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are so similar to the Peach, that it is 

 scarcely necessary to repeat them. 



Culture during the Best Period. The 

 trees will require some pruning, and this 

 consists principally in thinning out, and 

 reducing the snags or stumps of shoots 

 pinched hack in the summer previous. 

 Our practice is to tie down on the old 

 wood, or otherwise train in, as much of 

 the shoot-jointed wood as possible, with- 

 out cramming it too thick ; for most of 

 this wood will become studded with blos- 

 som-spurs in the succeeding summer. 

 All that is not needed may be cut clear 

 away, as in the Pear ; and all useless 

 stumps also. Where wood is wanting to 

 furnish blanks, some of the leading shoots 

 may be shortened back a little ; and, in- 

 deed, any points may be shortened which 

 appear spongy and immature. The trees 

 may now be carefully trained or nailed 

 in, and, if necessary, receive any dressing 

 requisite for the insects. 



Diseases and Insects. See PEACH. 



PLUMBA'GO. Leadwort. (From plum- 

 lum, lead, or a disease of the eye so 

 called, to which a species of Plumba'yo 

 was applied. Nat. ord.,Leadworts [Plum- 

 baginacese]. Linn., 5-Pentandria \-Mo- 

 noyynia.) 



Division of hardy herbaceous perennials, and 

 also seeds and cuttings ; cuttings of the tender 

 kinds ; the side, stubby shoots do best, but shoots 

 at almost every age and size will strike freely in 

 sand, under a bell-glass, in summer, and either 

 kept cool, or with a little bottom-heat, according 

 to the species. The tender species require the 

 greenhouse or the stove. Sandy loam, and a 

 little fibry peat and dried leaf-mould. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 

 P. Cape'nsis (Cape). 14. Blue. November. Cape 

 of Good Hope. 1818. 



tri'stis (dark-lowered). lj. Brown. May. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1792. 

 STOVE EVERGREENS. 



P. Mexica'na (Mexican). White. July. Mexico. 

 1829. 



rhombifo'lia (diamond-leaved). . Blue. Sep- 



tember. S.Amer. 1826. Annual. 



ro'sea (rosy). lj. Red. May. E. Ind. 1777- 



tca'ndens (climbing). 3. White. July, W. 



Ind. 1699. Climber. 



Zeyla'nica (Cingalese). 2. White. June. 



E. Ind. 1731. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS. 



P. Europce'a (European). 3. Blue. September. 

 South Europe. 1596. 



Larpe'ntae (Lady Larpent's). 2. Blue. July. 



China. 1845. Sir W. Hooker says this 

 ought to be known as Valora'dia plum- 

 baginui'des. 



PLUMIE'RIA. (Named after Plumier, a 

 celebrated French botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Dogbanes [Apocynaceffi]. Linn., 5-Pen- 

 tandria l-Monogynia. Allied to Cerbera.) 



Stove evergreen trees and shrubs. Cuttings of 

 ripe shoots in spring, in sand, under a hand-light, 

 and in bottom-heat ; sandy loam and a little 

 fibry peat. Winter temp., 50 to 55, and rather 

 dry ; summer, 60 to 85, with moist roots and 

 atmosphere. 



P. acumina'ta (pointed-/eaed). 20. Red, yellow* 

 July. E. Ind. 1790. 



bi'color (two- coloured). 25. White, yellow. 



August. S. Amer. 1815. 



Blandfordia'na (Blandford's). 10. July. S. 



Amer. 1825. 



incarna'ta (flesh-coloured). 20. Flesh. July. 



Peru. 1820. 



Jameso'ni (Jameson's). 4. Yellow and pink. 



Guayaquil. July. 



Ke'rii (Ker's). 15. Yellow.August.Mexico.1815. 



Lambertia'na (Lambert's). 10. White. July. 



Mexico. 1819. 



leuca'ntha (white-flowered). 10. White. July* 



S. Amer. 1825. 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 10. White. July. 



S. Amer. 1825. 



Mille'ri (Miller's). 6. Flesh. July. W, Ind. 



Northia'na (North's). 7. July. 8. Amer. 1820* 



obtu'sa (blunt-beared). 10. White. July. W. 



Ind. 1733. 



parvifo'lia (small-leaved). White. July. W. 



. *nd. 1813. J 



pu'dica (chaste-cowered). 5. Yellow. July. ' fr<* *- 



S. Amer. 



purpu'rea (purple). 20. Purple. July. Peru. 1820, 



ru'bra(red). 15. Red. July. Jamaica. 1 690. 



*ubercula'ta (vtsated-stemmed). 6. White, Au- 



gust. St. Domingo. 1812. 



PODALY'RIA. (A classical name. Poda- 

 lirius was the son of JSsculapius. Nat 

 ord., Leguminous Plants [Fabaceae]. Linn., 

 10-Decandria l-Monogynia. Allied to 

 Callistachys.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs, from the Cape 

 of Good Hope. The following, with two excep- 

 tions, are purple-flowered. Seeds in a hotbed, m 

 spring ; cuttings of stubby side- shoots in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, in April or May ; sandy loam 

 and fibry peat, well-drained. Winter temp., 40 a 

 to 48. 

 P. arge'ntea (silvery). 6. White, red. April. 1789. 



buxifo'lia (box-leaved). 2. Blue. June. 1790. 



glau'ca (milky-green). 6, June. 1810. 



myrtillifo'lia (myrtle-leaved). 6. June. 1795* 



oleeefo'lia (olive-leaved). 4. May. 1804. 



seri'cea (silky). 6. June. 1778. 



PODOCA'RPUS. (From pous, a foot, and 

 karpos, a fruit; long footstalks. Nat. ord., 

 Taxads [Taxacese]. Linn., 2l-Monceda 

 W-Monadelphia. Allied to the Yew.) 



Evergreen cone-bearers. Cuttings of ripe shoots 

 in sand, under a bell-glass; loam and peat. 

 Winter temp., 40 to 48. Macrophy'lla, latifof- 

 lia, spinulo'sa, and nuci'fera have stood some 

 time against walls in the climate of London. They 

 are all good things for a winter garden. 

 P. Chili'na (Chilian). 40. Chili. 

 ferrugi'nea (rusty-coloured). 40. New Zealand. 



latifo'Ka (broad-leaved). 200. March. Pandua. 



1828. 



macrophy'lla (large-leaved). 40. July. Japan. 



Nage'ia (Nageia). 40. Japan. 



nuci'fera, (nut-bearing), 20. Jpn, 1832. 



