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what anybody lilies best, but clear, well- | 

 defined, perfectly smooth at the edges in- 

 side next the eye, so as to form a circle ; 

 and outside, next the lacing : a black 

 or a crimson ground, being scarce, is 

 desirable ; but the quality of the colour 

 as to clearness, rather than the colour 

 itself, constitutes the property. 



The Plant. 1. The stem should be 

 strong, straight, elastic, and from four 

 to six inches in length. 



2. The footstalks of the flower should 

 be of such length as to bring all the 

 flowers well together. 



3. The truss should (rise from the 

 centre of the foliage) comprise seven 

 or more flowers, and be neatly arranged 

 to be seen all at once. 



4. The foliage should be (dark green) 

 short, broad, thick, and cover the pot 

 well (but erect and clustering round, 

 though lower than the truss). 



The Pair, or Collection. The pair, or 

 pan of more, should comprise flowers 

 of different and distinct colours, either 

 the ground colour or the yellow of each 

 being sufficiently different from the 

 rest to be well distinguished. The 

 whole should be so near of a height as 

 to range the heads of bloom well toge- 

 ther. The great fault of the Polyanthus 

 now, even among the best sorts, is that 

 the divisions between the petals are so 

 wide as to make the flower look starry, 

 whereas there should be no more gap 

 where the division is than is in the in- 

 dentation of the petal itself. Glenny's 

 Properties of Flowers, &c. 



Culture. The Polyanthus may be 

 cultivated exactly as the Auricula. 



POLYBO'TRYA. (From polys, many, 

 and bolrys, a raceme ; the appearance of 

 the fertile or seed-bearing frond. Nat. 

 ord., Ferns [Polypodiaceee]. Linn., 

 2i-Cryptogamia I-FUices.) 



Stove, brown- spored Ferns. See Ferns* 

 P. acumina'ta (pointed-teaued). July, West 

 Indies. 1831. 



apiifo'lia (Parsley-leaved). July. I. of Luzon. 



appendicula' ta (appendaged). July. West 



Indies. 



articula! ta (jointed). July. Isle of Luzon. 



ccrvi'na (Hart's-tongue). |. April. Jamaica. 



1823. 



Corcovade'nsis (Corcovado). July. Brazil. 



1837. 



inci'sa (cut-leaved). July. West Indies. 



intermedia (intermediate). April. Isle of 



Luzon. 



P. oswzwmfo'eea(Osmunda-Hke). July. Mexico. 



serrula'ta (saw-edged). July. Isle of Luzon. 



specio'sa (showy). July. West Indies. 



vivi'para, (viviparous). $. June. W. Indies. 



1823. 



POLY'GALA. Milkwort. (From polys, 

 much, and gala, milk ; abundance of 

 milky juice. Nat. ord , Milkworts [Poly- 

 galaceas]. Linn., 17-Diadelphia 3- 

 Octandria.} 



Annuals, by seed, in a peaty border ; herba- 

 ceous perennials, seeds and divisions, in similar 

 soil, or sandy loam and leaf-mould; hardy 

 shrubs, and under-shrubs, as Cham&buxis, by 

 cuttings and suckers, and which species, in par- 

 ticular, likes a little chalk with the peat and 

 leaf-mould ; tender shrubs, by cuttings of the 

 side-shoots, when 2$ inches long, taken off close 

 to the stem, and inserted in sand, under a bell- 

 glass ; for all these, peat three-parts, and loam 

 one-part ; many of them, from their beauty 

 and comparative hardiness, should be tried 

 against conservative walls, such as latifolia, 

 myrtifolia grandlflora, speciosa, &c. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



P. fastigia'ta (peaked). . Red. June. North 

 America. 1824. 



jtfoiwpeK'oea (Montpelier). i- Blue. June. 



Mediterranean. 



purpu'rea (purple). Purple. June. North 



America. 1/39- 



umbella'ta (umbelled). 1. Purple. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. Stove. 



HAEDY HERBACEOUS. 



P. a'lba (white). White. June. Louisiana, 

 1827- 



Alpe'stris (Alpine). Blue. June. Switzerland. 



ama'ra (bitter). . Blue. June. Europe. 



1775. 



Austri'aca (Austrian). Purple. June. Ger- 



many. 



Chamcebu'xis (Bastard Box). J. Yellow, 



May. Austria. 1658. Evergreen. 



graminifo'lia (Grass - leaved). . Lilac, 



yellow. June. Carolina. 1824. 



ma! jar (larger - Austrian). 1. Red. July. 



Austria. 1739. 



rube'lla (reddish). *. Pale red. June. North 



America. 1828. 



GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 



P. attenua'ta (thin). 3. Purple. July. Cape 

 of Good Hope. 1820. 



6or6om"/o'/a (Borbonia- leaved). 3. Purple, 



Cape of Good Hope. 1790. 



bracteola'ta (small - bracted). 6. Purple. 



July. Cape of Good Hope. 1713. 



Burma 1 nni (Bunnann's). 3. Purple. June. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1800. 



cordifo'lia (heart-leaved). 3. Purple. May. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1791- 



Garci'nii (Garcin's). 3, Purple. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 



genistoi'des (Broom-like). 3. Purple. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1823. 



gra'cilis (slender). Blue. May. New Zealand. 



intermedia (intermediate). 3. Purple. June. 



Cape of Good Hope, 



