PALMS. 



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PARSLEY. 



upon lawns they have a beautiful effect. 

 in a shrub-like form they rise from 3 to 

 5 feet in height, and branch out in a good 



rich soil to lo or 1 8 feet in circumference. 

 There are many varieties, and the colouring 

 is extremely rich. They are most of them 

 profuse flowerers. 



Palms. 



Highly ornamental plants, with large 

 frond-like leaves, ranging from about 2 



KENTIA CANTERBURIANA. 



feet in height to loo feet and upwards. It 

 is only the dwarf kinds that are suitable 

 for the adornment of the conservatory and 

 greenhouse, such as Cocos 



They are propagated by seeds or suckers, 

 and the best compost, either in which to 

 raise the seed or to grow plants, is a mix- 

 ture of yellow loam, fine sand, and peat or 

 charcoal. The spring is the most suitable 

 time for shifting and re-potting, and the 

 spring is also the best time for sowing 

 seed. Kentia Canterburiana and Thrinax 

 argentea, otherwise known as the Broom 

 Palm or Silver Thatch^ are given as ex- 

 amples of the habit and foliage of small 

 greenhouse and hothouse palms. 



Pansies. See Heartsease 



Parsley. 



Full crops of parsley should be sown in 

 the spring along the edges of one of the 

 borders. In order to grow this useful herb 



THRINAX ARGENTEA. 



in perfection, it is necessary that the roots 

 and stem should be kept in a perfectly dry 

 state : this is indispensable to the health 

 and freshness of the plant. In preparing 

 the beds, therefore, remove the soil to the 

 depth of 6 or 8 inches, and fill in the 

 bottom with the same depth of stones, 

 brick rubbish, and similar loose material. 

 Over this prepare the bed of light rich soil, 

 which will thus be raised considerably 

 above the level of the ground, the bed 

 being raked smooth and level. Towards 

 the end of May, sow some seed of the 



