Sow the seeds in early spring in pans or boxes, and place in a gentle heat. Or southwards, seeds may be sown in the open.
Periploca. Asclepiadeæ.
Seeds. Increased mostly by layers or cuttings under glass, during summer or autumn. Root-cuttings succeed.
Periwinkle. See [Vinca].
Pernettya. See [Canarina].
Persea (Alligator or Avocado Pear). Laurineæ.
Seeds. Layers of ripened shoots may be made in autumn, or cuttings of firm shoots in spring, under glass.
Persimmon (Diospyros Kaki and D. Virginiana). Ebenaceæ.
Stocks are readily grown from seed, and they usually attain sufficient size for budding the first year. The native persimmon (Dispyros Virginiana) is largely used as a stock for the Japanese persimmon or kaki. Imported stocks are occasionally employed, but the native is more vigorous, as a rule, and probably better. Persimmons are shield-budded the same as peaches, and they may be root-grafted and top-grafted by ordinary methods.
Persoonia, Linkia. Proteaceæ.