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ing to it rags dipped in a saturated solu- 

 tion of caustic potash, leaving them on 

 for twelve hours ; or by rubbing a hot 

 iron along the putty. 



If the gardener does make putty, the 

 whiting should be well dried, and then 

 pounded and sifted till it becomes a fine 

 powder, and is quite free from grit. 

 The whiting, a little warm, should be 

 gradually added to the oil, and wel 



PYROLIRION aureiim. Green-house 

 bulb. Offsets. Sandy loam. 



PYRULARIA pubera. Half-hardy 

 deciduous shrub. Cuttings. Light 

 loam. 



PYRUS. Forty-four species, and 

 very numerous varieties. Seed, cuttings, 

 and grafting. Light loam, well drained. 

 See Apple, Pear, and Service. 



PYXID ANTHER A barbulata. Half- 



mixed by means of a piece of stick, or hardy trailer. Cuttings and division. 



a spatula. When it is sufficiently stiff, 

 it should be well worked with the hand 

 on a table, and afterwards beaten on a 

 stone with a wooden mallet, till it be- 

 comes a soft, smooth, tenacious mass. 

 A ball of putty, when left some days. 



Peat, and a little sandy loam. 



QUAMOCLIT. Ten species. Herb- 

 aceous, and annual. Q. sanguinea is 

 evergreen. Young cuttings or seed. 

 Light rich loam. 



QUENOUILLE is a fruit tree, with 



becomes somewhat hard, but may be a central stem, and its branches trained 



easily softened by beating. 



PYCXANTHEMUM. Seven species 

 Hardy herbaceous. Division 

 with a little light loam. 



in horizontal tiers, the lowest being the 



ongest, and the others of course gradu- 



Peat, ally lessening in length as they do in 



age, so that the tree, like a spruce fir, 



PYCNOSTACHIS carulea. Stove ' acquires a pyramidal form. 



annual. Seed. Lifiht rich loam. 



QUERCUS. The Oak. Forty-eight 



PYRALIS forficalis. Cabbage-gar- species, and many varieties. Hardy 



den Pebble Moth. Its appearance and 

 habits are thus detailed by M. Ivollar: 



evergreen and deciduous trees. Seed, 

 and grafting for some of the merely or- 



— "The head, back, and upper wings namental kinds. Deep clayey loam in 

 of the moth are hazel-brown, and brown- valleys. Q. rerris. Bitter Oak. Q. 

 ishgold; the antennas light brown ; the robur or sessiliflortim. Common Oak. 



abdomen and under wings whitish. On 

 the upper wings are two distinct, and 



Q. ilex. Evergreen Oak. 



QUICKSET, the same as the Haw- 



two faint deep rusty-brown stripes, thorn, or Whitethorn, Cratcegus oxya- 



The first brood flies in May, and the 

 second in August. The caterpillar is 

 found in May and June, and the second 

 generation in September and October. 

 It has a light-brown head, and a yel- 



cantha. See Hedge. 



Ql'IXCE. Cydonia vulgaris. 



]'arieties: — Common ; Apple-shaped ; 

 Pear-shaped ; and Portugal. The last 

 is the best, and very distinct from the 



lowish-green body, with blackish stripes others. C. sinensis, the Chinese Quince, 



running lengthwise, and blackish dots has been fruited in this country, but it 



having fine white lines between, and requires a wall. The fruit is very dif- 



white incisions and spiracles. Its length Cerent from that of either the common 



is about eight lines. When these cater- or Portugal quinces; it is cylindrical, 



pillars are numerous, they do important about six inches in length, and exceed- 



damage to the cabbage tribe, and horse- 

 radish. 



PYRASTER. Pyrus communis py- 

 raster. 



lugly gritty. 



Method of Propagation and general 

 Culture. — The trees may be raised from 

 seed sown in autumn, but there is no 



P Y R E T H RU M . Fifty species. ' certainty of having the same or any good 

 Hardy herbaceous, and green-house fruit from seedlings. But the several 

 evergreen shrubs, except a few hardy varieties may be propagated by cuttings 

 annuals, and P. simplicifolium, which and layers ; also by suckers from such 

 is a stove evergreen trailer. The shrubs trees as grow upon their own roots, and 

 are increased by cuttings, the herba- by grafting and budding upon their own 

 ceous by division, and the annuals by or pear-stocks. 



the The propagation by cuttings, layers, 

 and suckers, may be performed in 



seed. A light rich loam suits 

 whole. 



PYROLA. Eight species. Hardy autumn, winter, or early spring. 



herbaceous. Division and seed. Shady 

 border of peat, with a little light loam. 



Choose young wood for the cuttings 

 and layers. They will be rooted by. 



