398 Calystegia pubescens. 



fill cultivators. The plants which he mentions as having ex- 

 hibited were in the finest possible condition, with hundreds 

 of flowers, and really the most beautiful plants which the 

 greenhouse affords. — Ed. 



Art. VI. Calystegia pubiscenSj a New Climb'mg Plant; its 

 Cultivation.^ Propagation, <^^c. By John Cadness. Brighton. 



While I am writing, allow me to introduce, to the notice 

 of your readers, a new and beautiful plant, the Calystegia 

 pubescens, bearing double flowers : it belongs to the natural 

 order, Convolvulacem, and is distinguished from Convolvulus 

 and Ipomse^a, by the presence of bractse, and its one-celled 

 capsule. It presents, in other respects, the appearance, and 

 has the habit, of a convolvulus. It is a native of China, and 

 was introduced into European gardens, by the London Horti- 

 cultural Society. 



It is quite new and rare here, but it is a plant which every 

 garden ought to possess ; it is a great acquisition to the green- 

 house, and it will, I anticipate, be much more so to the flower 

 garden. 



It has not, as yet, from any specimens that I have seen, 

 shown that disposition to grow as luxuriantly as others of its 

 tribe ; and, until lately, I have looked upon it as a rather del- 

 icate plant, and somewhat difficult of culture ; but, when we 

 consider how recently it has been introduced, the natural 

 habit of the plant, and the fact that the only method of in- 

 creasing it has been by cuttings, and that plants thus raised 

 require at least two seasons to form roots of sufficient strength 

 to make good plants, it will not be surprising that we have 

 not yet been able to grow the Calystegia to any thing like 

 perfection. 



The plant is a perennial, and forms, when in suitable soil, 

 lono- semi-tuberous roots, in great abundance, which can be 

 divided to any extent, and which is the natural way of prop- 

 agating itself: therefore it will be evident that, in order to 

 have a fine plant, we must first be provided with good strong 



