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20 feet in length, with frond-like branches 2 feet long, the 

 scale-like leaves steel-blue in colour. With liberal stove 

 cultivation it quickly forms a tangle of stems and branches. 

 It requires good drainage and to be kept rather moist 

 and shady. Propagation by stem cuttings. 



SENECIO 



Two species of this vast genus are meritorious garden 

 climbers. S. macroglossus, Cape Ivy, is a handsome, yellow- 

 flowered, glossy-leaved, soft-wooded evergreen, particularly 

 well adapted for dwelling-room cultivation or planting in 

 window-boxes as a trailer for summer display. S. mikani- 

 oides, German Ivy, is a yellow-flowered, much-branched 

 climber with slender stems, which attain several feet in 

 length, and it blossoms in winter. It is naturalised here 

 and there on the south-west coast. Both species are easy 

 to cultivate and propagate. 



SMILAX 



Green Briar. A very large genus of Liliaceae, widely 

 distributed, of which several species are valuable, some as 

 greenhouse and others as hardy foliage plants. The roots 

 of several constitute Sarsaparilla of commerce. For indoor 

 cultivation S. aspera, S. australis, and S. macrophylla are 

 generally selected. For outdoor planting, in good, dry 

 soil in sheltered places, preferably wall-trained or rambling 

 over tree-trunks, 5. aspera, S. Cantab, S. laurifolia, and S. 

 rotundifolia are a good selection. Propagation by root 

 division. 



