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be of well-steeled iron. There are three 

 varieties : 1. The pick with two points, 

 for loosening hard surfaces. 2. The 

 pick- axe, for cutting through roots of 

 trees when felling. 3. The mattock, 

 with one pointed and one flat edge, for 

 loosening surfaces, and grubbing up 

 roots. 



PICOTEE. See Carnation and Pink. 



PIAEA'NTHUS. (From piar, fatness, 

 and anlhos, a flower ; the flowers being 

 succulent, as in Stapelia. Nat. ord., 

 Asclepiads [Asclepiadacete]. Linn., 5- 

 Pentandria 2-Digynia.} 



A true genus, but for practical gardening may 

 be considered as a Stapelia. Greenhouse 

 evergreens from the Cape of Good Hope. Cut- 

 tings, dried some days at their base before 

 inserting them in sandy loam ; sandy loam, 

 lime rubbish, leaf-mould, and a little dried cow- 

 dung. Winter temp., 48 to 55 ; summer, 60 

 to 90; dry in winter. 

 P. a'ridus (dry). . Pale yellow, August. 1795. 



Gussonea'nus (Gussone's). . Yellow, 



brown. June. 1832. 



incarna'tus (flesh-coloured). 1. Flesh. June. 



1793. 



mammilla'ris(nipp\e&). Brown. June. 1774. 

 parviflo'rus (small-flowered). . Yellow. 



August. 1795. 



pu'llus (dark), k- Dark purple. August. 



1774. 



puncta'tus (dotted). . Dark purple. Au- 



gust. 1795. 



PI'CEA. The Silver Fir, a true genus, 

 but by recent authors considered only 

 as a section of the Spruce tribe. See 

 Pinus. 



PICTE'TIA. (Named after A. Pictet, 

 a physician. Nat. ord., Leguminous 

 Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., Yl-Diadel- 

 phia ^-Decandria. Allied to Hedy- 

 sarum.) 



Stove evergreen, yellow-flowered shrubs from 

 the West Indies. Cuttings of half-ripened 

 shoots, in sand, under a glass, in bottom heat ; 

 peat and loam. Winter temp., 50 to 55; 

 summer, 60 to 90. 

 P. arista'ta (awned). 4. June. 1816. 



squama'ta (scaled). 4. 1824. 



PIERA'KDIA. (Named after Mr. 

 Pierard, of Kew. Nat. ord., Soapworts 

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

 Monogynia. Allied to Melicocca.) 



Stove evergreen tree. Cuttings of half-ripe 

 shoots, in sandy soil, in heat, in spring ; loam 

 and peat. Winter temp., 50 to 55 j summer, 

 60 to 80. 

 P. dulcis (sweet). 20. Yellow. Sumatra. 1820. 



PIE'RIS Crat-cefyi. Hawthorn, or 

 Black-veined Butterfly. Is white, with 



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black ribs or veins on the wings. It 

 is very much like Po'nlia Bra'ssicce. 

 The caterpillar is dirty yellow, hairy, 

 black-headed, and a brown stripe down 

 its sides. The caterpillars moult several 

 times, and they are usually found on 

 the apple-tree, where both the yellow 

 eggs and caterpillars may 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 [Chamselasiceacese]. Linn., 

 12-Icosandria \-Monogynia. 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. 



PiLEWOET. Fica'ria. 



PILU'MNA. (From pilos or pileos, a 

 cap ; shape of flowers. Nat. ord., Or- 

 chids [Orchidaceffl]. Linn., 20-Gynan- 

 dria 1-Monandria. Allied to Tricho- 

 pilia.) 



Stove orchids. Division of plant, or taking 

 off of a shoot 5 in pots. See Orchids. 

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

 May. Popayan. 1843. 



la'xa, (loose-flowered}, g. Purple, white, 



green. October. Popayan. 1844. 



PIMELE'A. (From pimele, fat; refer- 

 ring to the viscid matter on the leaves 

 of some species. Nat. ord., Daphnads 

 [Thymelacese.] Linn., 2-Diandria 1- 

 Monogynia.} 



Greenhouse evergreen shrubs from New 

 Holland. 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. 



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

 1824. 



diosmcefn'lia (Diosma-leaved). 1. Rose. 



July. 1826. 



graciliflo'ra (slender-c^.mf). 3. White. 



June. 1830. 



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



1837. 



fti'spida (bristty-flotvered) , 2. Blush. Mar. 



1830. 



