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the flower has a Cross in the middle, and rays, re- 

 sembling a glory, round the edges of it. It is a sin- 

 gularly beautiful flower. The plant is also beauti- 

 ful. It is a climber, like the Honeysuckle; and, like 

 that, has a succession of blossoms that keep it in 

 bloom a long while. It is raised from cuttings, which, 

 treated as other cuttings are, easily taken root. 



374. PCEONY. A perennial that may be raised 

 from seed or offsets. A grand flower for shrubbe- 

 ries. Each flower is usually as big as a tea-cup, and 

 one plant will sometimes produce twenty or thirty. 



375. PEA (Sweet.) There are a great variety in 

 the annual sorts as to colour of blossom, and, there 

 is a perennial sort, called everlasting pea. This 

 stands, of course, year after year. The others are 

 sown and cultivated like the common garden pea, 

 They should have some sticks to keep them up. 

 This is a very showy flower, and remains in bloom 

 a long while. 



376. PINK. This flower is too well known to 

 need describing here. There are a great variety of 

 sorts, as to the flower; but all are cultivated in the 

 same way ; exactly as directed for the Clove, which 

 see. The Pink root will last a great many years ; 

 but, the flower is seldom so fine as the first year of 

 the plant's blowing. 



377. POLYANTHUS. Every thing that has 

 been said of the Auricula (which see) maybe said 

 of .the Polyanthus. It is a very pretty flower, and 

 universally esteemed. It blows finest out of the hot 

 sun. Polyanthuses are best in beds ; for a great part 

 of their merit consists of the endless variety which 

 they present to the eye. The Polyanthus has a de- 

 licately sweet smell, like that of the Cowslip. 



378. POPPY. A very bad smell, but still is tc 

 be sought for on account of its very great variety 



