ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
lidacew. Stove & hardy, evergreen & deciduous bulbous plants. First 
introduced 1596, 
CULTURE OF STOVE SPECIES: Compost, two parts sandy loam, 
one part decayed manure & half a part silver sand. Position, well- 
drained pots in sunny part of stove. Pot, March. Repotting neces- 
sary every three or four years only. Water abundantly, April to Sept. ; 
moderately, Sept. to Dec.; keep quite dry, Dec. to March. Apply 
liquid manure once a week, May to Sept. ‘Temp., 70° to 80° March to 
Sept., 55° to 65° Sept to Maral, 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Soil, three parts sandy loam, one 
per leaf-mould. Position, warm exposed well-drained borders. Plant 
ulbs 3 to 4in. deep, Oct., Nov., or March. Protect in winter by 
layer of decayed manure, cocoanut-fibre refuse or cinder ashes. Mulch 
after growth commences with decayed cow manure. Apply weak 
stimulants occasionally during summer. Lift, divide & transplant 
every three years. Propagate greenhouse & stove species by offsets 
removed from old bulbs in March; hardy kinds similarly when re- 
planting. : 
. ake SPECIES: P. canariense, white, Oct. and Nov., 18 in., fragrant, Canary 
“HARDY SPECIES: P. illyricum, white, summer, 1 ft., 9. Europe; maritimum 
(Mediterranean Lily or Sea Daffodil), white, June, 18 in., Mediterranean Region. 
Pandanus (Screw Pine)—Ord, Pandanacen. Stove evergreen 
shrubs. Orn. foliage. First introduced 1771. Leaves, narrow, strap- 
like, serrated, green or variegated with white. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts sandy loam, one part equal propor- 
tions leaf-mould, charcoal & sand. Pot, Jan.to April. Position, sunny 
moist part of stove. Water moderately Oct. to Feb., freely afterwards, 
Syringe twice daily, March to Sept. Temp., March to Sept. 65° to 
85°; Sept. to March 55° to 65°. Propagate by offsets, Feb. to April. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: P. Baptistii, leaves yellow and green, 4 to 6 ft., New 
Caledonia; candelabrum, leaves green, 20 ft., Trop. Africa; javanicus variegatus, 
leaves green and white, 2 to 3 ft.; Sanderi, leaves green, white, and yellow, 
8 ft.; Veitchii, leaves green and white, 3 ft., Polynesia. 
Panicum (Panick Grass)—Ord, Graminex. Hardy and half- 
hardy annual & perennial grasses. Inflorescence, light, feathery, 
graceful. Leaves, green, 
CULTURE OF HARDY ANNUALS: Soil, ordinary. Position, 
sunny borders. Sow seeds jin. deep in patches where required to 
flower in March or April. Thin seedlings when 1 in. high to 2 in. apart. 
Gather inflorescence in July or Aug. & dry for winter use. 
CULTURE OF HARDY PERENNIALS: Soil, good ordinary. Posi- 
tion, sunny borders. Plant, Oct. or April. Lift, divide & replant 
every two or three years. Propagate stove species by division; hardy 
kinds of seeds sown outdoors in April or May, & by division of roots 
in Oct. or March. 
ANNUAL SPECIES: P. capillare, 2 ft., W. Hemisphere, 
PERENNIAL SPEOIES: P, altissimum, 3 to 5 ft., Central America; bulbosum, 
5 ft., Mexico; virgatum, 3 to 4 ft., N. America. See also the genus Oplismenus. 
Pansy (Viola tricolor).—See Viola. 
Pantaloons Polyanthus.—See Primula. 
Panther Lily (Lilium pace) re Lilium. 
Papaver (Poppy).—Ord. Papaveracew. Hardy annual & peren 
nial herbs. 
CULTURE OF ANNUAL SPECIES: Soil, good ordinary. Position, 
sunny beds or borders, Sow seeds 1-16in, deep in patches where re- 
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