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botanists, as well as having been endowed with other 

 names. The best known are : A. quinquefolia (hederacea), 

 Virginian Creeper, of which there is a superior variety 

 called muralis or Englemannii, more capable of clinging to 

 a bare wall without other support : Veitchii (syn. A. tricus- 

 pidata, Vitis inconstans, &c.), a native of Japan, with short 

 branched tendrils provided with suckers, capable of holding 

 fast to any surface ; not quite so finely coloured in autumn 

 as A. quinquefolia, but to be preferred to it ; nn&A.bipinnata, 

 North America, a beautiful plant, less rapid in growth 

 than the preceding. Propagation is effected by cuttings, 

 either inserted outdoors under a hand light in September, 

 or in moderate heat in the spring. 



ARAUJIA (Physianthus) 



Free growing climbers with hairy, ovate leaves, and 

 white or pink Stephanotis-like flowers; natives of tropical 

 and sub-tropical America. The best species are A. grandi- 

 flora and A. sericifera (albens) (see Plate XVI), both white 

 flowered, and they can be grown either in the stove or 

 the greenhouse. They require a compost of sandy v loam 

 and peat, with good drainage. Propagated by seeds sown 

 in heat in spring, or by cuttings of the side shoots. Araujia 

 flowers have the power of entrapping insects, as is shown 

 in the Plate, kindly lent with others by the editors of the 

 Gardeners Chronicle. 



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This is a large, polymorphic genus, chiefly tropical and 

 most abundant in South America. The stems in many of 

 the species are twining, and they sometimes grow rapidly to 

 a great length. The flowers, which are exceptionally large 



