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PHLO'x. 



drawing-room, and be no longer 

 syringed. 



PhaljENo'psis. — Orchidacece. — 

 The white Butterfly Plant. This 

 beautiful plant, which certainly re- 

 sembles a white butterfly as much as 

 O. papilio does a tortoiseshell one, 

 should be grown on a piece of wood 

 with the bark on, hung from the roof 

 of the hothouse, the roots being 

 wrapped in moss and tied on the 

 branch. It flowers profusely, but it 

 is very difficult to propagate. — See 

 Orchideous Epiphytes. 



Pharbitis. — Convolvulaceee. — 

 The new name given by M. Choisy 

 to Convolvulus major and some few 

 other species. The difference between 

 this new genus and the genus Con- 

 volvulus, consists in the shape of the 

 stigma, and in the number of cells in 

 the capsule. 



Phaseo'lus. — Leguminosce. — The 

 Scarlet-runner, P. rnultijlorus, was 

 cultivated at its first introduction as a 

 garden flower ; and it is still often 

 grown for ornament in small street- 

 gardens, by sowing the seeds in the 

 ground, and training the plants up 

 pieces of packthread, fastened to a 

 hook or nail in a wall at one end, 

 and to a peg stuck in the ground at 

 the other. There is a variety with 

 red and white flowers which is very 

 ornamental. 



Philadelphus. — Philadelphea. — 

 The Syringa, or Mock Orange. North 

 American hardy shrubs, common in 

 shrubberies, the flowers of which 

 smell like those of the orange, and 

 the leaves taste like cucumbers. It 

 is rather remarkable that one of the 

 English names of these plants is 

 Syringa ; which is the botanic name 

 of the lilac, to which they have not 

 the slightest affinity. There are many 

 species ; some of which have very 

 large and handsome flowers, and some 

 bear flowers without any fragrance. 

 They are all quite hardy, and will 



grow in any soil or situation ; and 

 they may all be propagated by seeds, 

 layers, cuttings, or division of the 

 root. 



Phillyrea. — OleinecB. — Evergreen 

 bushy shrubs, natives of Europe and 

 some parts of Asia, which are very 

 useful in British gardens, from their 

 shining dark green leaves, and small 

 fragrant white flowers. They are often 

 confounded with the Alaternus, from 

 which, however, they are botanically 

 quite distinct, as that shrub belongs 

 to Rhamnacese. The Phillyrea is 

 generally found in the shrubberies 

 of old mansions, as from the time 

 of Gerard, till Evelyn so warmly 

 patronised the Holly, the Phillyrea 

 and the Alaternus were the principal 

 evergreens planted in British gardens ; 

 and both were great favourites for 

 topiary work, as no plants are clipped 

 more easily into figures of animals, 

 &c. All the kinds are quite hardy, 

 and will grow in any soil or situation ; 

 and they may be all propagated by 

 seeds, layers, or cuttings. 



Phlo x mis. — Labiate. — The Jeru- 

 salem Sage. Perennial and shrubby 

 plants with large coarse-growing 

 glaucous leaves, greatly resembling 

 those of the common sage, and yellow 

 or purple flowers disposed in a whorl 

 round the joints. All the species 

 will grow in any light rich soil; and 

 they are propagated by layers or 

 cuttings, or by dividing the root. 



Phlo'x. — Polemoniacece — A ge- 

 nus of beautiful North American 

 perennials and one annual, of which 

 there are some species in flower 

 almost every month in the year. They 

 thrive best in sandy loam and peat, 

 but many of the species will grow in 

 any common soil. Phlox setacea is 

 a low trailing perennial, which pro- 

 duces its flesh-coloured flowers in 

 April and May. P. nivalis is of 

 equally low growth, and it produces 

 its white flowers at the same period, 

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