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Platylobium Leguminosce, Platylobium Triangulare. These 

 are free flowering shrubs, with pretty orange, yellow or red 

 coloured flowers, and are readily grown from seed in any tolerable 

 garden soil. 



Platystemon Ranunculacece, Platystemon Californicum. These 

 are annuals with cream coloured flowers, natives of Carlifornia, 

 and said to grow best in sandy loam. 



Plumbago, Plumbaginacece. The Lead Wort, (White) P. Zeyla- 

 nica, (Red) P. Rosea, (Blue) P. Capensis. The White Plumbago 

 is common ; so are the other varieties. The red and blue, blossom 

 throughout the year ; but the latter, which is the handsomest of 

 the whole, and introduced from the Cape, is by far the most 

 esteemed. Is propagated by layers. 



Podalyria Leguminosce, Podalyria Genistoides. These are 

 pretty shrubs with silky leaves, and should be grown in a light 

 garden soil, their colours are mostly white, purple, blue or red, 

 and should be raised from seed. 



Podolepis Composites, Podolepis Gracilis. The stems of these 

 plants are covered with scales, the flowers are white, yellow and 

 pink, these plants are adapted for borders, and may be raised 

 from seed. 



Podotheca Gompositce, Podotheca Capitata. A yellow flower- 

 ing plant of no great beauty, readily cultivated from seed. 



Poly gala Polygalacece, Poly gala Speciosa. All the species of 

 this genus are very handsome, showy flowers, they are natives of 

 the Cape, some parts of Europe and America ; their colours are 

 chiefly pink, scarlet, red or white, they are readily grown from 

 seed, and should be raised in a light soil. 



Polygonum, Persicaria, Polygonacece. This is a very extensive 

 genus of plants, the Dwarf Persicaria, a garden plant, is of easy 

 culture, also the red and white, the P. Hydropiper, a water- 

 plant, has beautiful pink flowers. 



Poppies. The Double Marseilles Poppies are very gay and 

 easily grown, sown broadcast in a bed, in good soil, in the rainy 

 season, but they take up a great deal of room, and are very 

 short lived. The large coarse opium poppy is not deserving of 

 place in a flower garden. 



