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SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GARDENS. 



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C031MON Red — Lat. N. Oleander — is another species, not 



so tender, and not by any means so handsome. It will grow and 

 blow in the open ground, but must be covered carefully in the 

 winter. Propagation the same as for the former. 



080. ORAXGE-TREE. — Lat. Citrus. A green-house ever- 

 green shrub of the East Indies and south of Europe, which grows 

 fifteen feet high, and blows a white fragrant flower in June and 

 July. Propagated by sownig in March or April in pots pat in a 

 bed of moderate heat, or^ more easily, by procuring from Italy or 

 France roots already grafted and pretty strong. These plants 

 require a rich mould, and should be manured with rotten dung. 

 In the north of France, they are generally kept in large squaie 

 boxes of three or four feet diameter, and these boxes being on 

 wheels, they are easily moved in and out of the conservatory. The 

 sides of the boxes are so constructed as to open hke doors, and 

 thus, every year, one side is opened and looked at, and the roots 

 are pruned, or fresh mould introduced, as the cultivator thinks fit. 



386. PAEN Y, the Tree. — Lat. Paeonia Moutan. A very hand- 

 some plant, growing three or four feet high. Should be in the front 

 part of the shrubbery, or, if possible, on the edge of grass, w^heie 

 all the kind look handsomest. Blows fine large rose-coloured 

 flowers in April and May, Likes a rich soil, is hardy, and is not 

 very difficult to propagate by layers, or by cuttings of well-ripened 

 last year's wood. 



387. PAP AW. — Lat. Anona triloha — is a native of Canada, and,, 

 therefore, hardy. It bears a beautiful purple flower in the month 

 of July, and rises to the height of twenty or thirty feet. Being 

 hardy, it would be certainly worth the trouble of obtaining the 

 seeds from America. 



388. PERIWINKLE, /ar^e.— Lat. Vinca major. A hardy 

 trailing plant from the south of Europe, grows two feet high, 

 blowing a pretty blue flower during the whole of the summer. 

 Propagated by suckers which come in abundance ; likes any soil, 

 and a shady situation. 



389. POME-GRANATE.— Lat. Punica granatum. A shrub 

 belonging to Italy, Spain, and the south of Fiance. About twelve 

 or fifteen feet high, and blows in July and September a beautiful 

 red flower. Propagated by suckers and layers, and cuttings, 

 which root easily. There are two sorts which have white flowers. 



