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when five or six feet long, to cause several laterals to branch 

 out ; and the result is, that, though the blossoming is re- 

 tarded, there are many more flowers produced in the end. 

 Stopped in this way, and trained over the roof, or the wall of 

 a stove, this is one of the finest of all creepers. Many of 

 the tender species do well in a warm sunny exposure in the 

 garden. 



/. ficifolia (fig-leaved) ; twining perennial ; 1 5 feet ; flowers 

 rosy-purple, in August; Buenos Ayres ; 1840. /. lacunosa 

 (starry); hardy twining perennial ; 10 feet ; flowers white, in June ; 

 North America; 1640. I. Michauxii {M.\c\vaM}Cs,)\ greenhouse 

 twining tuberous perennial ; 15 feet ; flowers white, in August ; 

 Georgia; 181 5. I. pandiirata (Virginian); hardy twining per- 

 ennial; 12 feet; flowers white and purple; North America; 

 1732. /. riibra-ccerulea (reddish-blue); half-hardy twining an- 

 nual ; 10 feet ; flowers blue, fading red, in September ; Mexico ; 

 1833. /. Tweediei (Tweedie's) ; stove twining perennial; 10 

 feet ; flowers reddish-purple, in July ; Parana ; 1838. 



There are numerous other species in cultivation. 



Ipomopsis. [Polemoniaceae.] Splendid-flowered bien- 

 nials, of rather difficult culture. The seeds should be sown 

 in July, thinly, in small pots set into a cold dry frame ; the 

 plants are to be thinned to three or four, and removed to a 

 shelf in the greenhouse, near the glass, where they remain 

 during winter, being very moderately and carefully watered. 

 In spring, they are shifted into five-inch pots with as little 

 disturbance to their roots as possible ; but one or two of the 

 plants should be cut away, leaving the strongest. They re- 

 quire throughout very careful watering, being very impatient 

 of moisture. A compost of equal proportions of sandy peat 

 and sandy loam, mixed with lumps of charcoal to keep it 

 open and porous, suits them ; and they are multiplied by 

 seeds only. 



/. elegans (elegant) ; half-hardy biennial ; 3 feet ; flowers scar- 



