POT [ K 



here, as well as in the other case, a 

 higher temperature should for a time 

 be maintained until fresh growth has 

 freely commenced, when air and ex- 

 posure may be more freely given. 



See One-shift System. 



POTTING- OFF is the term applied to 

 moving into pots, singly, seedlings or 

 cuttings from where they have been 

 grown numerously together. 



POTTLE. See Basket. 



POUPA'ETIA. (Called Bois de Poupart 

 in the Isle of Bourbon. Nat. ord., 

 Terebinths [Anacardiaceee]. Linn., 

 10-Decandria 4t-Pentayyma. Allied to 

 Spondias.) 



Stove evergreen trees. Cuttings of ripe 

 shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass ; peat and 

 loam. Winter temp., 55 to 60 ; summer, 60 

 to 85. 



P. Borbo'nica (Bourbon). 40. Purple. Bour- 

 bon. 1825. 



du'lcis (sweet. Otaheite-apple). 30. Yellow- 



ish. Society Islands. 1793. 



mangi'fera (Mango-bearing). 30. White. 



E. Indies. 1820. 



POUEEE'TIA. (Named after A. Pour- 

 ret, a French botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Bromelworts [Bromeliacese]. Linn., 6- 

 Hcxandria l-Monoyynia. Allied to 

 Dyckia.) 



Stove herbaceous perennials, except magnis- 

 patha, which is a stove epiphyte. Seeds, in a 

 hotbed, but chiefly by suckers ; sandy loam and 

 peat. Winter temp., 55 to 60 ; summer, 60 

 to 85. 



P. Altenste'mii (Altenstem's). White. Colom- 

 bia. 1836. 



giga'ntea (gigantic). Carmine, 



white. April. Brazil. 1845. 



casru'lea (blue). Blue. June. Chili. 1827- 



Greenhouse. 



conrcta'ta (compressed). 1. Yellow. May. 



Chili. 1822. 



heterophy'lla (various-leaved). 1. Pink. 



May. Mexico. 1838. 



magnispa'tha (large-spathed). 3- Green, 



white. May. S.America. 1820. 



pyramlda'ta (pyramidal). 1. Yellow. June. 



Peru. 1822. 



recurva't a (curled-back). 1. White. April. 



Brazil. 1843. 



rubricau'lis (red - stemmed). Blue, red. 



June. Chili. 182?. 



PRA'TIA. (Named after M. Prat, a 

 French officer. Nat ord., Lobeliads 

 [Lobeliacese]. Linn., b-Pcnlandria 1- 

 Moiwyynia.) 



Greenhouse herbaceous perennials. Seeds, 

 in a slight hotbed, in spring ; dividing the 

 plants ; cuttings of the young shoots, in sandy 

 soil, any time, but best in autumn and spring ; 

 bandy loam, and a little peat or leaf-mould ; 



PRI 



require a greenhouse, or cold pit, in winter. 

 Lobelia begoni&folia belongs to this genus. 

 P. corymbo'sa (corymbed). White. June. C. 



of Good Hope. 1824. Trailer. 

 ere'cta (upright). 1. Blue. June. New 



Holland. 1819- 



PEEFU'SA. (Trom prepousa, comely; 

 the beauty of the flowers. Nat. ord., 

 Gentianworls [Gentianaceee]. Linn., 

 5-Pentandria I-Monoyynia. Allied to 

 Leianthus.) 



Stove herbaceous perennials. Seeds, in hot- 

 bed, in spring ; division of the plant at the 

 same time. Winter temp., 48 to 55 ; sum- 

 mer, 60 to 80. 



P. Hookeria'na (Hooker's). 1. White, crim- 

 son. March. Brazil. 1839. 



PEESTO'NIA. (Named after C. Pres- 

 ton, M.D. Nat, ord., Dogbanes [Apocy- 

 nacesej. Linn., 5-Pentandria \-Mono- 

 yynia. Allied to Rynchospermum.) 



Stove evergreen, white-flowered, twiners from 

 Brazil. Cuttings of half-ripened, stubby, side- 

 shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass, in heat; 

 sandy loam, and a little fibry peat, or dried 

 leaf-mould. Winter temp., 48 to 58; sum- 

 mer, 60 to 85. 

 P. glabra'ta (smoothed). 8. July. 1823. 



tomento'sa (downy). 8. July. 1820. 



PRICKLY CEDAR. Cyatho'des oxyce'- 

 drus. 



PRICKING-OUT is transplanting seed- 

 lings from their seed-bed more thinly, 

 that they may acquire more fibrous 

 roots and strength previously to their 

 being finally planted out. 



PRICK-WOOD, or Timber. Euo'nymits 

 Europ&'us and Co' mm sangui'nea. 



PRIESTLE'YA. (Named after Dr. 

 Priestley. Nat, ord.. Leguminous Plants 

 [Fabaceee]. Linn., \l-Diadelphia 4- 

 Dccandria. Allied to Liparia.) 



Greenhouse, yellow-flowered evergreen shrubs 

 from New Holland, all about three feet high. 

 Cuttings of half-ripened short shoots, in sand, 

 under a bell-glass ; sandy loam and fibry peat, 

 and thorougly well-drained, to assist which 

 charcoal, and pieces of broken brick or sand- 

 stone, may be mixed with the compost. Winter 

 temp., 40 to 48. Such species as Vestita should 

 be tried against a wall. 

 P. axilla' ris (axillary-Cowered). June. 1822. 



capita 1 ta (headed-Cowered). July. 1812. 



cUi'ptica (oval-leaved). 1825. 



ericeefo'lia (Heath-leaved). June. 1812. 



l graminifo'lia (Grass-leaved). June. 1800. 

 j hirsu'ta (hairy -stemmed). August. 1792. 

 ' Iceviga'ta (smooth-tailed). July. 1820. 

 ! myrtlifo'liu (Myrtle-leaved). June. 1823. 

 ! seri'cea (silky-ta/ued). June. 1794. 

 '? tc'res (round-stemmed), June. 18lti. 



tomento'sa (downy). July. 1812. 



