ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
CULTURE OF GREENHOUSE SPECIES: Compost, as for stove 
species. Position, grown in pots, tubs or beds & shoots trained up 
rafters. Prune, pot, & water as advised for stove species. Temp., 
March to Oct. 55° to 65°; Oct. to March 45° to 50°. 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Soil, good ordinary, mixed with a 
little decayed manure. Position, south or south-west walls. Plant, 
Oct. or March. Prune in Feb., shortening small shoots to 3 & 6 in., and 
strong ones to 2 & 3ft. Water freely in dry weather. Apply liquid 
manure to healthy plants once a month in summer. Propagate stove 
species by seeds sown 4 in. deep in pots of sandy soil in temp. 65° to 
75° at any time; by cuttings of young shoots 4 to 6 in. long inserted in 
sandy soil under bell-glass in temp. 65°, April to Sept. Hardy species, 
by similar cuttings inserted in cold frame in summer; layering young 
shoots in summer. 
STOVE SPECIES: P. alata, crimson, white and purple, summer, 15 to 20 ft., 
Peru; edulis (Granadilla), white and purple, summer, 20 ft., Brazil; quadrangu- 
laris, red, violet, and white, fragrant, summer, 20 ft., Trop. America; racemosa, 
scarlet, summer, 20 ft., Brazil. 
ee OUES SPECIES: P. incarnata, flesh, summer, 15 to 20 ft., Trop. 
merica, 
HARDY SPECIES: P. cerulea, white, blue and purple, summer, 20 to 25 ft., 
Brazil, and its white variety, Lady Constance Elliot. 
Passion-flower.—See Passiflora and Tacsonia. 
Paternoster Pea (Abrus precatorius).—_See Abrus. 
Paullinia.—Ord. Sapindacew. Stove evergreen twining plants. 
First cultivated 1816. Leaves, finely divided, green, downy. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts loam, two parts leaf-mould & sand. 
Position, well-drained pots with shoots trained round wire trellis or 
up rafters of roof. Pot, March. Prane slightly in Jan. & Feb. Water 
ey uations Oct. to Feb., freely afterwards. Syringe twice daily, March 
to Sept. Propagate by cuttings of firm shoots, 2 to 3 in. long, inserted 
in small pots of sandy soil under bell-glass in temp. 75° to 85° any time. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: P. Cupania, white, June, 15 to 20 ft., Venezuela; 
thaliotrifolia, pink, Sept., 10 to 15 ft., 8. America. 
Paulownia. — Ord. Scrophulariacew. Hardy deciduous tree. 
ree foliage & flowering. First introduced 1840. Leaves, large, soft 
owny. ; 
CULTURE: Soil, sandy loam. Position, sunny sheltered shrubberies 
or lawns. Plant, Oct. to Feb. Prune shoots annually in Feb. to 
within two or three inches of their base if only foliage is desired ; leave 
unpruned for flowering. Propagate by seeds sown } in, deep in sandy 
loam in cold frame in spring or autumn; by cuttings of tirm ycung 
shoots inserted in sandy soil in frame in summer. 
SPECIES OULTIVATED: P. imperialis, violet, June, 15 to 20 {t., Japan. 
Pavetta (Wild Jasmine). — Ord. Rubiacew. Stove evergreen 
shrubs. Orn. foliage. Leaves, oblong lance-shaped, dark olive-green, 
spotted with white, salmon-red mid-ribs. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts good fibrous peat, one part fibrous 
loam & silver sand. Position, shady part of stove whilst growing, light 
situation when at rest. Pot, Feb, or March; good drainage indispen- 
sable. Prune into shape in Feb. Water freely from March to Sept. ; 
moderately afterwards. Syringe twice daily, March to Aug. Apply 
liquid manure once or twice a week to healthy plants in flower. Temp., 
March to Sept. 75° to 85°; Sept. to March 55° to 65°. Propagate by 
cuttings of firm young shoots 2 to 3in. long, inserted singly in small 
pots in sandy peat under bell-glass in temp. Fo to 85°, March to May. 
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