SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GAHDEXS. CHAP. 



and out of the conservatory. The sides of the boxes 

 are so constructed as to open like doors, and thus, every 

 year, one side is opened and looked at, and roots are 

 pruned or fresh mould introduced, as the cultivator 

 thinks fit. 



379. PAPAW. Lat. Anona triloba. Fr. Assiminier. 

 Is a native of Canada, and, therefore, hardy. It bears a 

 beautiful purple flower in the month of July, and rises to 

 the height of twenty or thirty feet. It being hardy, it 

 would be certainly worth the trouble of obtaining the 

 seeds from America. 



380. PERIWINKLE, large Lat. Vinca major. Fr. 

 La grande Pervenche. A hardy trailing plant from the 

 south of Europe, grows two feet high, blowing a pretty 

 blue flower during the whole of the summer. Propagated 

 by suckers which come in abundance -, likes any soil, 

 and a shady situation. 



381. POME-GRAN ATE* -Lat. Punica granatum. 

 Fr. Grenadier commun. A shrub belonging to Italy, Spain, 

 and the south of France. About twelve or fifteen feet 

 high, and blows in July and September a beautiful red 

 flower. Propagated by suckers and layers, and cuttings 

 which root easily* There are two sorts which have white 

 flowers, one double, the other single. Require the green- 

 house in England, and a little heat, too, to make them 

 blow strongly. Good loarny soil. 



382. PASSION FLOWER. Lat. Passiflora carulea. 

 Fr. Grenadille bleue. A climbing plant, originally from 

 South America -, is about forty feet high, and, from July 



