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THE NURSERY-LIST 391Phzdranthus. Il)igmziacm.Propagation as for bignonia, which see.Phaius. Clrch ir/acm?.lncreuscbd by division of the dormant pseudobulbs. See Orchi&.Phalaenopsis. O~~hidchclcar.The kinds of phalznopsi~ are very slow and difficult to propagate.In nlost of the SpecGs it can only be done when a lateral offshootis TIM& i’rom the tnuiu stem. Some species, such as P. Lueddcmatzthtl(e,ant1 mortb rarely 1’. ntnabilis, P. Stuartia?zaand P. Schillcriana,clt~vt4op plantlets on the old flower-scapes. By pegging these downon ;I l)itsktbt of Inrringa, erroneously). Saxijragace@.l’~~~~X~~~tf3l 11). set~ls, la>x~rs, suckers and cuttings. CtMings OfIrut ur(’ \Voo(l itrt’ g~ii(*rallj~ ~~mplo>~ed. Some well-marked varieties,I i I;(1 \‘ar. tt (1 tt us of I’. wrotiuritc,s, are grown from cuttings of soft~00~1 in sunlmt’r in I’rarnt5.Phillyrea (.Jasllli!l~ lk~x. Mock Privet). O/HUWP.Mav be propagat~tf t)y seeds sown SOOIl after maturity, cuttingsof ll:t’Z-ripctueil wood under glass in summer, layers, and by graftingon the privet (its on Ligusfrtm ocalifolium).