. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. PAVONIA PEA 1225 red bractlets, which are linear, erect, hairy, whorled, and nearly 2 in. long. Within the cup-shaped group of bract- lets lies a cartridge-shaped mass of dull brown, tightly rolled petals. From the body of petals protrudes the staminal column, which may be 3 in. long and bears nu- merous violet
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. PAVONIA PEA 1225 red bractlets, which are linear, erect, hairy, whorled, and nearly 2 in. long. Within the cup-shaped group of bract- lets lies a cartridge-shaped mass of dull brown, tightly rolled petals. From the body of petals protrudes the staminal column, which may be 3 in. long and bears nu- merous violet-blue 1655. Pea, American 'Wonder (X 1-5). The illustration shows an entire plant, cut off at the surface .of the ground. , Morr.,otttie trade, is GoetheaMakoyina, Hook , 6427, a Brazilian plant with a dark purple mass of petals set off by about 5 large, broad, showy red bractlets. The only difference between Pavonia and Goethea lies in the bractlets, which are narrow in the former and broad in the latter. P. intermedia, St. Hil., Fig. 1655, is a Brazilian plant int. by the U. S. Dept. of Agric. for economic reasons. Its bractlets are intermediate in breadth between the two genera Pavonia and Goethea. multiflora, A. St. Hil. (P. ^noti, E. Morr.). Robust, probably shrubby, usually with a simple stem: Ivs. alter- nate, G-10 in. X l>^-2 in., obovate-lanceolate, serrulate: fls. in a short, terminal corymb. Brazil. 6398. F. M. 1877:276. W. M. PAWPAW, Asimina and CaHca Papaya. PEA. The garden Pea is the most important member of the genus Pisum (which see). It is native to Europe, but has been cultivated from before the Christian era for the rich seeds. The field or stock Pea differs little from the garden Pea except in its violet rather than white flowers and its small gray seeds. There are many varieties and several well-marked races of garden Peas. Whilst Peas are grown mostly for their seeds, there is a race in which the thick, soft green pods, wit
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