PLATYSTEMON 209 



PHLOX eantinued. 



P. D. grandiflor'a is a fine large flowered variety 

 of great diversity of colour and the most 

 effective of the strains. 



P. D. cuspidafta is a variegated leaved variety with 

 flowers mostly toothed and some fringed; 

 about 1 ft. high. Rose and carmine shades. 



P. D. fimbriafta. Beautiful star- shaped flowers of 

 all sorts of colours margined with white. 



P. D. flore' ple'no is a double flowered form of 

 numerous shades and colours. 



Seed should be sown T V in. deep in light soil in 

 a pan on a slight hotbed in March. Transplant 2 

 ins. apart in boxes, harden off gradually, and plant 

 outdoors 6 to 8 ins. apart in good soil in June. 

 Water frequently in hot weather. It is a good 

 plan to get bushy plants to pinch off the leading 

 shoot when quite small. 



PILLAR FORGET-ME-NOT. See MYOSOTIS stricta 

 coelestina. 



PIMPERNEL. See ANAGALLIS. 



PINCUSHION FLOWER. See SCABIOSA atropurpurea. 



PINK-EOSETTE EVERLASTING. See EnoDANTHE MaugUsi. 



PLATYSTE'MON Cream-Cups or Californian Poppy 

 (from Gr. platus, broad, and stemon, a stamen). 

 Nat. Ord. Papaveracece. 



P. califor'nicus is a pretty dwarf- spreading 

 Poppywort, having glaucous-green hairy 



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