GARDEN FLOWERS. 2Q5 



Most of the species are handsome plants. The following 

 are the best varieties : LIGHT. L? argent, Donaria, Kete- 

 lerii, Louis Mezard, Madame Aurelie Duriez, Madame de 

 Brobequcs, Madame Guldenschuh, Madame Marseau, Madame 

 Suceur, Mrs. Standish, Roi Leopold, Speculum, Triomph de 

 Twickel. DARK. President Morel, Neptune, Madame Houl- 

 let, Madame Henricq, Madame Amazile Pothier, Henry Lierval, 

 Evening Star, Dugueslin, Cromwell, Mille Prial. 



PHYGELIUS. [Scrophularineae.] A very pretty bedding 

 plant, flowering freely towards autumn in the border. Prop- 

 agated by cuttings. 



P. Capensis (Cape) ; greenhouse perennial ; i foot ; flowers 

 red and orange, in September ; Caffreland ; 1854. 



PHYLLODOCE. [Ericacea?.] Pretty little shrubs, allied to 

 Dabcecia, and Menziesia, and requiring the same treatment. 

 Peat soil. Propagated by layers. 



P. empetriformis (empetrum-like) ; hardy evergreen shrub ; 

 6 inches ; flowers pale red, in July ; North America; 1810. P. 

 taxifolia (yew-leaved) ; hardy evergreen shrub) ; 6 inches ; flow- 

 ers red, in July ; North America, Europe, and Scotland. 



PHYSALIS. Winter Cherry. [Solanaceae.] A genus con- 

 taining a half-hardy perennial, ornamental in autumn on 

 account of its orange-colored berries. Common soil. Pro- 

 pagated by division. 



P. Alkekengi(PA\ie\i&ng\) ; half-hardy perennial ; i foot; flow- 

 ers white, in July ; south of Europe ; 1548. 



PHYSIANTHUS. [Asclepidaceae.] A greenhouse climber 

 which, however, does finely planted out in summer in a 

 rich warm border. Flowers, freely produced, white, with 

 green and pink lining. The flowers have the curious pro- 

 perty of catching the honey tubes of moths and butterflies, 

 so that the insects cannot escape. Propagated by seeds and 

 cuttings. 



