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PEAS, SWEET (Lath'yrus odora'tus), Nat. Orel. Leg amino sm. Fragran 



2829 Peas, Sweet Invincible, ricli crimson scarlet. 6 ft ^ For makirtg floral screens, shotting 



2830 

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 2832 



2833 

 2834 

 2885 

 2836 

 2837 

 2838 

 2839 

 2840 



2841 



black, very dark, 6 ft 

 Crown Princess of Prussia, bhish, 6 ft. ... 

 Ulacrnus splen'dens, deeply-edged blue, 



6 ft 



painted lady, 6 ft 



new Hybrid, blue edged, 6 ft 



purple, 6 ft 



,, striped, 6 ft 



scarlet, 6 ft 



„ striped, 6 ft 



7vhite, 6 ft 



mixed, 6 ft 



out unsightly objects, or forming 

 hedgerows in exposed situations 

 for protecting more tender plants, 

 Siveet Peas are unsurpassed. In 

 shrubbery and mixed flower bor- 

 ders pyramids of these supported 

 by twiggy faggots are very effec- 

 tive. Grown in pots they can be 

 had very early in bloom to cut for 

 bouquets. Sow in November and 

 December, and again during the 

 spring months. 



PEO'TIS, Nat. Ord. Oompos'itce. Beautiful half-hardy annual. 



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PELA-EGOinTTM (Geranium), Nat. Ord. Qerania'ceoB. Greenhouse plants. 

 For the decoration of the greenhouse, no plant is more popular than this, and when well grown its effect is 

 matchless. Al our summer flower shows it is always a con spicuoT^s object; the large bold flowers of the English, 

 the beautiful spotting of the French, and the elegant and delicate colours of the fancy, make this pre-eminently 

 the ladies' flower, fhe seeds we offer have been saved from flrst class show varieties, and will yield flowers of 

 the most advanced types. The raising of seedlings is very simple. 



2842 Pelargo'nlum fancy, saved from the choicest varieties, 2 ft 2 6 



2843 „ „ ,, fine „ 2 ft i o 



2844 „ English and French large-flowered, saved from the choicest varieties, 2 ft a 6 



2845 „ „ „ „ ,, fine ,, 2 ft 1 o 



2846 „ dladema'tvun, saved from the choicest varieties, 2 ft 2 6 



For Zonale Nosegay and Tricolor Pelargoniums, See Geranium, page 29. 



PENTAPE'TES, Nat. Ord. Byttneria'cea;. Beautiful greenhouse perennial. 



2847 Pentape'tes phoenl'oea, bright scarlet, a very fine pot plant, J ft o 6 



PENTSTE'MON, Nat. Ord. Scrophularia'cem. Splendid hardy perennials. 



For brilliant effect and continuous blooming in the flower garden, and as a cut flower for vases it is hardly 

 possible to over-estimate the English hybrid Pentsiemons. The flowers are large, the markings beautiful, and the 

 dolours rich and varied, while the habit of the plant is good and its culture simple. Of late years bedding plants 

 have somewhat pushed this plant into the background, but the splendid hybrids exhibited before the Floral Committee 

 of the Royal Horticultural Society, and for which Mr. Porter received certificates, have quite revived the interest 

 in this plant. The seeds we offer xvere from the exhibition varieties, which had certificates, and we recommend 

 them with the greatest confidence. The species enumerated by name are valuable border plants. 



2848 Pentste'mon, Porter's splendid mixed large-flowered Hybrids, in vtany colours \s. and 2 6 



2849 

 2800 

 2861 

 2862 

 2863 

 2864 

 2865 

 2866 

 2867 

 2868 

 2869 

 2860 

 2861 

 2862 

 2863 

 2864 

 2865 

 2866 



„ „ large-flowered hybrid, dark-purple crimson varieties, striped throat i 



,, ,, ,, crimson varieties with white throat 1 



„ ,, ,, ,, peach-lilac varieties, with striped throat ... i 



„ . „ light crimson varieties, with striped throat i 



,, „ „ violet-blue varieties, with white throat i 



,, rose varieties, with white throat I 



„ „ „ „ light blue varieties, with white throat I 



„ „ ,, „ delicate light pink varieties, with white eye I 



Adcinso'nli, brilliant rose, light centre, darkly veined, ft o 



barba'tus COCCln'eus, bright scarlet, also known as Chelone barbata, 3 ft o 



„ Tor'eyl (new), btight scarlet, a noble border plant, 5 ft o 



gla'ber (new), fine dwarf species, with bright blue terminal racemes, \ ft o 



Jaffraya'nus, sky-blue, throat rose-tinted, very handsome, 2 ft o 



Lob'bil, yellow, a handsome species, 2 ft o 



Murraya'nus, splendid scarlet, 2 ft o 



speclo'sus, deep coerulean flowers, most beautiful, 2 ft o 



choice mixed, including the newest species and named varieties, English and Foreign i 



fine mixed o 



PEEIL'LA, Nat. Ord. Lahia'tce. Valuable ornamental foliaged half-hardy annuals. 

 This is a most useful plant for back lines and ribbons, or single specimens in mixed borders ; the variegated 

 plants in large beds will be found almost as effective as Coleus. 



2867 Perllla Nankinen'sls, deep mulberry foliage, a most useful plant in ribbons, ij ft ^d. and o 6 



2868 „ ,, fol. variega'tis, leaves beautifully variegated, and striped brilliant rosy car- 



tnine or white ; a proportion only comes true, i^ft (>d., is., and 2 6 



2869 „ „ atro-purpu'rea foTlis lacinia'tis, foliage very elegantly serrated, and re- 



presented to be a first-class novelty, 1^ it ij-. and 2 6 



PETTJIJIA, Nat. Ord. Solana'eece. Splendid half-hardy perennials. 



A/ost valuable plants, succeeding almost anywhere, and producing a grand effect in large beds hooped over, and 

 the plants trained on the hoops, also on trellises, against rustic fe?ices, old walls, and on dry banks. Planted on 

 old stumps of trees, vases, rustic baskets or fissures in rock formatio7is, and allowed to droop over, they are matchless. 

 On rock-work and amongst old roots and ruins the effect is beautiful. Asa pot plant and for hanging baskets they 

 ore valuable, continuing in beauty till very late in the autumn. Sown in March and April they commence 

 flowering in June and july. 



2870 Petu'nia grandlflo'ra choicest mixed, embracing only the very best English varieties, ijft. is. and 



2871 

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 2874 

 2876 

 2876 

 2877 

 2878 

 2879 



6 



choice ra.\x.Bi, from very large flo^vcred foreign varieties, ft is, and 2 6 



choice mixed, from very fine foreign varieties, ft 6d. and i o 



fine mixed, from good ordinar)' sorts, ft 3a'. and o 6 



Bull's new hybrid, beautiful new varieties in many colours, ft i o 



Dlppe's and Benary s new hybridized double varieties, ft. is. 6d. and 2 6 



al'ba, white, ij ft o 4 



atro-viola'cea, violet-purple, li^ft o 4 



crimson, very fine, i| ft o 4 



Countess Of Ellesmere, ri^jf with TO/i/y^ //iri^i?/, very fine, I ^ ft o 5 



