PANAX PARSNIP. 289 



Panax. See Ginseng. 



Pancratium and Hymenocallis. AmaryllidacecB. 



Seeds, sown in pans in heat, are sometimes employed. 

 Commonly increased by offsets, which usually form freely. 



Pandanus (Screw Pine). Pandanacece. 



Seeds and suckers, as in palms. Also by cuttings of 

 the young growth in heat. The "seeds " are really fruits, 

 and if in good condition several plants, one to ten, are 

 obtainable from each ; they should be separated when 

 well furnished with roots. These seeds are easily ob- 

 tained in the tropics, and are planted in moist black soil in 

 beds or pots. When the plants appear, the little clumps 

 are separated and the plantlets potted off. 



Pansy. See Viola. 



Papaver (Poppy). Papaveracecs. 



Seeds — -usually sown outdoors — and divisions. P. ori- 

 entale and allied species are easily propagated by root- 

 cuttings in sandy soil under glass in autumn. 



Papaw-tree. See Carica ; also Asimina. 

 Papyrus. Cyperacece. 



Propagation by seeds and by divisions, chiefly the latter. 

 Pardanthus. See Belamcanda. 

 Paris. Liliacece. 



Increased by seeds or by divisions. 

 Paris Daisy. See Marguerite. 

 Parkinsonia. LeguminoscB. 



Seeds mostly. Cuttings. 

 Parnassia (Grass of Parnassus). Saxifragacece. 



May be propagated by seeds or by divisions. 

 Parrotia. Hamamelidecs. 



Increased by seeds or by layers. 

 Parsley (Apium Petroselinum). Umbellifercs. 



Seeds, which are usually sown outdoors. The roots 

 may be taken up in fall to be forced under glass. 



Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa). Umbellifera. 



Fresh seeds, sown where the plants are to stqnd, 



