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handsome plants admired for their flowers or foliage 

 which flourish well with the same treatment as that 

 recommended for the Dipladenias. E. Franciscea 

 sulphurea is one of the best. Hardenbergias are pretty 

 Australian twiners for the greenhouse, of easy growth 

 in a greenhouse and flourishing in peat and loam with 

 some sand. They can be raised from seeds, sown in 

 heat in spring, or by cuttings of the young shoots, 

 inserted in pots covered with a bell-glass in a close 

 frame. They grow more freely when planted in a 

 border in the greenhouse than in pots. Comptoniana 

 and monophylla are among the best, but these are so 

 much alike that one only need be cultivated. 



Ceropegias are curious and interesting stove plants, 

 generally of a twining habit. The flowers are wax-like 

 and of singular form. They are propagated by cuttings 

 of side shoots in heat, and prefer a soil composed of peat, 

 sand, and leaf-mould. Gardnerii is one of the prettiest 

 of the climbing or twining species. They ought to 

 be rested after flowering. The fragrant Pergularia 

 odoratissima requires similar soil and propagation. It 

 ought to be more grown for its sweet odour. Rhodo- 

 chiton volubile is a pleasing greenhouse climber, with 

 red calyx and corolla, which is best cultivated in sandy 

 loam, and propagated by seeds, sown in heat, or by 

 cuttings of young shoots in autumn under a glass. 



For conservatories or cool greenhouses the pretty, 

 white-flowered Mandevilla suaveolens flourishes in a 

 well-drained border of peat or turfy loam and peat, 

 with some sharp sand, but is not suitable for pots. 

 It is increased by cuttings of short side shoots, struck 

 in sand under a glass, or by seeds, sown in heat when 

 procurable. 



For use for decorative purposes, the elegant Myrsi- 

 phyllum or Medeola asparagoides, now called Asparagus 

 medeoloides, which has pretty foliage, ought to find a 



