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P L A 465 PLU<br />

PLATYLOBIUM. Six species.<br />

Greeii-house evergreen shrubs. Seed.<br />

Sandy peat and a little loam.<br />

PLATVLOPHUS trifoUatus. White<br />

ash. Green-house evergreen tree. Ripe<br />

cuttings. Loam and peat.<br />

PLATYSTKMON. Two species.<br />

Hardy annuals. Seed. Sandy loam.<br />

PLATYSTIGMA linear e. Half-hardy<br />

herbaceous. Division. Sandy loam.<br />

PLATYSTYLIS. Three species.<br />

Hardy herbaceous. Division and seed.<br />

Light loam.<br />

PLE.4SURE-GR0UND is a collective<br />

name for that combination <strong>of</strong> parterres,<br />

lawns, shrubberies, waters, arbours, &c.<br />

yvhich are noticed individually in these<br />

pages. One observation may be applied<br />

to all—let congruity preside over<br />

the whole. It is a great fault to have<br />

any one <strong>of</strong> those portions <strong>of</strong> the pleasure<br />

ground in excess ; and let the<br />

whole be proportioned to the residence.<br />

It is quite as objectionable to be overgardened<br />

as to be over-housed. Above<br />

all things eschew what has aptly been<br />

termed gingerbread-work. Nothing <strong>of</strong>fends<br />

a person <strong>of</strong> good taste so much<br />

as the divisions and sub-divisions we<br />

are sometimes compelled to gaze on<br />

" with an approving smile."<br />

PL EC T RAN THUS. Six species.<br />

The annual and biennial species<br />

by seed ;<br />

the shrubs and herbaceous by<br />

cuttings. All in rich light loam. They<br />

are all tenants <strong>of</strong> either the green-house<br />

or stove.<br />

PLECTRITIS congesta. Hardy annual.<br />

Seed. Common soil.<br />

PLECTRONIA corymhosa. Greenhouse<br />

evergreen tree. Cuttings. Loam<br />

and peat.<br />

PLKROMA. Four species. Stove<br />

evergreen shrubs. Young cuttings.<br />

Sandv loam and peat.<br />

PLETHORA. See Extravasated Sap.<br />

PLEURANDRA. Seven species.<br />

—<br />

the London Horticultural Society at<br />

Chiswick. The following limited,<br />

though select number, we extract from<br />

the catalogue <strong>of</strong> the old Landreth Nurseries.<br />

(See p. 466.)<br />

The descriptions and cuts <strong>of</strong> a fewchoice<br />

kinds may aid those about to<br />

plant, in selecting with advantage.<br />

Fig. 130.<br />

Washington. (Bolmar's Washington.)<br />

(Fig. 130.) " This is an American<br />

seedling, accidentally produced in<br />

the city <strong>of</strong> New York. Its great size<br />

and beautiful appearance, at once introduced<br />

it into general culture ; it must<br />

be confessed, there are many <strong>of</strong> greater<br />

merit, though but few <strong>of</strong> more prepossessing<br />

aspect.<br />

" Skin yellow, or yellowish-green,<br />

when fully matured dotted with red.<br />

Flesh yellow, separating freely from<br />

the stone. The tree is <strong>of</strong> vigorous<br />

Green-house evergreen shrubs, Ripe growth, hardy, and well suited to our<br />

j<br />

cuttings. Sandy loam and peat<br />

climate." Rural Reg.<br />

PLEUROTHALLIS. Twenty-three Columbia. (Fig. 131.) " An admi-<br />

species. Stove epiphytes. Division. rable plum, well worthy <strong>of</strong> its name;<br />

Wood and moss.<br />

raised by Mr. Lawrence, <strong>of</strong> Hudson,<br />

PLOCAMA pendula. Green-house New York, who has doubly served us<br />

evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Loam and by producing another first rate plum,<br />

peat.<br />

PLOUGHMAN'S SPIKENARD.<br />

' Lawrence's Favorite.' The Columbia<br />

is a free bearer, fruit <strong>of</strong> the first class,<br />

Baccliaris.<br />

PLUM. Prunus domestica.<br />

Varieties.—One hundred and twenty-<br />

both as regards size and quality. Skin<br />

purple, abounding in bloom. Flesh<br />

orange. Ripe at Philadelphia close <strong>of</strong><br />

seven are<br />

30<br />

cultivated in the Gardens <strong>of</strong> August." Rural Reg

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