Panax 



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Pandanus 



the selection of sites is necessary to success, for 

 while robust growth and tine plumes can only be 

 produced on light soils by the aid of liquid manure 

 and a good water supply, yet, on the other hand, 

 tlu> Pampas Grass will not succeed in clayey land 

 or in ii cold, exposed situation. In the north 

 and midlands shelter from north and east winds 

 is almost essential, together with a deep, rich 

 soil. Where necessary, some protection during 

 winter should be afforded, and should rather take 

 the form of a thatch to throw off snow and rain, 

 than a heaping-up of material to keep the clump 

 warm. In the southern counties such protection 

 is seldom needed, and many tine examples are 

 grown on southern slopes, halfway down toward 



PANCRATIUM FUAOKAXR (.correctly HYMENOCALLIS 

 OVATA). 



the lake or stream margin. Too often the Pampas 

 Grass is starved ; if liquid manure, or dressings 

 with rotten manure in spring or autumn, were 

 more frequently applied there would be fewer 

 failures. 



Both from South America and the Cape quanti- 

 ties of Pampas Grass plumes are imported for 

 home decoration, and these are sold either in the 

 natural silvery state or dyed in various bright art 

 shades. To secure the home grown plumes for 

 room adornment it is necessary to cut the spikes 

 in iiiitiinin, before cold rains or early frosts damage 

 or discolour them. 



PANAX. 



Description. A genus (ord. Araliaceaj) compris- 

 ing hardy, greenhouse, and stove shrubs and trees, 

 many with very ornamental leafage, and suitable, 

 wl<en small, for table plants. 



Propagation. By stem or root cuttings, or 



suckers, placed under a hand-light or in heat, 

 according to the species. 



Soil. Fibrous loam and peat, with sand, suits 

 the pot-grown and indoor species, and well-drained 

 soil the hardy sorts. 



Principal Species and Varieties : 



fruticosum, 6', St., Ivs. 

 pinnate, grn. 



dissectum, 6', Ivs. bi- 

 piuuate, grn., drooping. 



Guilfoylei, 6', Ivs. 

 pinnate, gm., cream. 



Other Species : 



crassif olium(now Pseudo- 



pauax crassif olium). 

 horridum (now 



horrida). 

 lougissimum, 10', 



Ivs. long, grn. 

 Murrayi, 30', at., 



gru. 



Victoria!, 6', Ivs. liipin- 

 nate, grn., wh., droop- 

 ing- 



laciuiatum, 6', St., Ivs. 

 bipinuate, br., grn. 



Fatsia 



bru. , 



ricinifolium, 40' to 60', 

 hdy., grn., wh. (syn, 

 Aralia Maxiniowiczii) 

 (now Acanthopanax 

 ricinifolium). 



gpiuosum, 10', hdy., grn. 

 (xijn. Aralia pentaphyl- 

 lu, now Acanthopanax 

 spinosum). 



PANCRATIUM. 



Description. Handsome bulbous plants (ord. 

 Amaryllidea;) nearly all requiring stove treatment. 

 The hardy species are the better for protection in 

 winter ; heaped coal ashes or leaves covered lightly 

 with soil answer admirably. 



Propagation. Principally by offsets potted in a 

 light compost of loam, leaf mould, and sand. 



Soil. Sandy fibrous loam, leaf mould, fibrous 

 peat, and decomposed dried cow manure. Though 

 abundant supplies of water are required the 

 provision for drainage must be perfect. 



Principal Species : 



cauariense, H', aut., at., 



wh. 

 fragrans (now Hyrneno- 



callis ovata, ' figure), 

 illyricum, 1^', sum., hdy., 



wh. (tyn. stellare). 



Other Species : 



Amancres (see Hymeno- 



callis AmanciEsV 

 amboiuenae (ste Eurycles 



sylvestris). 

 angustuin (nowHymeno- 



calliscaribiEa). 

 australasicum (tee- Eu- 

 rycles sylvestria). 

 calathinum (see Hymeno- 



callis calathina). 

 caribaeum (see Hymeno- 



callis caribam). 

 expansum (see Hymeno- 



callis expansa). 

 guianense (xer Hymeno- 



callis tubiflora). 



maritimum, H', Je., hdy., 

 wh. (syii. caroliniauum). 



zeylanicum, 1J', sum., 

 at., wh. (syn. tiarse- 

 floruin). 



parviflorum (see Vagaria 



parviflora). 

 Sickenbergeri, 1J', sum., 



wh. 

 epeciosum (see Hymeno- 



callis speciosa). 

 stellare (see illyricum). 

 tiara,>florum (see zeylani- 

 cum). 

 tubiflorum (see Hymeuo- 



calhs tubifloral. 

 undulatum (tee Hymeno- 



calhs undulata) . 

 verecundum, 1^', sum., 



wh. 

 viridiflorum (see Steno- 



messon viridiflorum). 

 PANDANUS. (SCREW PINE.) 

 Description. Stove evergreens (ord. Pandaneae), 

 that are valued for the beauty of their pointed, 

 strap-shaped leaves ; in some species these are 

 handsomely variegated, and during the younger 

 stages are invaluable for indoor decoration. 



Propagation. By suckers, removed and potted 

 in small pots, and plunged in bottom heat in a 

 close, moist stove. 



Pcmtetia (gee Podnlepu). 

 1'anciat ica (see Cadia). 

 Pandanopltyllum (see Mapania). 



