ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
inserted singly in 2-in. pots filled with light sandy soil, & placed 
on sunny shelf in greenhouse, April to Sept. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: P. Ackermanni, crimson, summer, 3 to 4 ft., Mexico; 
anguliger, yellow, fragrant, autumn, 1 to 2 ft., Mexico; crenatus, white, fragrant, 
summer, Honduras; grandis, white, fragrant, 2 to 3 ft., Honduras; Hookeri, white, 
fragrant, summer, 2 to 3 ft., Brazil; latifrons, creamy white, summer, 6 to 8 it., 
Mexico; phyllanthioides, rose and white, summer, 1 to 2 ft., Mexico. Also numcrous 
hybrids and seedlings. 
Phyllostachys (Whangee Cane)—Ord. Graminex. Half-hardy 
orn.-foliaged grasses. Nat. China, Japan. Ht. 4 to 12ft. Inflores- 
cence borne in panicles; summer. Joliage, narrow, lance-shaped, 
green. Habit of growth, graceful. : 
CULTURE: Soil, rich deep sandy loam. Position, moist sheltered 
borders 8S. & W. of England & Ireland only. Protect in winter with 
thick covering of dry fern fronds or litter in autumn. Plant, April 
or May. Propagate by division of plants in March or April. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: P. aurea (Syn. Bambusa aurea), leaves yellow and 
green; Castillonis (Syn. Bambusa Castillonis), leaves green and white; fastuosa 
(Syn. Bambusa fastuosa), leaves green; marliacea (Syn. Bambusa marliacea), leaves 
green; mitis (Syn. Bambusa mitis), leaves green; nigra (Syn. Bambusa nigra), 
leaves green; viridi-glaucescens (Syn. Bambusa viridi-glaucescens), leaves green. 
Phyliotzenium.—See Xanthosoma. 
Phymatodes.—See Polypodium. 
Physalis (Ground or Winter Cherry; Red Winter Cherry; Cape 
Gooseberry; Peruvian Cape Gooseberry).—Ord. Solanaceez. Green- 
house & hardy perennial beibe: Fruit of Cape Gooseberry edible, a 
globular berry inclosed in an inflated calyx. 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Soil, rich. Position, sunny 
well-drained border. Plant, March or April. Lift, divide, & replant 
in fresh soil every third year. Gather stems bearing fruits in Sept., 
& dry for winter decorations. . 
CULTURE OF GREENHOUSE SPECIES: Soil, two parts loam, one 
part well-decayed manure or leaf-mould & little sand. Position, 
singly in 5 or 6-in. pots, with shoots trained to sticks & placed close 
to front of sunny greenhouse, or planted in small beds, & shoots trained 
up back wall. Pot or plant Feb. or March. Water freely, April to 
Sept.; moderately afterwards. Apply weak stimulants, once or twice 
a week, May to Sept. Gather fruit when ripe & fully coloured. Pro- 
pagate hardy species by seeds sown in sunny spot outdoors in April; 
by division of roots in March or April. Greenhouse species by seeds 
sown 1-16in. deep in shallow pots or pans of light soil & placed in 
temp. 65° to 75°, Feb. or March; cuttings inserted singly in pots of 
light sandy soil placed in propagator or under bell-glass in temp. 63° 
to 75°, Jan. to April. 
HARDY SPECIES: P. Alkekengi (Bladder Herb or Winter Cherry), white, sum- 
mer, fruit scarlet, 1 ft., Europe; Franchettii, white, summer, fruit red, 18 in., 
Japan. 
GREENHOUSE SPECIES: P. peruviana (Cape Gooseberry), white, summer, fruit 
purplish, 3 ft., Tropics; and its varieties edulis (fruit yellow), and violacea (fruit 
violet). : 
Physcstegia (False Dragon-head)—Ord. Labiate. Hardy 
herbaceous perennials. First introduced 1683. 
CULTURE: Soil, light ordinary. Position, cool partially-shaded 
borders. Plant, Oct., Nov., March, or April. Propagate by seeds 
sown } in. deep in light sandy soil outdoors in April; cuttings of young 
shoots inserted in light sandy soil under hand-light or in cold frame, 
April or May; division of roots, Oct., Nov., or May. 
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