ENCYCLOPHDIA OF GARDENING. 
& transplanted in Oct. or Nov.; layering shoots Oct. or Nov. ; grafting 
on single-flowered species in March. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: P. Granatum, red, June, 15 to 20 ft., Persin; Granatum 
flore pleno, double; Granatum nana, dwarf. 
Purple Beech (Fagus sylvatica purpurea).—See Fagus. 
Purple Birch (Betula alba purpurea).—See Betula. ‘ 
Purple Clover (Trifolium repens purpureum).—See Trifolium. 
Purple Cone flower (Echinacea purpurea).—See Echinacea, 
Purple Crocus (Colchicum autumnale).—See Colchicum. 
Purple-leaved Elm (Ulmus campestris purpurea).—See Ulmus, 
Purple-leaved Filbert (Corylus Avellana purpurea), — See 
Corylus. 
Purple Mexican Aster (Cosmos bipinnatus).—See Cosmos. 
Purple Orchis (Orchis mascula).—See Orchis. 
Purple Osier (Salix purpurea).—See Salix. 
Purple Rock-cress (Aubrictia purpurea).—See Aubrietia. 
Purpie Sand Verbena (Abronia umbellata).—See Abronia. 
Purple Side-saddle flower (Sarracenia purpurea), — See 
Sarracenia. 
Purple Tassels (Muscari comosum).—See Muscari. 
Purple Toad-flax (Linaria purpurea).—See Linaria. 
Purple Willow (Salix purpurea).—See Salix. 
Purple Wreath (Petrza volubilis).—See Petrea. 
Purslane (Portulacca ole1acea).—See Portulacca. 
Puschkinia (Striped Squill).—Ord. Liliacee. Hardy bulbous 
flowering plants. First introduced 1819. 
CULTURE: Soil, ordinary light sandy. Position, sunny well- 
drained border or rockery. Plant bulbs 41in. deep, lin. apart, Oct. or 
Nov. Protect immediately after planting with covering lin. deep of 
cocoanut-fibre refuse or decayed manure. After flowering remove 
protective material, fully exposing surface to sun to ripen bulbs. Lift 
& replant every 2 or 3 years. Propagate by seeds sown din. deep in 
shallow well-drained pans filled with light sandy soil in Aug. or Sept., 
placed in cold frame; offsets removed & planted as advised for old 
bulbs, Oct. or Nov. 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: P. scilloides (Syn. libanotica), white, striped with 
blue, spring, 4 in., Asia Minor; scilloides compacta, dwarf. 
Pyrenean Adonis (Adonis pyrenaica).—See Adonis. 
Pyrenean Lily (Lilium pyrenaicum).—See Lilium, 
Pyrenean Meadow Saffron (Merendera bulbocodium).— 
See Merendera. 
Pyrenean Violet (Viola cornuta).—See Viola. 
Pyrethrum.—sSee Chrysanthemum. 
" Eyeple (Winter Green). — Ord. Ericacee, Hardy perennial 
erbs. 
CULTURE: Soil, equal parts peat, leaf-mould, & sandy loam. Posi- 
tion, moist partially-shady borders or rockeries. Plant, March or 
April. Water freely in dry weather. Lift, divide, & replant only 
when overgrown. Propagate by seeds sown thinly & slightly covered 
with very fine sandy peat in position where intended to grow, March 
or April; division of roots March or April. ms 
SPECIES CULTIVATED: P. olliptica, white, fragrant, summer, 6 in., N. 
Aworica ; media, white and red, summer, 4 in., Britain; minor, whito and red 
summer, 8 in., Europe (Britain); rotundifolia, white, fragrant, summer, 6 in., 
Britain. : : > , 
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