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PAL 416 PAN<br />

PALAFOXIA linearis. Green-house<br />

herbaceous. Seed and division. Common<br />

soil.<br />

PALICOUREA. Three species.<br />

Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings.<br />

Sandy loam and peat.<br />

PALIURUS. Two species. Hardy<br />

deciduous shrubs. Seed, root cuttings,<br />

and layers. Common soil.<br />

PAN^TIA fulva. Green-house annual.<br />

Seed. Sandy loam.<br />

PANCRATIUM. Twenty-nine species<br />

and many varieties. Chiefly stove<br />

and green-house bulbs, butP. ?7ZiyrJC«7n,<br />

and P. maritimum are hardy. They<br />

are propagated by <strong>of</strong>fsets, and new<br />

varieties raised from seed. They thrive<br />

best in a compost <strong>of</strong> three-fourths sandy<br />

loam and one-fourth leaf mould. Take<br />

up the hardy species in autumn, separate<br />

the <strong>of</strong>fsets, and replant immediately<br />

about four inches deep in a light, well<br />

drained sheltered border, putting some<br />

mulch or six inches <strong>of</strong> coal ashes over<br />

them during the winter.<br />

PANDAMUS. Twenty species.<br />

Stove palms. Seed or suckers. Rich<br />

light loam.<br />

PANNING is forming a pan or basin<br />

in the soil round the stem <strong>of</strong> a tree or<br />

shrub in which to pour water.<br />

PANSY or HEART'S EASE. Viola<br />

tricolor.<br />

"This is one <strong>of</strong> the English florist's<br />

flowers, and spirited contests for prizes<br />

are yearly witnessed—in this country<br />

but little attention has been paid it;<br />

though its increasing beauty by the<br />

production <strong>of</strong> new varieties is claiming<br />

our regard. Those <strong>of</strong> us whose idea <strong>of</strong><br />

a Heart's Ease is confined to the pretty<br />

little flower <strong>of</strong> former days, have but an<br />

imperfect conception <strong>of</strong> the size, figure<br />

and brilliancy to which the Viola tricolor<br />

has attained. For an interesting<br />

article on its culture see the " London<br />

Horticultural Magazine."<br />

Varieties.—These are increased in<br />

number annually, but the following are<br />

established in public favour.<br />

Brown's Attila.<br />

Countess <strong>of</strong> Ork.iey.<br />

Curion.<br />

Cook's Attila.<br />

Alicia.<br />

Black Bess.<br />

• Mulberry Superb.<br />

Prince Albert.<br />

• Ringleader.<br />

• Triumph.<br />

Davies' Miss Nugent.<br />

Foster's Man <strong>of</strong> Kent.<br />

King's Exquisite.<br />

Princess Royal.<br />

Sulphura Elegans.<br />

Kitley's Bathonia.<br />

Lane's Sir John Sebright.<br />

Lidgard's Jewess.<br />

Major's Bridegroom.<br />

Beauty <strong>of</strong> Knosthorpe.<br />

Princess Royal.<br />

Maule's Princess Royal.<br />

Pearson's Agnes.<br />

———— Black Prince.<br />

De Buch.<br />

Magraith.<br />

Milton.<br />

Sobieski.<br />

Scholfield's Surprise.<br />

Silverlock's Prince Albert.<br />

Prince <strong>of</strong> Wales.<br />

Thompson's Attila.<br />

Beauty <strong>of</strong> Bucks.<br />

-——^— Coronna.<br />

Cream.<br />

Cyclops.<br />

Desirable.<br />

Duchess <strong>of</strong> Richmond.<br />

Hamlet.<br />

Jewess Superb.<br />

Launcelot.<br />

Miss Stainforth.<br />

Nymph.<br />

Prince Albert.<br />

Princess Royal.<br />

Regulator.<br />

Raphael.<br />

Rufus.<br />

Ultraflora.<br />

Venus.<br />

Warrior.<br />

Characteristics <strong>of</strong> Excellence.— " The<br />

first and most essential quality is its<br />

form, which will be found in the greatest<br />

perfection in that flower round which if<br />

a circle be drawn each petal will exactly<br />

touch the circle, not projecting beyond<br />

it, nor stopping short <strong>of</strong> it. The petals<br />

should be large and broad, because in<br />

that case the indentations must be shallow<br />

where the outline <strong>of</strong> one petal meets<br />

another. Of a firm texture, flat, even<br />

at the edge, and free from notches.<br />

The eye must be clean and well defined,<br />

the colours should be rich and vivid,<br />

and the markings must have a clear<br />

edge. A uniform tint as a ground<br />

colour is much esteemed ; but the variations<br />

and combination <strong>of</strong> colour are so<br />

numerous and beautiful, that no precise

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