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SUMMER CLIMBING PLANTS. 



coloured Maurandia, (M. B. rosea.) When 

 the three are planted side by side, one 

 heightens the effect of the other. The 

 Maurandias are propagated like the Cobea, 

 by seeds or cuttings ; usually, a few cut- 

 tings are struck in August for the next 

 year's stock, — the old plants being allowed 



Fig. 120. — TropcBolum Lobbianum. 



to die with the severe frosts of autumn, 

 though they will hold out uninjured to the 

 very last. This genus, also — Mexican — 

 was named in honor of Dr. Maurandya, 

 professor of botany at Carthagena. 



III. Lophospermums — cousins of the Mau- 

 randias, and much resembling them, and 

 differing mainly in having larger and rough- 

 er leaves and larger flowers. The latter are 

 mostly pink, or purplish. L. scandens is 

 the most common, and L. spectabile the 

 prettiest. The flowers — not unlike fox- 

 glove — scattered here and there, singly, 

 among the leaves, are quite ornamental, 

 and are produced, like the Maurandias, for a 

 long time. 



IV. The Buenos Ayres Vine, (Physian- 

 thos aliens.) — White flowering, climbing 

 plants are scarce; and this is one of the 

 prettiest and most useful of summer climb- 

 ers. It comes from Buenos Ayres, and was 



kept for some time in the green-house ; but 

 now, that it is found that it does so much 

 better as a summer climber, turned out at 

 the foot of a trellis, or the column of a pi- 

 azza, it will become far more popular than 

 before. A specimen grew in my garden 

 up a pillar 20 feet high last season, and 

 bloomed most profusely for two or three 

 months. It likes a deep, rich soil, and a 

 sunny exposure. The foliage is dark green, 

 (but whitish on the under surface,) and or- 

 namental ; and the flowers, pure white, are 

 borne in clusters at every joint. The juice 

 of the plant is milky, like that of all the 

 Asclepias family, to which it belongs. It 

 grows freely from seeds or cuttings, and 

 must be treated like the other summer 

 climbers to keep a supply for the next sea- 

 son. 



V. The Canary Bird Flower, (Tropeo- 

 lum peregrinum.) — An exceedingly pretty 

 vine — an annual — that may be grown from 

 seeds, planted as late as the first of June. 

 The flowers, of a pretty straw colour, when 

 half expanded, much resemble little birds. 

 The plant is pretty and delicate in habit ; 

 and one would scarcely believe, at first 

 sight, that it is a species of Nasturtium. 



There is a new Nasturtium — Tropeolum 

 Lobbianum — named after Mr. Lobb, who 

 collected it in Columbia, which is a very 

 gay and beautiful summer climber. To 

 bloom well in the open border, the roots of 

 a previous year's growth from seed should 

 be turned out in the border early in this 

 month. The blossoms are bright orange- 

 scarlet, and produce a very gay effect. 



VI. Ipomea Learii. — This large and ex- 

 quisite, deep blue, climbing convolvulus, is 

 a perennial; and small plants in pots, fit 

 for turning out now, are to be had of the 

 florists. It leaves all the morning glories 

 as far behind it in beauty as a La Keine 

 rose does a common briar. Rapid growth 



