2gO THE NURSERY LIST. 



Pasque-flower. See Anemone. 



Passiflora (Passion Flower). Passifloracccs. 



Seeds, sown under glass. Cuttings of the young 

 growth root easih- in sand in a frame. X'arieties are 

 sometimes veneer-grafted, f. g., P. coccinea. P. ccenilea 

 propagates by root-cuttings. 



Paulownia. ScrophulariaccLr. 



Seeds, sown in carefully prepared soil, either in a seed 

 bed or in a coldframe. Cuttings of ripe wood or of roots 

 made in fall or spring. 



Pea (Pisinii.sativinn). Lcguininosa;. 



Seeds, sown where the plants are to stand. The plants 

 are hardy and seeds may be sown very early. For Cow- 

 Pea, see X'igna. 



Peach (PiiDiiis /^Tsit'a). Rosaceic. 



The peach is perhaps the easiest to propagate of all 

 northern fruit trees. Stocks are universally grown Iron; 

 seeds, although root-cuttings will grow. The seeds 

 should be buried outdoors in the summer or fall, and shal- 

 low enough so that they will be fully e.xposed to frost. 

 Some prefer to simply spread them upon the surface of 

 the ground and cover them lightly with straw to prevent 

 them from drying out. The pits should be kept moist, 

 and by spring most of them will be cracked. Those 

 which do not open should be cracked by hand, for if 

 planted they will not germinate until a year later than the 

 others. In large nurseries, however, the cracking ol peach 

 pits by hand is too expensive to be practiced. The 

 "meats" or kernels are sorted out and planted early in 

 drills. Some prefer to sprout the seeds in the house, in 

 order to select the best for planting. Some growers upon 

 a small scale pinch off the tip of the rootlet to make the 

 root branch. Pits should be secured, of course, from 

 strong and healthy trees, but the opinion that "natural 

 seed," or that from unbudded trees, is necessarily best, is 

 unfounded. 



The seeds should be planted in rich soil, and the stocks 

 will be large enough to bud the same year. Any which 

 are not large enough to bud may be cut back to the 

 ground the ne.xt spring, and one shoot be allowed to 

 grow for budding, but such small stocks are usually 

 destroyed, as it does not pay to bestow the e.xtra labor 

 and use of land upon them. When the buds have grown 



