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ing shoots early in the season (page 90), but it is oftener per- 

 formed upon potted plants by the veneer method. 



Piper, Cubeba (Pepper, Cubeb). Piperacea: 



Seeds. All are increased by means of cuttings of the grow- 

 ing shoots, inserted in sandy soil under glass. 



Piscidia (Fish Poison-tree, Jamaica Dogwood). Leguminoscc. 



Seeds. Cuttings of growing shoots under glass. 

 Pistacia. Anacardiacece. 



Seeds, cuttings and layers. The pistacio-nut or "green 

 almond" (P. vera] is usually grown from seeds, which are 

 planted where the trees are to stand. It is sometimes graft- 

 ed upon P. terebinthus, to give it greater vigor. 



Pitcairnia. See Billbergia. 



Pitcher-plant. See Nepenthes and Sarracenia. 



Pittosporum. Pittosporece. 



Seeds, and by cuttings of the growing or ripe wood, under 

 glass. 



Planera (Planer-tree). Urticacece. 



Propagated by seed's, which should be handled like elm 

 seeds. 



Plane-tree. See Platanus. 

 PlantagO (Plantain). Plantaginece. 



Seeds. The perennial species also by division. 

 Plantain (fruit). See Banana. 



Platanus (Plane-tree, Buttonwood ; Sycamore, improperly). 

 Platanacece. 



Usually propagated by seeds, but layers and ripe-wood 

 cuttings may be employed. 



Platycerium (Stag's-Horn Fern). Filices. 

 Chiefly by division. See Ferns. 



Platycodon, Wahlenbergia. Campanulacece. 



Propagated by seeds and, when old plants are obtainable, 

 by division. 



Plectocomia. Palmce. 



Seeds. May be increased by suckers. 



