390 THE NURSERY-MANUAL 



Persimmon, Kaki (Diospyros Kaki and D. virginiana). Ebenacece. 

 (H. H. Hume.) 



Seeds of D. virginiana and D. Lotus planted in the winter in the 

 lower South, or in early spring farther north, usually give stocks of 

 sufficient size for budding the first year ; or these same stocks may be 

 whip- or cleft-grafted just under the surface of the ground the 

 following winter. Persimmons may also be bench-grafted on whole 

 or piece roots. It is best to grow D. virginiana seedlings in closely 

 planted seed-beds and transplant to nursery rows when one year 

 old, thereby vastly improving their otherwise scant root systems. 

 They are there grown on for another season before being worked. 

 D. virginiana is the stock commonly used, but for dry or semi-arid 

 climates, D. Lotus is much the better. D. virginiana and D. 

 Lotus stocks are used both for the named or improved forms 

 of D. virginiana and for the kaki or Japanese persimmon (D. Kaki). 



For best results, when persimmons are propagated by shield- 

 budding, the buds should be cut long, and inserted either when the 

 leaf-buds are breaking into growth in spring or dormant-budded 

 just before the bark tightens on the stocks at the close of the 

 season's growth. For early spring work, dormant winter-buds are 

 used. For top-working trees, the same methods of budding and 

 grafting are successfully employed. 



Petalostemum (Prairie Clover). Leguminosce. 

 Propagated by seeds and division. 



Petasites. Composite?. 



Increased mostly by division; also by seeds after the manner 

 of other herbaceous perennials. 



Petrea. Verbenacecs. 



Propagated by shoot-cuttings placed in brisk bottom heat ; by 

 seeds where they mature. 



Petunia. Solanacece. 



Raised from seeds, either indoors or started in the garden. Some- 

 times they self-sow. Choice and double varieties are often increased 

 by cuttings, as for geraniums, which grow readily. 



Phacelia, Eutoca, Whitlavia. Hydrophyllaceoe. 



The flower-garden annuals are increased by seeds, and the 

 perennials by seeds and division. 



