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centres, and about one and one-half inches 

 across. Both these plants are perennials, 

 but are often grown as annuals. They are 

 easily raised from seed, are strong, rapid 

 growers, and have very decorative foliage. 



If seeds are sown early in the year — 

 January or February — the plants can be 

 used outdoors during the summer, and in 

 September may be cut back, dug up, and 

 potted for the window garden. By making 

 successive sowings once a month until the 

 end of May, the Thunbergia may be had in 

 bloom all winter. The Coboea seeds must 

 always be set edgewise in the ground. 



Two other vines which will give lots of 

 pleasure if you have a sunny window are 

 nasturtiums and morning-glory. I have 

 seen morning-glory make a growth of six or 

 seven feet when grown in an ordinary cigar 

 box. The flowers and foliage were not as 

 large as they would have been if grown out- 

 doors, still the plants were healthy and 

 flowered freely, affording much pleasure 

 to the grower. 



The nasturtium will produce a wealth of 

 red and yellow flowers, but it absolutely 

 demands an abundance of sunlight; if you 



