ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
three or four weeks, then cease; sulphate of ammonia, same as nitrate 
of soda; soot-water (one peck each of sheep & cow dung, & 4 peck of 
nent 0 36 gall. of water), diluted with half water, applied twice a 
week, 
CULTURE OF SHOW AND FANCY PELARGONIUMS: Insert 
cuttings of firm shoots, 2 to 3 in. long, in July or Aug. singly in 2 in. 
pots in cold frame or greenhouse. Sandy soil: When rooted, transfer 
to 4in, pots, and place on a shelf close to glass in temp. 45° to 50. Nip 
off point of main shoot just before potting. When new shoots are 3 in. 
long nip off points. Transfer to 5 in. pots in Jan. Keep near glass. 
When flowers show apply liquid manure twice a week. Water mode- 
rately until March, then freely until June, when give less. Temp., 
Sept. to March 45° to 50°; March to May 50° to 55°. After flowering 
stand in sunny place outdoors. Prune shoots to within lin. of base 
in July. When new shoots form turn plants out of pots, remove loose 
soil, & repot in 4 or 5in. pots. Replace in greenhouse in Sept. Trans- 
fer to 6 or 8in. pots in Dec. or, Jan. mpost, three parts good 
fibrous loam, one part decayed horse or cow dung, half a part coarse 
sand, & a tablespoonful of superphosphate to each bushel. Good 
drainage and firm potting essential. Stimulants as above. 
CULTURE OF IVY-LEAVED PELARGONIUMS: Insert cuttings 
singly in 2 in. pots, or three or four in a 4in. pot in Aug. or Sept. 
Grow in greenhouse near glass until Feb. or March, then transfer to 
4in. pots. Nip off points of main shoots in Feb, or March. Repot in 
5in. pots in April or May. Train shoots to stakes or place plants 
in suspended baskets, & let them droop over sides. Water moderately 
Sept. to April, freely April to Sept. Apply stimulants, May to Sept. 
Temp., Sept. to March 40° to 50°; March to Sept. 50° to 60°. Plant 
outdoors, June. Prune old plants, Feb. or March. Compost & stimu- 
lants same as for zonals. 
CULTURE OF FRAGRANT-LEAVED PELARGONIUMS: Compost, 
two parts loam, half a part each of decayed manure and leaf-mould, 
quarter part sand. Pot and treat as advised for zonals. 
Propagate by seeds sown 1-16in. deep in a well-drained pot or 
pan, filled with light sandy soil, in temp. 55° to 65°, Feb. to April; 
cuttings inserted as above directed in each section; grafting on 
common kinds in close frame or under bell-glass in temp. 55° to 65° 
in 8 Tang 3 tuberous-rooted kinds By division in spring. 
aa as HERBACEOUS SPECIES: . endlicherianum, rose, summer, 2 ft., 
rien 
FRAGRANT-LEAVED SPECIES: P. eapitatum (Rose-scented), rose and purple, 
summer, 2 to 3 ft., 8. Africa; citriodorum (Citron-scented), white, summer, 2 to 
3 ft., S. Africa; crispum (Lemon-scented), purple, Sept., 2 to 3 ft., 9. Africa; denti- 
culatum filicifolium (Fern-leaved), purple, summer, 3 to 4 ft., S. Africa; fragrans 
(Nutmeg-scented), white and red, summer, 2 to 3 ft.; quercifolium (Oak-leaved), 
pink, purple, May, 3 to 4 ft., S. Africa; radula (Balsam-scented), purple, summer, 
et ft., S. Africa; tomentosum (Peppermint-scented), white, summer, 3 ft., 
. Africa. 
OTHER SPECIES: P. inquinans (parent of the Scarlet Geraniums), scarlet, rose, 
and white, summer, 2 ft., S. Africa; peltatum (Syn. hederefolium), parent of the 
Ivy-leaved Geraniums, white or red, summer, S. Africa; grandiflorum (parent of 
the Show, Fancy, and Regal Pelargoniums), white and red, summer, 2 ft., 
Africa; zonale (Horseshoe or Zonal Geranium), parent of the zonal, bicolor and 
tricolor geraniums, various colours, summer, 2 ft., S. Africa. 
Pelecyphora (Hatchet Cactus).—Ord. Cactacee. Greenhouse 
succulent A aa i First introduced 1843. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts sandy loam, rough old mortar & 
pounded bricks. Position, sunny airy greenhouse or windows. Pot, 
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