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Persimmon, Kaki (Diosp~~ros Kalii mti Il. uirgin,~iana.). I’:b~W1cH0t?.
(Ii. 1-l. Hume.)
Seeds of D. zirgithiam aud Il. I,ott,~s pkmtocl in the wint.cr in the
lower South, or in early spring fart,hcr nortll., usually give stocks of
sufficient, size for budding the first year ; or these same stocks may be
whip- or cleft-grafted just. under the surface of the ground the
following winter. I’ersimnions may also be bench-grafted on whole
or piece roots. It is l)est to grow D. PirqiGrsua seedlings in closely
planted seed-bed. s anal tr;Luspl;tut to nursery rows when one year
old, thereby vastly improving their otherwise scaut root systems.
They are there grown on for another season before being worked.
D. rirgiuiana is the stock commonly used, but for clry or scbiui-srici
ChateS, it),. LfJfllS is I~llldl tll(’ httcr. 11. ,t~irgitt,intt,fC ancl D.
Lofts stocks are used both for the named or improved forms
of I). rirgittian.a and for the k&i or ,Jnpanrse persimmon (1). I\Taki).
For best results, when persimmons are propagated by shieldbudding,
the buds should be cut long, and inserted either when the
leaf-buds are breaking into growth in spring or dormant-budded
just before the bark tightens on the stocks at the close of the
season’s growth. For early spring work, dormant winter-buds are
used. For top-working trees, the same methods of budding and
grafting are successfully employed.
Petdostemum (Prairie Clover). Lqpminos~.
Propagated by seeds and division.
Petasites. ComposifaF.
Increased mostly by division ; also by seeds after the manner
of other herbaceous perennials.
Petrea. T -erbl;nacm.
Propagated by shoot.-cuttings placed in brisk bottom heat ; by
seeds where they mature.
Petunia. Solanacc7.P.
Raised from seeds, either indoors or started in the garden. Sometimes
they self-sow. Choice and double varieties are often increased
by cuttings, as for geraniums, which grow readily.
Phacelia, Eutoca, kl’hitlavia. Ilydro~,h!llcl,cccr.
The flower-garden annuals are increased by seeds, and the
perennials by seeds and division.