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PIT 



DECIDUOUS TREES. 

 f, Atlafntiea (Atlantic). 12. Barhavy. 1790. 



mu'tica (beardless). Russia. 1344. 



tereli'nthus (turpentine-tree). 20. June. South 



Europe. 1656. 



spheeroca'rpa (round-fruited). May. Ever 



preen, 



* (true). 20. May, Syria. 1770. 

 Narbonefnsis (Narbonne). 20. April. Nar- 



bonne. 1752. 

 trifo'lia (three-lcafleted). 



80. May. Syria. 



Linn., 22-Dicecia 1- 



PI'STIA. (From pistillum, the female 

 organ ; signifying the appearance of the 

 spathe inflorescence. Nat. ord., Duck- 

 weeds [Pistiaceas], 

 Monandria.} 



Beautiful stove aquatic. Seeds and divisions ; 

 rich, strong loan) ; a tub or tank in the plant- 

 stove or aquarium. 



P. stratio'tes (water-soldier. Water Lettuce}. J. 

 Greenish. Jamaica. 1843. 



PISTORI'KTIA. (Derivation not explained. 

 Nat. ord., JJoyseleeks [Crassulacece]. 

 Linn., 10-Decandria 5-Decagynia. Allied 

 to Cotyledon.) 



Hardy biennials. Seeds in any dry soil, ir> an 

 exposed place, or a rock-work, in April. 

 P. Hisptt'nica (Spanish). J. Red. June. Spain 1/96. 



PI'SUM. The Pea. (From pis., the Celtic 

 name. Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants [Fa- 

 bacese]. Linn., 17-Diadelphia ^-Decan- 

 drin.} 



Perennials, seeds and divisions ; annuals, seeds 

 sown according to the time the produce is w mted ; 

 rich, deep soil, where they will neither suffer from 

 damp nor drought. See PEA. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



P. Amen'ca'num (American). 1. Purple. S. Amer. 

 1800. 



man'timum (sea). 1$. Purple. England. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 

 P. ai->;e'nse (field). 3. Red. South Europe. 



ela'tuifl (tall). 5. Dark blue. Iberia. 1820. 



Jomu'rdi (Jomardi's). 3". White. Egypt. 18;20. 



su'i'vum (eomwon-cultivated). 3. White, 



South Europe. 



hu'mile (humble). 1. White. 



macroca'rpum (large-podded). 4. White. 



qnadra'tum (squared). 3. White. 



aacohara' turn (sugared). 4. White. 



umbella'tum (umbelled). 4. Purple. 



Theba'icum (Jheban). 3. 1S25. 



PIT in the Stove is the excavation, or 

 brick inclosure, in which i.s the tan, or 

 other material for plunging the pots ; and 

 for Forcing, itis a structure having a glass 

 roof, and differing from a hotbed and 

 frame on}y in being large, and with sides 

 fixed to the soil. (See HOTBED and ME- 

 LON for examples of various kinds of Pit.) 

 A Cold Pit is one where no artificial heat 

 is used, the protection the plants receive 

 being given solely by coverings. During 

 summer and spring, these pits, when not 



plants by their walls. Either a Melon or 

 Cucumber Pit unheated, or an inclosure 

 made with turf walls, and covered with 

 the glass lights of a hotbed frame, an- 

 swer admirably as cold pits. 



PITCAI'RNIA. (Named after Dr. Pit- 

 cairn. Nat. ord., Sromelworts [Bromelia- 

 cese]. Linn., S-Octandria ~\-Monogynia. 

 Allied to Tillandsia.) 



Stove herbaceous perennials. Division, and by 

 suckers in spring, or when they can best be ob- 

 tained ; sandy, fibry peat, and good, mellow loam. 

 Winter temp., 50 to 55; summer, 60 to 85. 

 P. a'lbiflos( white-flowered). 3. White. Sep. 

 tember. Brazil. 1824. 



angustifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 2. Scarlet. Santa 



Cruz. 1777- 



bractea'ta (Jar#e-re<-bracted). 2. Scarlet. 



April. W. Ind. 1799. 



bromelicpfo'lia (pine-apple-leaved). 2. Scarlet. 



June. Jamaica. 1781. 



Chile'nsis ( Chili). 1. Scarlet. July. Chili. 1820. 



courcta'ta (pressed-together). 4. Yellow. July. 



Chili. 1852. 



eckina'ta (echinated-^ouwerf)* Cream. Mexico. 



January. 1852. 



exsca'pa (stemless). Scarlet. July. New Gre- 



nada. 1850. 



fla'mmea (flame-eo/owred). 2. Flame. No- 



vember. Rio Janeiro. 1825. 



furfura'cea (scurfy).2.Red. July. S.Amer. 181 6. 



hu'milis (low). 1. Scarlet. July. S. Amer. 1820. 



integrifo'lia (entire-leaved), 2. Red. August. 



W. Ind. 1800. 



intermedia (intermediate). 2. Scarlet. July. 



S. Amer. 1820. 



iridiflufra (iris-flowered). 2. Scarlet. July. S. 



* Amer. 1820. 



Intifo'lia (bro;td-leaved). 



W. Ind 1785. 



longif'Ua (lone-leaved). ; 



LT.'.I. 1852. 



mqcrofHjflyx ( large-calyxevl). Yellow. S. Amer. 



18.52. 



musca 11 (h..arv>. Red. December. St. Petera- 



ri'ng''n,t (trapiu ). Crimson. Demerara. 



s' ami net (Ions: stameneri). 2. Scarlet. Ja 



num. s Amer. 182:1. 



suuite' alms (sweet-scented). 2. Yellow. Ju.\ 



Br.izil. is-24. 



sulphu'rea (sulphur-cowered). 2. Yellow. Au 



t. W. Ind. 1797- 



undula'ta (wavy). Scarlet. July. Brazil. 1843 



undulatifo Ha (waved-leaved). 14. White. Ma 



Brazil. 

 gignnte'a (gigantic). 5. White. February 



PITCHER-LEAF. Nepe'nthes phylla'm 

 phora. 



PITCHER-PLANT. Nepe'nthes dittillato'ria, 



PiTTOspo'RUii. (From pilte, to tar or 

 pitch, and sporos, seed; seeds covered with 

 esinous pulp. Nat. ord., Pittosporad* 

 ^Pittosporacece]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 1- 

 Mouogynia.} 



Greenhouse, evergreen shrubs. Cuttings of 

 ihoots in nand, under a bell-glass, in April, and 

 kept in a close frame, without bottom-heat ; sandy, 

 ' w nodules of fibry peat. Winter 



2. Scarlet. August. 

 . Scarlet. December. 



om an a ew noue , o ry p . 



covered, v.'e still a great protection to j temp., 38 to 48; summer, 60 to 75. Tobi'ra 



