PEA 



[ 618 ] 



PEL 



Sce'p- 



tmm Caroli'num is a giant among them, and one 

 of the most beautiful. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



Red. July. Switz- 

 Dark red, July. 

 . Yellow. July. 



nearly so. This is generally done about j PEDICULA'RIS. Lousewort. (From 

 the middle of August, and has a tendency > pedicutus, a louse ; supposed effect on 

 to cause the wood to become highly so- ! sheep eating it. Nat. ord., Fiyworts 

 lidified, and thus induces fruitMness. ; [Scrophulariaceas]. Linn., 14,-Didynamia 

 After this period, the only care is to [ '2-Angiospermia. Allied to Melamphis.) 

 pinch the points Of all succulent spray j Seeds and cuttings. Loam and peat ; the^great 

 which may arise. j ~ 



Culture during the Rest Period. When j 

 the summer culture of the pear is pro- 

 perly attended to, but little is left for the i P. adsce'ndens (ascending). 

 winter primer. Nevertheless, there is J 

 still something to do. Some shoots will : 

 have escaped the summer dresser, and 

 many "snags" must be cut entirely o 

 Most of those which had been pinched j 

 back to three inches at Midsummer, or 

 after, must be pruned closely off. 

 stump or spur must be left, unless a 

 blank space occur; as these, by Avhat 

 used to be termed spurring back, only 

 produced their like again. These snags 

 removed, the young shoots tied or nailed 

 down must be examined, and all consi- 

 dered superfluous cut away. Those re- 

 served must be tied down on the old 

 stems, or nailed between them, and little 

 more is necessary until the growing 

 period returns. 



Storing. The conditions requisite for 

 keeping pears are a rather cool room, and 

 one that is dry. It is well known, how- 

 ever, that several of our superior pears 

 require a certain amount of warmth when 

 near the period of use, to give them their 

 proper flavour. We, therefore, in advis- 

 ing a somewhat cool room, refer to one 

 of the most important objects connected 

 with the dessert-table the providing a 

 long and continuous succession. Still it 

 has been generally found, that in propor- 

 tion as any given kind has been kept past 

 its natural period, it has, in like propor- 

 tion, lost flavour, as, also, that buttery 

 texture for which a. ripe pear is so much 

 esteemed. What is the best temperature 

 Is not quite certain ; it probably differs 

 somewhat in different kinds. We should 

 say 55 to 60; not more than the latter; 

 probably, a condition of air similar to a 

 fine, mild, October day. 



Diseases. (See CANKER.) They are 

 also liable to decay at the points of the 



erland. 1819- 



a'tro-ru'bens (dark red). 1, 



Switzerland 1819. 



Cunade'nsis (Canadian). 



N. Amer. 1780. 



como'sa (tufted). 1. Yellow. July. Italy. 1775. 



compu'cta (close~7ieaded). 1. Yellow. July. 



Siberia. 1815. 



e'legans (elegant). Purple. June. Siberia. 1827 



incurna'ta (flesh-coloured), f. Pink. June. 



Austria. 1/Q6. 



Oe'deri (Odder). Yellow. July. NorthEurope. 



1827. 



pa'llida (pale). Yellow. July. N.Amer. 1826. 



palu'stris (marsh). 2. Purple. June. Britain. 



7?roAosci'd<?a(nosed).Purple.June.Siberia.l827. 



ro'sea (.rosy). Rose. July. SouthEurope. 1825. 



ru'bens (ruddy). Bed. May. Dahuria. 1827. 



Annual. 



specio'sa (showy). Purple. June. Siberia. 1827. 



stria 1 ta (channelled). Yellow, crimson. June. 



Dahuria. 1826. 



sylva'tica (wood). 1. Pink. August. Britain. 



HALF-HARDY HERBACEOUS. 

 P. euphrasioi'des (eyebright-like). l. Purple. 

 Siberia. 181 6. 



fla'mmea (flame), l. Yellow, scarlet. July. 



Switzerland. 1775. 

 foUij'sa (leafy). 1. Cream. July. Austria. 1785. 



gyrofle'xa (circular). . Purple. July. Switz- 



erland. 1819. 



mo'llis (soft-leaved). 1. Purple. June. Ne- 



paul. 1850. 



myriophy'lla (myriad-leaved). 1. Yellow. 



June. Dahuria. 1816. 



recu'tita (circumcised), f . Purple. June. 



1 . Purple. July. 



Austria. 1787- 

 resvpina'ta (lying-back). 

 Siberia. 181 6. 



rostra'ta (beaked). 4. Purple. June. Switzer- 



land. 1819. 



sce'ptrum Caroli'num (Charles's-sceptre). 5. 



Yellow. July. Sweden. 1793. 



tubero'sa (tuberous) . 1 . Yellow. June. 



Switzerland. 1799. 



uncina'ta (hook-^?otfercd). 1. Yellow. July. 



Siberia. 1815. 



versi'color (party-coloured). 1. Yellow. May. 



Switzerland. 1819. 



verticilla'ta (whorled). 1. Rose, July. Austria. 



1790. 



PELARGO'NIUSI. Stork's-bill. (From 

 , a stork ; referring to the beak- 



le formation of the ripe seed-pod. Nat. 

 ord., Cranesbills [Geraniaceafj. Linn,, 

 IQ.Monadelphia ^-Heplandria.} 



Insecu.-See ACITOB, Aranozus, and ^852d? G d H <*"' <"<" 



generally arises from the roots entering 

 improper subsoils. 



bELANDRTA. 



ITH. 

 PEAT PLANTS. 



, GEEENHOUSE BIENNIALS AKD ANNUALS. 



See BOG EARTH. j p> anemonifofKum (anemone-leaved), 14. Pink. 



See AMERICAN PLAXTS. i July. 



