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of climbing plants. A selection of these will be found 

 in the table at the end of the work. Darwini, 

 Megapoticum, pulchellum, and venosum are among the 

 best of the species for climbing, though some of the 

 hybrid varieties are of high value. 



The Allamanda is one of the prettiest of evergreen 

 stove climbers, its numerous panicles of flowers and fine 

 leaves making a good effect when it is trained to a trellis. 

 On wires a little beneath the glass and with the growths 

 allowed to assume an informal style the Allamandas are 

 very pleasing, and do well in pots unless required to 

 cover a large space. 



The best method of propagation is by cuttings, struck 

 in bottom heat at almost any season. The tops of the 

 shoots strike readily in leaf-soil or peat and sand, and 

 after rooting the plants may be grown on, pinching in as 

 required to form the necessary shoots for the purpose 

 desired. Fibrous loam, with about one-fourth of sharp 

 sand, and a little charcoal and decayed cow manure, will 

 answer for the plants, which need a temperature of not 

 less than 55 degrees. Annual repotting is advantageous, 

 and they ought to be pruned to within one or two joints 

 of the old wood in the beginning of the year before 

 starting into growth. Cathartica and grandiflora are 

 suitable for trellises or roofs ; while Chelsoni and 

 Schottii answer for roofs, though Schottii does not 

 flower so well as some of the others. 



Bignonias are of the greatest value for large con- 

 servatories, and should be planted in a prepared border of 

 fibry loam, peat and leaf-soil with some sand, but having 

 their root room rather restricted. Some can be grown 

 from seeds, but the general way of propagation is by 

 root cuttings about an inch long, layers, cuttings of 

 stout growths, of two or three joints, in bottom heat 

 under glass in spring, wiping the bell-glasses dry every 

 morning until the plants are rooted, when they should 



