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soils they sow in January, or if the soil 

 is wet or stifl', they do not insert the 

 seed until the latter end of March. 



Sow in drills ten inches apart, and 

 half-an-inch deep. The compartment 

 being laid out in beds not more than 

 four feet wide, for the convenience of 

 weeding, &c. When the seedlings are 

 two or three inches high, thin to ten 

 inches apart, and the weeds both by 

 hand, and small hoeing. The beds 

 require to be frequently looked over, to 

 remove all seedlings that may spring 

 up afresh, as well as to be frequently 

 hoed until the plants so cover the j 

 ground as to render it impracticable. 



The roots may be taken up as wanted j 

 in September, but they do not attain ' 

 maturity till October, which is intimated 

 by the decay of the leaves. 



In November, part of the crop may 

 be taken up, and the tops being cut 

 close off, layed in alternate layers with 

 sand, for use in frosty weather. The 

 remainder may be left in the ground, 

 and taken up as required, as they are 

 never injured by the most intense frost, 

 but, on the contrary, are rendered 

 sweeter. In February or March, how- 

 ever, any remaining must be taken up, 

 otherwise they will vegetate. Being 

 preserved in sand, they continue good 

 until the end of April or May. 



To obtain Seed. Some of the finest 

 roots are best allowed to remain where 

 grown; or else, being taken up in 

 February, planted in a situation open, 

 but sheltered from violent winds. If 

 of necessity some of those are employed 

 which have been preserved in sand, 

 such should be selected as have not 

 had their tops cut off very close. 



In dry weather water plentifully twice 

 a week. At the end of August the seed 

 is usually ripe ; the umbels may then 

 be cut, and when thoroughly dried on 

 cloths, the seed beaten out and stored. 



Seed should never be employed that 

 is more than a twelvemonth old. 



PARTERRE is synonymous with our 

 English name Flower Garden. 



PARTING the roots is a mode of pro- 

 pagation available with some plants, 

 and where a large increase of an indi- 

 vidual specimen by this mode is desired, 

 its flower stems should be removed as 



fast as they are produced. This makes 

 the plant stool, for whatever prevents 

 the formation of seed, promotes the 

 development of root. 



PARTRIDGE PEA. Heiste'ria. 



PASCA'LIA. (Named after Dr. Pascal, 

 professor at Parma. Nat. ord., Compo- 

 sites [Asteraceffi]. Linn., 19-Synyenesia 

 2-Superflua. Allied to Heliopsis.) 



Half-hardy herbaceous. Division, in spring ; 

 cuttings, under a hand-light, in summer ; 

 should have a dry, warm spot, or the protection 

 of a frame, in winter. 



P. glau'ca (milky-green). l. Yellow. July. 

 Chili. 1799- 



PASQUE FLOWER. Ane'mone pulsa- 

 ti'lla. 



PASSERI'NA. Sparrow-wort. (From 

 passer, a sparrow ; referring to the 

 beaked seeds. Nat. ord., Dapknads 

 [Thymelacese]. Linn., 8-Octandria 1- 

 Monogynia. Allied to Dais.) 



Greenhouse evergreens, white-flowered, and 

 from the Cape of Good Hope, except where 

 otherwise mentioned. Cuttings of the young 

 shoots, half-ripe, in sand, under a glass, in 

 April or May ; sandy peat, with a few nodules 

 of fibry loam. Winter temp., 40 to 48 ; sum- 

 mer, a rather shady place after the wood is ripe. 

 P. filiformis might be tried against a conserva- 

 tive wall. 

 P. cilia'ta (hair-fringed). 2. May. 1818. 



empetrifo'lia (Empetrum-leaved). 2. Yellow. 



July. Spain. 1834. 



ericoi'des (Heath-like). 3. May. 1810. 

 Jilifo'rmis (thread-shaped). 1. July. 1752. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 1. May. 1789. 



hirsu'ta (hairy). l. July. South Europe. 



1759. 



la'xa (loose). . June. 1804. 



linearifo'lia (narrow-leaved). 3. May. 1820. 



ri'gida (stiff). 2. May. 1817- 



spica'ta (spiked). 1. May. 1787- 



Sfetfe'ri (Steller's). June. Siberia. 1817- 



tenuiflo'ra (slender-flowered). f. July. 



Thunbe'rgii (Thunberg's). 3. May. 1817. 



uniflo'ra (one-flowered). , May. 1759- 



PASSIFLO'RA. Passion-Flower. (From 

 passio, suffering, and flos, a flower ; re- 

 ferring to the filaments or rays, and 

 other parts, being likened to the cir- 

 cumstances of Christ's crucifixion. Nat., 

 ord., Passiomvorts [ Passifl oracese ] . 

 Linn., 16-Monadelphia 2-Pentandria.) 



Cuttings of young wood, in almost any stage, 

 during summer, in sand, under a bell-glass or 

 hand-light ; peat and loam. Carulea and its 

 varieties are the hardiest. It not only flowers 

 freely, but ripens fruit against a wall round 

 London. Incarnata is a pretty thing, of semi- 

 herbaceous habit, which has also in a few cases 

 been tried against a wall. The shoots of the 

 ccerulea group might easily be wrapped toge- 



