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be found in June. The caterpillars draw 

 two or three leaves together with a web. 

 These should be sedulously sought for 

 and destroyed. 



PIGEON PEA. Caja'nus. 



PILEA'NTHUS. (From pilos, a cap, and 

 anthos, a flower. Nat. ord., Fringe-Myrtles 

 [Chamselauciacere]. Linn., 12-Icosan- 

 dria 1-Monoyynia. Allied to Calytrix.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings of short 

 young: shoots in sand, under a glass, in May, 

 and placed in a shady place in a cold pit ; sandy 

 loam and a little peat. Winter temp., 38 to 48. 

 P. lima'cis (limax-like). 2. April. White. N. 

 Holland. 1824. 



PILE WOET. Fie a 'ria . 



PILU'MNA. (From pilns or pileos, a cap ; 

 shape of flowers. Nat ord., Orchids 

 [Orchidacese]. Linn., 20-Gynandria 1- 

 Monandria. Allied to Trichopilia.) 



Stove orchi-ds. Division of plant, or taking off 

 of a shoot ; in pots. See ORCUIDS. 

 P.fra'grans (sweet-scented). White, yellow- 

 May. Popayan. 1843. 



la'xa (loose-lowered), f. Purple, white, green. 



October. Popayan. 1844. 



PIMELE'A. From pimele, fat; referring 

 to the viscid matter on the leaves of some 

 species. Nat ord., Daphnads [Thyrne- 

 laeese]. Linn., 2-Diandria 1-Mono- 

 gynia.} 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, from New Hol- 

 land. Seeds sown in a gentle hotbed, in spring; 

 cuttings of young shoots in sand, under a bell- 

 glass ; sandy, fibry peat, with a third of fibry 

 loam, and pieces of charcoal, freestone, and 

 broken pots, to keep the soil open, in addition to 

 good drainage. Winter temp., 40 to 48. 

 P. affi'nis (related). White. May. 



decussu'ta (cross-branched). 2. Red. May. 



1824. 



diosm&fo'lia (diosma-leaved). 1. Rose. July. 



1826. 



graciliflo'ra (slender- calyxed}. 3. White. 



June. 1830. 



Henderso'ni (Henderson's). 2. Rose. July. 



1837- 



ki'spida (bristly-cowered). 2. Blush. May. 



1830. 



interme'dia (intermediate). 2. W r hite. May. 



1825. 



Hnifo'lia (flax-leaved). 2. White. May. 1793. 



Hnoi'des (flax-like). 2. White. July. 1826. 



longiflo'ra (long-flowered). 4. White. June. 



183 1. 



na'na (dwarf), f . White. June. 1839. 



ni'vea (snowy -her baged). 6. White. 1833. 



paludo'na (marsh). White. April. 1826. 



ro'sea (rosy). 2. Red. June. 1800. 



specta'bilis (showy). 3. White, pink. May. 



1840. 



spica'ta (spiked). 2. White. June. 1824. 



sylve'stris (wood). 2. Blush. June. 1830. 



PIME'KTA. Allspice-tree. (From pi- 

 mento, the Spanish name. Nat. ord., 

 Myrtlellooms [Myrtacese]. Linn., 12- 



Icosandria 1 - Monogynia. Allied to 

 Myrtus.) 



Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings of ripe shoots 

 in sand, under a bell-glas, and in a brisk bottom- 

 heat, in spring ; rich," sandy, fibry loam. Winter 

 temp., 50 to 60; summer, do to 85. 

 P. vutga'ris (common. Allspice). 30. White. 

 June. W. Ind. 1723. 



PIMPERNEL. Anaga'llls. 



PINASTER. Pl'iws pina'ster. 



PINCHING is a term applied to crush- 

 ing, between the finger and thumb, the 

 leading bud of a shoot, so as to prevent 

 its increasing in length, and to force 

 more sap to the other buds. 



PINCKNE'YA. (Named after Mr. Pinck- 

 ney, an American botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Cinchcnads [Cinchonacese]. Linn., 5- 

 Pentandria l-Honogynia. Allied to 13ou- 

 vardia.) 



Half-hardy evergreen tree. Seeds; and cuttings 

 of ripened shoots under a hand-light, in sandy 

 peat. It hardly deserves the greenhouse, and is 

 rather tender for exposure, but would probably 

 flourish against a south wall in a shallow border 

 of loam and peat. 



P. pu'bens (downy). 20. Red. June. Georgia. 

 1786. 



PINE -APPLES. Anana'ssa. 



Varieties. Queen : a free grower and 

 an excellent fruiter ; fit for the earliest 

 summer fruit, and excellent during Sep- 

 tember and October. Ripley Queen: a 

 very fine fruit, and by many preferred 

 to the first. St. Vincent, or Green Olive : 

 an excellent winter fruit. Black Jamaica : 

 the best winter pine; it is too often con- 

 founded with the Montserrat. Black 

 Antigua: a noble pyramidal fruit, with 

 large pips ; should be cut a little before 

 it is quite ripe. Brown Sugar-loaf ': large 

 and showy, with a very juicy flesh ; it is 

 said by some to swell tolerably well in 

 winter. White Providence : one of the 

 largest and noblest of pines; flavour 

 rather inferior. Trinidad: larpre and of 

 pyramidal shape ; flavour not first-rate. 

 Enville : noble - looking fruit; flavour 

 second-rate. 



Culture. This usually commences in 

 February. Have the upper thirty inches 

 of the pit in which the pots are to be 

 plunged filled with fresh tan. Re-pot 

 your plants, using any turfy soil, even 

 from a road-side, well chopped to pieces 

 when dry, but by no means riddled. 

 Nevertheless, it is very good practice to 

 have a richer and mellower compost in a 

 more decomposed state on the potting 

 bench, such as the surface of an old 

 cucumber-bed, chopped when dry, dung, 



