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THE NURSERY-LISi! 389is responsible for the entire process from seed-time to harvest anddeath. The practice of buying perennials from nurserymen deprivesthe amateur of one of the choicest satisfactions in plantgrowing.To see young things coming up, to handle them withskill and patience, to provide the conditions they most require,to watch the result of a Fear’s good effort2 - all this is a part ofgood gardening.Pereskia (Barbados Gooseberry). C’ac/nccx~~Seeds when obtainable. Cuttings, as described under tact i.I’. acukatn is much ustIc as a stock for zJ.gocactus. Y. gra&$oZiaid sometimes used for the same purpose, ai; it is fully as good as theother spec*ies. (‘uttings of I’. nclrlfda can by mark a foot or more inlength, and of sllfIi&nt siztt for immediate use ; or the graft may beinserted when the cutting is made. See Ca,cti, page Xl.Perilla. Lnbiafn.Readily raised from SW&~ sown in t.1~~ opc~ when weather iswarm. or started unrttlr glass and transplanted ; tends to becomespontaneous.Periploca. rl,~flr~l,i~fflaff’tr.Increased mostly* by lq*c~rs or grccnwoocl cuttings under glass, insummer or autumn. Root-cuttings succeed. Seeds are also employed.Peristeria. Orch idacur.Increased by division or separat,ing the pseudobulbs, as growthcommences. See Orrhids, pge 372.Peristrophe. ,4cnuflzncrw.Propagated b>- softwood cuttings taken at a,ny time and placedin a warm bed.Pernettya. Ericacvfx.Propagation is by seeds, or cutting5 of half-ripened wood insummer under glass ; also by layers and suckers.Persea. Lazmcece.Raised from seeds. For growing under glass, layers of ripenedshoots may be made in autumn, or cutt,ings of firm shoots. SeeA‘cocndo.