated in the Gardens of August." — Rural Reg 

 30 



