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species are Alpina, arenaria, astragalina, exaltata, frigida, 

 lutea, Lapponica, oroboides, trumgularis, and many others. 



PHACELIA. [Hydrophyllaceae.] Pretty annuals, of the 

 easiest culture in the open ground ; the seeds being sown in 

 May. There are some unimportant perennials. 



P. congesta (crowded) ; hardy annual ; r foot ; flowers purple, 

 in June ; Texas ; 1835. P. fimbriata (fringed) ; hardy annual ; 

 i foot ; flowers white and lilac, i-n June ; North America ; 1840. 

 P. tanacetifolia (tansy-leaved) ; hardy annual ; 1 8 inches ; flow- 

 ers blue-lilac, in June; California; 1832. P. vinifolia vine- 

 leaved) ; hardy annual - T 18- inches ; flowers light-blue, in Sep- 

 tember ; Texas ; 1834. 



PHALANGIUM. [Liiiaceae.] Half-hardy herbaceous per- 

 ennials, with pretty blossoms. Common soil. Increased 

 by division. 



P. Liliago (grass-leaved) ; half-hardy perennial ; i foot ; flow- 

 ers white, in May; south of Europe ; 1596. 



PHALARIS. [Graminaceae.] Hardy annuals. Common 

 soil. Increased by seeds. P. Canariensis produces the 

 canary seed. The other species are P. appendiculata and 

 commutata- 



PHARBITIS. Gay-bine. [Convolvulacese.] Annual and 

 perennial twiners of graceful habit, with extremely gay flow- 

 ers. Some of the species are tender ; others may be treated 

 as half-hardy annual's. The genus contains the well-known 

 Convolvulus major, the plants commonly grown under that 

 name including the varieties of P. hispida, Nil', hederacea, 

 and perhaps some others. The colors of the Convolvulus 

 major are varied : deep-purple, violet, light-blue, white, pale- 

 rose, deep rose-crimson, and blue and white striped. This 

 convolvulus should be sown in May, in patches, round a 

 post or pillar, or at the foot of a stump of a tree, or where 

 it can be provided with tall branchy stakes on which to 

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