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after beinrr by degrees inured to the tied close withoutfurther hazard. When
sun, may be transplanted six inches the forvvardest blooms begin to expand,
aoart in an open bed previously pre- hoops should be fixed across the bed, to
pared for the purpose, in which situa- support mats or any other lighter matetion
they may remain until required for rial that will serve to protect the flowplanting
finally in the beds, where they ers either from the rain or from the rays
are to bloom. Gard. Chron. of the sun. They need not, however,
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Soil and Manure.—Sandy turfy loam, be shaded earlier than nine o'clock in
such as the top spit of an old pasture, the morning, or later than five or six in
mixed with one-fourth its bulk of old the evening; but if there is the least
cow-dung, makes a soil very beneficial appearance of a wet night, they had
to this flower. Woollen rags mixed better be covered before leaving them.
with the soil are also strongly recom- Should the season be dry, they will remended.
quire regular watering between the
Bed.—Raise the bed six inches above rows; rain or pond water, where prothe
soil around, and formed like a curable, is always to be preferred. A
pitched roof, thus: The compost should little clay or stiflT loam placed in the
Fig. 128.
form of a margin round the edge of the
bed would serve as a basin, and prevent
the water from escaping into the path
or alley." Gard. Chron.
PIN-PILLAR. Opuntia curassavica.
PINUS. Kir Tree. Sixty-eight species
and many varieties. Seed, layers,
be at least a foot deep. Plant in rows, inarching or grafting. Sandy loam on
and twelve inches apart each way. a dry subsoil. See Conifera.
After Culture.—"The first thing to PIP, in floriculture, is a single corolla
be attended to will be to thin out the or flower, where several grow upon a
flower-stems, in order to throw more common stem, as in the Polyanthus and
strength into those which are left. Auricula. The pips thus growing to-
When the plants are weak all the gether are described as a Ti'uss.
stems should be removed but one, and PIPER. Pepper. Twenty-seven
on a plant of moderate size not more species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cutthan
three should be retained. These tings and suckers; loam and peat. On
again should be looked over, and the the culture of the Black Pepper, (P.
lateral flower-buds removed from them
leaving only the terminal bud and the
Tiigrum.) Dr. Lindley observes, that
it grows luxuriantly in many stoves,
next but one below it; provided these i
biit is shy in ripening its fruit. This is
are perfect in form, all the rest may be probably owing to the uniform moisture
pinched off". In tying up the stems of which is kept in these places. It should
pinks and other plants of this class be planted in a large tub or box well
great judgment is required; in fact, de- drained, all the strong flower-bearing
lay is better in this instance than too shoots should be supported with strong
much haste.
the stems, as
If tied too high at first,
they lengthen, are pre-
stakes, and the small useless ones cut
away. When not growing much, keep
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vented by the ligature from growing
erect, and become crooked, or perhaps
it rather dry, and give it a slight check,
and be careful not to give it too much
snap off" at the joints. They should, water after flowering. Bottom heat,
therefore, be looked to every day particularly when growing, is indispenwhere
practicable; and if there is the [sable."— Gard. Chron.
least appearance of any flower-stem PIPERIDGE, the Barberry.
having become cramped the tie should PIPES for heating horticultural struc-
immediately be cut loose. The safest }
way is to secure the bush to the flower
stick, to which, the stem should be
looselv tied so as to allow it perfect
liberty to slide through as it increases
in height. These ligatures, when the
plants have acquired their full growth, :
tures
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are preferably made of cast iron,
painted black. Earthenware has been
recommended for the purpose, but they
arc so much more liable to breakage
and leakage, as to outweigh any original
saving in the cost. For draining, earthen
pipes with a bore an inch in diameter
can be easily removedj and the plants are the best.