ENCYCLOPZDIA OF GARDENING. 
March or April in well-drained pots just large enough to accommodate 
roots. Repot every third or fourth year only. Water moderately 
March to Sept., once a fortnight Sept. to Dec., none afterwards. 
Syringe on evenings of warm days, June to Sept. Apply soot-water 
to healthy plants, June to Sept. Ventilate freely in summer. Temp. 
March to Sept. 60° to 70°; Sept. to March 50° to 55°. Propagate by 
seeds sown $in. deep in well-drained pans or pots of sandy soil in 
temp, 75° in March, keeping soil moderately moist; by cuttings of 
the tops of the plants inserted in small pots of sandy gritty compost 
n spring. 
‘ SPROINS CULTIVATED: P. asseliformis, white and rose, June, 4 in., Mexico. 
Pelexia.—Ord. Orchidacew. Stove terrestrial orchids. First 
introduced 1823. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts fibrous peat, one part loam & sand. 
Position, well-drained pote or shallow pans in shady part of stove. 
Temp., 65° to 75° March to Sept.; Sept. to March 55° to 65°. Propa- 
gate by cuttings of shoots removed with roots attached, inserted singly 
in small pots of peaty compost under bell-glass in temp. 45° to 55° in 
spring. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: P. maculata, green and pink, summer, 1 to 2 ft.; 
roseo-alba, white, summer, 1 ft., Brazil. 
Pellzea (Cliff Brake-Fern).—Ord. Filices. Greenhouse evergreen 
& deciduous ferns. First introduced 1770. Fronds, hand-shaped or 
once or twice divided; green. 
CULTURE: Compost, equal parts loam, leaf-mould, peat & sand, 
with a little charcoal & sandstone. Pot or plant, March. Position. 
well-drained pots in shady part of greenhouse or in beds or rockeries in 
shade. Water moderately Oct. to Feb., freely afterwards. Temp., 
Sept. to March 45° to 55°; March to Sept. 60° to 65°. P. atropurpurea 
is sufficiently hardy to grow outdoors in sheltered rockeries if pro- 
tected with Litter or hand-light in winter. Propagate by spores sown 
on surface of sandy peat in shallow pan in temp. 70° to 80°, any time; 
division of plants in Feb.to April. 
SPECIES UULTIVATED: P. adiantioides (Syn. Platyloma adianticides), W. 
Indies; atropurpurea, N. America; Breweri, N. America; ocalomelanos, Cape 
Oolony; cordata, Mexico; cordata flexuosa (Syn. Platyloma flexuosa), W.S. 
America; falcata, Tropics, Australia, New Zealand; hastata (Syn. Fteris hastata), 
8. Africa; mucronata, California; ternifolia, Trop. America. 
Pellionia.—Ord. Urticaceaw. Stove creeping herb. Orn. foliage. 
First introduced 1880. Leaves, roundish, oval or heart-shaped ; olive- 
green with violet & white markings. 
CULTURE: Compost, two parts sandy loam, one part leaf-mould & 
sand. Pot or plant, March or April. “Position, shallow pans or on 
surface of beds or rockeries or under staging. Water moderately Oct. 
to Feb.; freely afterwards. Temp., Sept. to April 55° to 65°; April 
to Sept. 65° to 75°. Propagate by cuttings of creeping shoots inserted 
in sandy soil in small pots under bell-glass in temp. 75° to 85° in 
spring; division of plants in March or April. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: P. daveauana, Cochin China; pulchra, Cochin China. 
Peltandra (Arrow-Arum),—Ord. Aroidea. Hardy perennial 
herb. Orn. foliage. First introduced 1759. Leaves, spear-head shaped, 
broad, deep green. 
CULTURE: Soil, rich boggy or muddy. Position, moist bog or 
shallow pond. Plant, March or April, enc osing roots & small quantity 
of soil in piece of canvas or sacking & drop the whole into the water. 
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