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from seeds or from cuttings of the shoots, struck in 

 spring in a heat of about 63 degrees, and kept close. 

 They like a sandy peat soil, and grow pretty freely. For 

 a back wall we have in Luculia gratissima a most valuable 

 plant for the intermediate house, where its pinkish-white 

 flowers are welcome. For this purpose it ought to be 

 planted out in loam, with the addition of some peat and 

 sand, a little rough. Propagation is accomplished by 

 means of cuttings of the young shoots, about March, in 

 a night temperature of not less than 60 degrees. The 

 Manettias, with their pretty tube-shaped flowers and 

 slender growth, are suitable for the roof of an inter- 

 mediate house, and are easily grown there or in a stove 

 in sandy peat. They are propagated by cuttings of 

 young shoots in spring, struck in heat and kept moist. 

 Bicolor, now called lutea-rubra, is one of the best. 



The pretty, blue-flowered, twining Sollyas are easily 

 cultivated, evergreen, greenhouse plants, which are not 

 free-growing enough for the roof and are best for a 

 trellis or a pillar. They are struck from cuttings of 

 shoots with a heel in spring, and like a compost fibrous 

 peat and some sand. They can do with more limited 

 root space than many climbers. 



A plant which is deservedly prized for its fragrance 

 and beauty, and which can even be grown on a wall 

 in the sunny south of England or Ireland in the open, is 

 Trachelospermum jasminoides, frequently known as 

 Rhynchospermum, which has white flowers resembling 

 those of the Jasmine. It is suitable alike for the cool 

 house or for the stove, and can be cultivated in fibrous 

 loam and sand. Propagate by cuttings of the young 

 shoots when half-ripe about six inches long about the 

 month of July, struck under a bell-glass in gentle heat. 

 Maurandyas, Berberidopsis, Cobaea scandens, Holboellia 

 latifolia, Rubns australis and Araujia sericofera are all 

 referred to in previous chapters. 



