PLA 



TLA 



Greenhouse evergreen, purple - flowered 

 shrubs from New Holland. Cuttings of the 

 points of young shoots, or the small side-shoots, 

 when two inches in length, taken off close to 

 the stem ; sandy fibry peat, with a few pieces 

 of broken pots, charcoal, and dried leaf-mould. 

 Winter temp., 40 to 48 ; summer, 60 to 75. 

 P . chorozemeefo'lium, (Chorozema-leaved). 2. 

 March. 1824. 



illicifo'lium (Holly-leaved). 2. March. 1824. 



PLA'NKKA. (Named after J. Planer, 

 a German botanist. Nat. ord., Elm- 

 irorts [Ulmacese], Linn., -Te,trandrla 

 '>>-Tetra<jynicti Allied to the Elm.) 



Hardy herbaceous trees. Layers and graft- 

 ing on the elm ; common rich loam. 

 P. curpinifo'lia (Hornbeam - leaved). Green. 

 April. Siberia. 



Gmeli'ni (Gmelin's). 12. Brown. April. 



North America. 1816. 



parvifo'lia (small-leaved). Green. April. 



Caucasus. 



Richa'rdi (Richard's). 12. Brown. April. 



North America, 1/60. 



PLANE TEEE. Pla'tamis. 



PLANK PLANT. Bossicc'a scolope'n- 

 drium. 



PLANTAIN. Mu'sa. 



PLA'NTIA. (Named by Dr. Herbert, 

 after Mr. Plant, nurseryman at Chea- 

 dle, in commemoration of his success 

 in cross-breeding. Nat. ord., Trids 

 [Iridacese]. Linn., 3-Triandrla l-Mo- 

 nogynia. Allied to Sisyrinchium.) 



Greenhouse bulb. Seeds, in spring, in a 

 slight hotbed ; offsets ; light rich sandy loam ; 

 bulbs requiring to be taken up, or protected in 

 a frame during winter. 



P.fla'va (yellow). Yellow. June. Cape of 

 Good Hope. 1842. 



PLANTING. The end of October is 

 the best time in the whole year to plant 

 all kinds of trees and bushes which 

 cast their leaves in winter, whether 

 fruit-bearing or ornamental; but all 

 the evergreen American plants, as the 

 Rhododendron, may be planted in Octo- 

 ber, as well as in July, August, or Sep- 

 tember the right months for getting 

 in most evergreens. For directions as 

 to planting Fruit-trees, the reader is 

 referred to the article Stations ,but much 

 of the following directions relative to 

 planting ornamental trees and shrubs 

 is generally applicable. Wherever they 

 are to be placed, if the soil is at all dry 

 at the bottom, no matter how poor it 

 may be, it should be stirred or trenched 

 three feet deep. lu the case of single 

 plants, where a pit or hole only is 

 4(3 



i required, the narrowest diameter ought 

 to be four feet, and if the bottom soil 

 is poor it should be removed and some 

 good added instead; but loose soil oi' 

 this description will subside in time, 

 and if the plants are tied to stakes, as 

 many need be to keep them firm the 

 first year or two, the sinking of the soil 

 from under the roots may cause them 

 to strain, or otherwise injure them, by 

 cracking and letting in the dry winds 

 to them. Another evil is, that when 

 trees thus planted sink down gradually, 

 additional soil is placed over the roots 

 to make the surface level, and this is 

 equivalent to planting too deep in the 

 first instance, and deep planting is 

 always to be avoided. Therefore the 

 loose or new soil beneath the roots 

 ought to be gently pressed down, and 

 the pit filled up to near the surface of 

 the ground, or to within three or four 

 inches of it, so that, when the tree or 

 bush is planted, the surface of the pit 

 will appear a little mound, several 

 inches above the surrounding surface. 

 Plant fruit-trees shallow and on hard 

 bottoms, to prevent their getting too 

 luxuriant; but in gardening for orna- 

 mental plants, the more healthy and 

 vigorous we can grow them the more 



i ornamental they will be ; unless, indeed, 



j they are rather tender for our climate, 

 in that case shallow planting on a solid 

 or unloosed bottom suits them best, as 

 they cannot grow too strong, and the 

 wood will therefore ripen better. The 

 shrub being taken up with long, bare 

 roots, and a host of small fibres, and 

 a considerable ball of soil attached 

 close up to the bole or bottom of the 

 plant, place this ball in the middle of 

 the prepared pit, and fill in the loose 

 soil under the strong roots, so that they 

 may lie in their natural position, and 

 in doing it if the small fibres are pressed 

 down too much, loosen them back 

 again, and fill in any cavities under the 

 bole or main roots. When the roots, 

 great and small, each of them branch- 

 ing out in straight lines, are as regular 

 as they can be placed, some of the 

 lower ones will be out of sight, but the 



! majority are still in view ; over these 

 put a little better soil thus : take a 



; spadeful, and thro>v it past the stem of 



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