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390 1’lIlS N URSEIZ I’- MA N un IdPersimmon, 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 thelower South, or in early spring fart,hcr nortll., usually give stocks ofsufficient, size for budding the first year ; or these same stocks may bewhip- or cleft-grafted just. under the surface of the ground thefollowing winter. I’ersimnions may also be bench-grafted on wholeor piece roots. It is l)est to grow D. PirqiGrsua seedlings in closelyplanted seed-bed. s anal tr;Luspl;tut to nursery rows when one yearold, 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-sriciChateS, it),. LfJfllS is I~llldl tll(’ httcr. 11. ,t~irgitt,intt,fC ancl D.Lofts stocks are used both for the named or improved formsof 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 theleaf-buds are breaking into growth in spring or dormant-buddedjust before the bark tightens on the stocks at the close of theseason’s growth. For early spring work, dormant winter-buds areused. For top-working trees, the same methods of budding andgrafting are successfully employed.Petdostemum (Prairie Clover). Lqpminos~.Propagated by seeds and division.Petasites. ComposifaF.Increased mostly by division ; also by seeds after the mannerof other herbaceous perennials.Petrea. T -erbl;nacm.Propagated by shoot.-cuttings placed in brisk bottom heat ; byseeds where they mature.Petunia. Solanacc7.P.Raised from seeds, either indoors or started in the garden. Sometimesthey self-sow. Choice and double varieties are often increasedby cuttings, as for geraniums, which grow readily.Phacelia, Eutoca, kl’hitlavia. Ilydro~,h!llcl,cccr.The flower-garden annuals are increased by seeds, and theperennials by seeds and division.