Seeds. Also by division of the crowns before growth commences in spring.

Photinia, including Eriobotrya. Rosaceæ.

Stratified seeds or half-ripened cuttings under glass. The loquat, P. Japonica, is grown from layers or cuttings of ripe wood, and it is worked upon seedling stocks or upon thorn or quince, after the manner of pears.

Phylica. Rhamneæ.

Seeds. Cuttings of growing shoots may be inserted in sandy soil, in a warm house.

Phyllanthus, including Xylophylla. Euphorbiæceæ.

Increased by means of cuttings of hard shoots in heat.

Phyllis. Rubiaceæ.

Seeds, or cuttings under glass.

Phyllocactus, including Phyllocereus and Disocactus (Leaf Cactus). Cacteæ.