PEONY — PHiEDRANASSA. 



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Peony seeds should be sown in light soil as soon as 

 ripe, which will be about the first of September, and 

 covered with half an inch of soil. They will come up 

 the following spring, and may remain in the seed bed 

 for two years before they are transplanted, scattering a 

 little earth oyer them when the leaves decay, at the end 

 of the growing season. After two years growth in the 

 seed bed, they should, in October, be transplanted into 

 well prepared nursery rows, and put out six inches apart, 

 and three inches deep. Here they are to remain until 

 they flower, which, if in good soil, and with good culti- 

 vation, will be the fourth year after seed-sowing. 



PERUVIAN DAFFODILS. 



See Hymenocallis Amancaes, Page 157. 



PEYROUSIA. 



See Lapeyrousia, Page 169. 



PHiED RAN AS S A. 



Queen Lily. 



A small genus of rather curious bulbs, growing at a 

 high elevation among the rocks in the Peruvian Andes. 

 They are more interesting than showy or handsome. 

 The flowers are about two inches long, in the form of a 

 slender tube, of a light pea-green color, tipped with 

 pink. They flower in winter, after which the bulbs 

 require a long season of rest. Their whole period of 

 growth does not exceed three months. The cool green- 

 house is suited to them. They increase by offsets. 



PHALLOCALLIS. 

 See Cypella, Page 76. 



PHYOELLA. 



A small genus of half-hardy bulbous plants from 

 the mountain regions of Mexico, which is now included 

 in Hippeastrum, Page 13. 

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