Gardening for ladies, and, Companion to the flower-garden . have plenty of light, andthey should be kept regularly wa-tered. They are propagated bjcuttings. Pimpernel.—See Pink.—See Dianthus. Pipings.—Cuttings of Pinks andCarnations are called pipings: be-cause these plants have ; and when separated at , the parts are pulled asunderinstead of being cut. This is don/*,in autumn, by taking a shoot thathas nearly done growing, in onehand, and pulling the upper part cfit off just above a pair of leaves, soas to separate it at the socket form-ed by the axils of the
Gardening for ladies, and, Companion to the flower-garden . have plenty of light, andthey should be kept regularly wa-tered. They are propagated bjcuttings. Pimpernel.—See Pink.—See Dianthus. Pipings.—Cuttings of Pinks andCarnations are called pipings: be-cause these plants have ; and when separated at , the parts are pulled asunderinstead of being cut. This is don/*,in autumn, by taking a shoot thathas nearly done growing, in onehand, and pulling the upper part cfit off just above a pair of leaves, soas to separate it at the socket form-ed by the axils of the leaves,leav-ing the part pulled ofFwith a tubu-lir or pipe-like Someflorists then cut olF the tips of theleaves, but others leave them entire,as shown in fig. 42, and in bothcases the pipings must be struck insand with a hand-glass fixed firmlyover them. It may be here observ-ed, that the herbage of Pinks andCarnations is called the grass ; andthat when a plant is in a vigorous 321 state of growth, it is said to havethe 2fi-ass Fig. 42.—Piping of a Carnation. Piptanthus. — Leguminds(B. —A handsome liaif-hardy tree withlarge yellow pea-flowers. It willgrow in any common soil, but itrequires a slight protection duringwinter. Pista^cia.— TerebinthdcecB.—ThePistaccia Nut-tree. Very hand-some trees, which abound in in their native country, butwhich are only half-hardy in Eng-land. Pits are structures either sunkin the ground, or raised above itwith brick walls on all sides, andwith a glass cover. For the pur-pose of preserving plants from thefrost, they do not require flues, bedsof tan or dung, or any other artificialmode of heating; but they do re-quire artificial heat when they areemployed for preserving greenhouseplants, for growing hothouse plants,or for forcing hardy herbaceousflowers or shrubs into prematurebloom. They are also used as asubstitute for hotbeds in bringingforward tender annuals, and in rais-ing seeds. For all t
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