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Growing in Beds. By the middle of 

 August Pinks are all gone out of flower. 

 The old plants are of little use to the 

 florist, as they seldom produce the 

 second year first-rate bloom, hut for 

 ornamenting the border they are valu- 

 able. Remove them out of the bed ; 

 trim off all dead flower- stems ; and 

 plant them in the borders of the garden 

 rather deeper than they have been 

 before. They will make fresh roots 

 higher up the stems, and form close 

 compact bushes, producing the next 

 season abundance of flowers. If it is 

 intended to grow Pinks again in the 

 same bed, the soil ought to be taken 

 out a foot deep and renewed with fresh 

 loam, and very rotten stable dung, in 

 the proportion of three of the first to 

 one of the latter, turning it over fre- 

 quently to thoroughly mix. and sweeten 

 it. This should be done by the third 

 week of August. Eaise the bed six 

 inches above the soil around, and 

 formed like a 

 pitched roof, 

 thus. The com- 

 post should be at least a foot deep. 

 Plant in rows, the first week in Sep- 

 tember, and twelve inches apart each 

 way. Sheltering in winter, frequent 

 stirring of the soil in spring, and mulch- 

 ing with short, well-decayed stable 

 manure early in June, are the chief 

 points of after-culture. See Carnation 

 for other points requiring attention. 



PIN PILLAE. Opu'ntia carmsa'vica. 



PINNATE. A leaf is pinnate when 

 several leaflets grow from the sides of 

 one foot- stalk, as in the Pea, Aca- 

 cia, <fec. 



PINNATIFID, is when a leaf is cut 

 across ( from the edge towards the centre 

 nerve into several oblong parallel seg- 

 ments, as in Ipomo'psis, &c. 



PI'NUS. Pine-Tree. (A name from 

 Theophrastus. Nat. ord., Conifers 

 [Pinacea?]. Linn., 'Zl-Moncccia 'lO- 

 Mon adelphia. ) 



Hardy evergreens, except where otherwise 

 mentioned. Chiefly by seeds ; scarce ones, by 

 cuttings, layers, inarching, and grafting ; deep 

 rich loam yields the quickest and finest tim- 

 ber for bulk ; a more mountainous situation, 

 where the soil is neither so rich nor ?o deep, is 

 supposed to yield the most lasting timber. 



TIES (A'bics). 

 All hardy evergreens. 



P. ajone'sis (Ajona], Large tree. Siberia. 



a'lba (white. Spruce). 50. May. North 



America. 1/00. 

 na'na (dwarf). May. 



ama'bilis (lovely). 180. April. New Cali- 



fornia. 1831. 



aroma' tica (aromatic). 100. Oregon. 



balsa'mea CB&lmof Gilead). 45. May. N. 



America. 1696. 



bractea'tn (bracted). 120. California. 



Bmnonia'na (Brown's). J5. Nepaul. 



Canade'nsis (Canadian. Hemlock-spruce'). 



85. May. N. America. 1736. 



Cephalo'nica (Cephalonian). 60. May. Ce- 



phalonia. 1824. 



co'ncolor (one-colored). Mountains of 



Mexico. 



Dougla'sii (Douglas's). 1/0. May. N. 



America. 1826. 



exce'lsa (lofty). 150. May, N. of Europe. 



Carpatica, Clunbrasiliana, giganteu, mon- 

 strosa, mucronata, nana, tenuifolia, va- 

 riegata, and viminalis, are all varieties 

 of excelsa. 

 . falca'ta (sickle-heaved). 35. Oregon. 



fi'rma (solid). Mountains of Japan. 



Fra'seri (Fraser's). 30. May. Pennsyl- 



vania. 1811. 

 na'na (dwarf). 



gru'ndis (great). 170. May. New Cali- 



fornia. 1831. 



lieterophy'lla (various-leaved). 180. Oregon. 



homo'lepis (equal-scaled). 25. Mountains 



of Japan. 



Jezoe'nsis (Jezo. Spruce-Fir}. 55. Japan. 



Khu'trow (Khutrow). 50. Himalayas. 



lasioca'rpa (woolly - coned). North-west 



America. 



Slenzie'sii (Menzies). 60. May. North- 



west America. 1831. 



Mertensia'nci (Merten's). Island of Sitcha. 



microphy'lla (small-leaved) . 180. Oregon. 



Mori'nda (Morinda). 40. North India. 



mucrona'ta (sharp-pointed). 180. Oregon. 



ni'gra (black. Spruce). 60. May. North 



America. 1/00. 



no 1 bills (noble). 65. North America. 1831. 



Nordmannia'na (Nordmann's). 80. Crimea. 



obova'ta (reversed-egg-foned). Siberia. 



orienta'lis (eastern). 30. May. Levant. 1825. 



pl'cea (pitchy). 160. May. Germany. 1603. 



Apolli'nis (Apollini). Greece. 



leiocla'da (smooth-branched). Levant. 



pi'chta (pitch). 50. May. Siberia. 1820. 



Pi'ndrow (Pindrow). 100. May. Himalayas. 



1837- 



Pinsa'po (Pinsapo). 65. Spain. 1838. 



poli'ta (neat). 50. Mountains of Japan. 



religio'sa (sacred). 150. Mexico. 



ru'bra (red. Spruce). 50. May. North 



America. 1755. 



viola 'ecu (violet). 



a'rcticu (arctic). 



Schrenkia'na (Schrenk's). Siberia. 



Sitche'nsis (Sitchan). Island of Sitcha, 



trogo'na (three-angled). 300. Oregon. 

 Tsu'ga (Tsugan). North of Japan. 



na'na (dwarf). 



Webbia'na (Webb's). 90, Himalayas. 1822. 



