ENCYCLOPEDIA OF GARDENING. 
one part sand. Position, well-drained pots or beds with branches 
trained to wall. Pot, Feb. or March. Water moderately, Oct. to 
April, freely afterwards. Syringe, April to Aug. Prune straggling 
shoots moderately in March. Temp., Sept. to March 55° to 60°; 
March to Sept. 65° to 75°. Propagate by cuttings of firm shoots in- 
serted in sandy soil under bell-glass in temp. 65° to 75° in summer. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: P. acris (Wild Clove), white and pink, May, 20 to 30 
ft., W. Indies; officinalis (Allspice), white, summer, 10 to 20 ft., W. Indies. 
Pimento Eush (Pimento officinalis)—See Pimento. 
Pimpernel.—Scee Anagallis. 
Pinanga.—Ord. Palmacee. Stove palms. Orn. foliage. First 
introduced 1848. Leaves, feather-shaped, green. 
CULTURE: Compost, one part loam, two parts peat, half a part 
silver sand. Position, well-drained pots in shady lofty stove. Pot, 
Feb. or March. Water copiously, March to Oct.; moderately after- 
wards. Syringe twice daily, March to Sept.; once daily afterwards. 
Place few crystals of sulphate of iron off surface of soil occasionally to 
insure deep green foliage. Temp. March to Oct.. 75° to 85°; Oct. to 
March 55° to 65°. Propagate by seeds sown iin. deep singly in 2-in. 
pots of sandy loam & peat under bell-glass in temp. 75° to 85° in 
spring. 
PSP ECIES CULTIVATED: P. coronata, 15 ft., Celebes; Dicksonii, 12 to 16 ft., 
India; disticha, 6 ft., Malaya; gracilis, 10 to 15 ft., India; maculata, 10 to 12 ft., 
Philippines; sanderiana, 10 ft. 
Pincushion-flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea).—See Scabiosa, 
Pine Apple (Ananas sativa).—See Ananas. 
Pine Apple - flowers (Eucomis punctata).—See Eucomis. 
Pine Apple-scented Sage (Salvia rutilans).—See Salvia. 
Pine Barren Beauty (Pyxidanthera barbulata).—See Pyxi- 
danthera. 
Pine Strawberry (Fragaria chilensis).—See Fragaria. 
Pine-tree.—See Pinus. ; 
Pinguicula (Butter-wort; Bog Violet)—Ord. Lentibulariacee. 
Greenhouse & hardy perennial herbs. Plants belonging to the insec- 
tivorous class. . 
CULTURE OF GREENHOUSE SPECIES: Compost, equal parts 
fibrous peat, sphagnum moss, & clean crocks. Position, well-drained 
pots or shallow pans placed on inverted pots in saucer of water under 
bell-glass or hand-light in shade. Pot, March or April. Water 
freely, April to Sept., moderately afterwards. Admit air for a few 
minutes daily every morning by tilting bell-glass or hand-light. 
Temp. March to Oct. 55° to 65°; Oct. to March 45° to 38°. 
CULTURE OF HARDY SPECIES: Soil, rich loam for P. grandi- 
flora; peat & rough gravel for P. alpina; moist peat or peaty loam 
for P. vulgaris. Plant, March or April. Water freely in dry posi- 
tions in summer. Mulch with thick layer of cocoanut-fibre refuse in 
May. Propagate by seeds sown on surface of shallow pans filled with 
equal parts of sphagnum moss, peat, & sand, placed under bell-glass & 
kept moist in temp. of 55° to 65°, Feb., March, or April; division of 
plants at potting or planting time. 
GREENHOUSH SPECIES: P. caudata, carmine, autumn, 6 in., Mexico. 
HARDY SPECIES: P. alpina, white and yellow. May, 4 in., Europe (Britain); 
grandiflora, blue and violet, summer, 4 in., Europe (Britain) ; vulgaris (Bog Violzt,, 
violot, summer, + to 6 in., Britain, 
Pink (Dianthus plumarius),—See Dianthus, 
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