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yearly in the size of the plant and the number of blossoms. The 

 flowers are most attractive in the house, often as delicate in color 

 as the rose, but larger and lasting better. 



The peony has practically no enemy but the rose-bug, which 

 should be picked by hand. 



Pepper: Tender vegetables, yielding two kinds of fruits, the 



small hot pepper, used in 

 pickling, and the larger and 

 mild or even sweet pepper, 

 used in cooking and in salads. 

 When ripe, the fruit is red; 

 green peppers are the large, 

 unripe fruits. 



For best results sow in a 

 frame in March or April, and 

 transplant or thin to three 

 inches apart. But they are 

 best raised in pots, since they 

 thus suffer less when put in 

 the garden. Peppers may be 

 sowed out of doors in late 

 May, but north of Xew York 

 they will not fruit well except 

 with the best of soil and care. 

 Soil should be warm and 

 quick ; cultivation should 

 be frequent. Distances in 

 the garden should be at least 

 a foot ; large varieties should have twice as much space. Pot-grown 

 pepper plants are sold by many seedsmen in spring. 



The pepper has about the same enemies as the potato ; use 

 Bordeaux and poison against the beetle and the flea-beetle. Dis- 

 eases are few. 



Peppergrass, see Cress. 



Petunia : An old garden favorite which is not hard to grow, and 



Fig. 



198. — Start pepper plants early, 

 under glass. 



