This section is from the book "A Dictionary Of Modern Gardening", by George William Johnson, David Landreth. Also available from Amazon: The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses.
Adonis au-tumnalis.
Six species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs. Cuttings. Peat, sand, and loam.
Fourteen species. Hardy deciduous shrubs. Layers and suckers. Common soil.
Philibertia grandiflora. Greenhouse evergreen twiner. Cuttings. Sandy loam and peat.
Ten species. Half-hardy evergreen shrubs. Cuttings and layers. Common soil.
Philotheca australis. Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Young cuttings. Sandy peat and sandy loom.
Philydrum lanuginosum. Greenhouse biennial. Seed. Loam and peat.
Phlogocanthus curviflo-rus. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Light rich loam.
Phlogophora meticulosa. Angle shades moth. This is a night moth, appearing from May to October. The caterpillar is green, spotted with white. Upper wings of the moth, rosy white. The caterpillar feeds upon the Brassies tribe.
Twenty-four species. Hardy and half-hardy evergreens and herbaceous perennials. Cuttings. Light rich loam.
Date Palm. Eight species. Stove palms. Seed. Rich clayey loam.
Phcenocoma prclifera. Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Peat and sandy loam.
Four species. Stove epiphytes. Division of bulbs. Wood and moss.
Four species. Half hardy evergreen trees. Ripe cuttings. Loam and peat, and on a south wall.
Eight species. Greenhouse bulbs; but they will grow in a warm border if protected. Seed and offsets. Loam, sand, and peat.
Thirty species. Greenhouse evergreen shrubs.
Phyllis nobla. Green-house evergreen shrub. Cuttings. Rich clayey loam.
Phyllocladus rhomboida-lis. Green-house evergreen tree. Ripe cuttings. Loam and peat.
Four species, all evergreens. P. aloiflorum is a stove tree; the others, green-house shrubs. Suckers. Sandy loam.
Two species. Stove herbaceous. Division. Peat and loam.
Physianthus albens. Stove evergreen climber. Seed and cuttings. Loam and peat.
Two species. Hardy herbaceous. Seed and division. Common soil.
Four species. Stove epiphytes. Division of bulbs. Wood and moss.
Physostegia Seven species. Hardy herbaceous. Division. Rich light loam.
Physurus pictus. Stove shrub. Cuttings, Light rich loam.
Phytelephas macrocarpa. Stove evergreen shrub. Seed. Peat and loam.
Twenty-three species. Hardy herbaceous. Seed and division. Common soil.
Nine species. Chiefly stove herbaceous. P. decandra is hardy and wide spreading. Seed and cuttings. Rich light soil.
Seven species. Stove evergreen shrubs. Cuttings in the spring. Sandy loam and lime rubbish.
Pick-Axe, should have a handle thrree feet and a half long, made of ash; and the points or edges of the head should be of well-steeled iron. There are three varieties: - 1. The pick with two points, for loosening hard surfaces. 2. The pick-axe, for cutting through roots of trees when felling. 3. The mattock, with one pointed and one flat edge, for loosening surfaces, and grubbing up roots.
 
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