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PANSY 



ine'rmis (unarmed) of Blanco. Philippines. 

 , ine'rmis (unarmed) of Roxburgh. See P. L^VIS. 

 , iniegrifo lius (entire-leaved). E. Ind. 1823. 

 , java'nicus (Javan). Country unknown. 1854. 

 , variega'tus (variegated). Leaves prickly, ecl.^cd 

 with white. 



Kercho'vei ( Kerchove's) . Leaves long, narrow, with 

 white spines. Admiralty Isles. 1886. 



kurzea'nus (Kurzean). See P. POLYCEPHALUS. 



labyri'nlhicus (labyrinthic). Fruit cone-like, scarlet 

 when ripe. Malaya. 1888. 



l&'vis (smooth). India; Cochin-China. 1823. 



,, La'is (Lais). Malaya. 



,, latifo'lius (broad- leaved). See P. BOUCHEANUS. 



longifp'lius (long- leaved). E. Ind. 1829. 



tnargina'tus (margined). Mauritius. 1823. 



,, mauritia'nus (Mauritian). See P. UTILIS. 



,, microca'rpus (small- fruited). Mascarene Islands. 



Millo're (Millore). Nicobar Islands. 



mi' nor (smaller). Fruits yellow, with a claw-like 

 spine. Stems 3 ft. long, prostrate. India. 1873. 



murica'tus (point-covered). Madagascar. 1826. 



ni'tidus (shining). See P. STENOPHYLLUS. 



odorati'ssimus (sweetest-scented). 20. Trop. Asia. 

 1771. 



paci'ficus (Pacific). Leaves broad. Pacific Islands. 

 1892. 



Panche'ri (Pancher's). Leaves linear, prickly, 3-5 ft. 

 long. New Caledonia. 1877. 



polyce'phalus (many-headed). Leaves glaucus. 

 Malaya. 1866. 



portea'nus (Portean). Philippines. 1866. 



pygnKz'us (dwarf). January. Mauritius. 1830. 



,, refle'xus (bent-back). Mascarene Islands. 1818. 



Sande'ri (Sander's). Habit of P. Veitchi, but leaves 

 edged with yellow. 1898. 



sc'ssths(stalkless). Trop. Africa. 1820. 



spec-ta'bilis (showy). Gardens. 



spharoi'deus (sphere-like). Mascarene Islands. 



spira'lis (spiral). See P. ODORATISSIMUS. 



stenophyllus (narrow-leaved). Java. 



sylve'stris (wood). 8. Mascarene Islands. 



tenuifo'lius (slender- leaved). Trop. Amer. 1873. 



ungu'ifer (nail-bearing). See P. MINOR. 



u' tilts (useful. Red-spined). 20-60. Madagascar. 



Vandermee'schii (Van-der-Meesch's). 10-20. Mas- 

 carene Islands. 



,, mari'timus (maritime). 



Vei'tchi (Veitch's). 2-30. Leaves edged with white. 

 Polynesia. 1868. 



wavrinia'nus (Wavrinian). Leaves narrow, strap- 

 shaped. Seedling form. 1903. 



zeyla'nicus (Cingalese). Ceylon. 



PANDO'REA. SeeTECOMA. 



PANICLE is a loose, branching bunch of flowers, as in 

 the Oat (Ave'na) and London Pride (Saxi'fraga). 



PA'NICTJM. Panic Grass. (An old Latin name for a 

 kind of millet. Nat. ord. Gramineae.) 



A large and very varied genus of grasses, some of 

 which are hardy or tender, while the perennials require 

 a greenhouse or stove. Seeds, or divisions of the peren- 

 nials. Ordinary soil for the hardy annuals ; loam, leaf- 

 mould, and sand for the tender species. 

 P. alti'ssimum (tallest). 6-25. Guiana. 

 bulbo'sum (bulbous). Mexico. Half-hardy perennial. 

 capilla're (hair-like). 2. Summer. Western hemi- 

 sphere. 1758. Hardy. 

 colo'num (colonist). iA-2. Tropics. " Millet Rice." 



Half-hardy. 



Cru's-ga'lli (cock's-foot). i. S. Europe, &c. "Barn- 

 yard Grass." Hardy. 

 i'ndicum (Indian). 2-3. Tropics of the Old World. 



1818. Half-hardy. 



insi'gne (remarkable). Abyssinia. Half-hardy. 

 7sa'c&H(Isachne). Mediterranean region, &c. Hardy. 

 iia'licum (Italian). See SETARIA ITALICA. 

 japo'nicum (Japanese). A cultivated variety of 



Setaria italica. 1887. 



,, ma'ximum (largest). 5-10. Trop. Amer. Stove. 

 milia'cfum (millet-like). 2. Tropical regions. 



Annual. "Millet." 



obtu'sum (blunt). Mexico. Half-hardy. 

 plica'twn (plaited). 2-3. Summer. Tropics. 1821. 

 Stove. 



P. plica'lum ni'veo-vitta'lum (snowy- striped). Leaves 

 striped with white. 1868. Stove. 



proli'ferum (proliferous). N. Amer. Hardy. 



,, sanguina'le (blood-red) . Spikelets purple-red. Cosmo- 

 politan. Hardy. 



,, specta'bile (showy). Trop. Africa and Amer. Stove. 



Teneri'ffce (Teneriffe). Mediterranean region, &c. 

 Hardy. 



Uxa'num (Texan). Texas. Hardy. 



to'nsum (shorn). Inflorescence feathery, silvery. S. 

 Africa. 1895. Greenhouse. 



variega'tum (variegated). See OPLISMENUS BUR- 



MANNI VARIEGATUS. 



,, virga'tum (twiggy). 2. August. N. Amer. 1781. 



PANT SEA. (From pan, all, and isos, equal; in 

 allusion to the parts of the flower. Nat. ord. Orchidaceae.) 

 Stove epiphytical orchid. Offsets at the commence- 

 ment of growth. Fibrous peat, sphagnum, and pot- 

 sherds. 

 P. tricallo'sa (three-callused). Yellow-green; calli 



yellow, tipped with brown. Assam. 1901. 

 ,, unifio'ra (one-flowered). See COILOGYNE UNIFLORA. 



PANNING is forming a pan or basin in the soil round 

 the stem of a tree or shrub, in which to pour water. 



PANO'PSIS. (From pan, all, and opsis, resemblance ; 

 possibly from its resemblance to various plants. Nat. 

 ord. Proteaceae. Allied to Roupala.) 



Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings in sand, under a bell- 

 glass, and after a time put in bottom-heat. Fibrous 

 loam, fibrous peat, and sand. 



P. hamelicefo'lia (Hamelia-leaved). 10. Green. Guiana. 

 1803. 



PANSY. (Viola iri' color.) The native situation of 

 the wild Pansy is generally in fields of growing corn, where 

 it is partially shaded from the wind and the heat of the 

 midday sun. To grow the Pansy for the purpose of 

 exhibition, the situation for the plants should also be one 

 sheltered from all cutting winds, as these are very 

 destructive, often injuring, and even killing, the plants 

 close to the soil, by twisting them about. The situation 

 should be open to the free circulation of the air, and 

 exposed to the morning sun, but protected from the full 

 influence of the midday sun, which injures the colour of 

 the blooms. The plants should be placed together in 

 beds made for the purpose. The situation should be 

 cool and moist, but thoroughly drained ; for although 

 the Pansy requires considerable moisture during the 

 blooming 'season, and through the summer months, yet 

 it is very impatient of superabundant moisture, and the 

 plants will be found never to do well \vhen the soil 

 becomes in any degree sodden. 



The Soil should be rich and tolerably light. Decayed 

 cucumber-bed dung is the best manure, and the soil a 

 light, hazel loam, with a good portion of decayed turf 

 from pasture land, thoroughly intermixed by frequent 

 stirring and digging, and to three barrow-loads of this 

 soil add one of the cucumber-bed manure two years old. 

 Manure-water, particularly guano-water, applied during 

 the blooming season, is very beneficial. 



The Plants should be carefully selected for the purpose 

 of producing blooms for exhibition, as it will be always 

 found that when they have flowered well through one 

 season, they never produce so fine blooms the second. 

 Those who intend to grow the Pansy for exhibition 

 should select young plants well established from cuttings 

 for the purpose. For the spring exhibitions in May and 

 June, select plants struck the previous autumn, in August 

 and September ; and for the autumn exhibitions in 

 September, select plants struck early in the spring ; and 

 after these have produced their blooms, save them for 

 store plants, to produce cuttings, always having a 

 constant succession of young plants for the purpose of 

 blooming. 



Propagation. The young side-shoots are to be pre- 

 pared for cuttings, as the old, hollow stems seldom strike 

 freely, and do not grow so strong for spring blooming. 

 Take off a sufficient quantity of these side-shoots in 

 August, or the beginning of September, and for autumn- 

 blooming in April and May ; these insert either under 

 hand-glasses, or in pots placed in a cool frame in some 

 good, light compost, mixed with a good quantity of 



