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coloured star-like flowers of the latter are distinct and dashing, 

 and the plant requires the least attention of any climber 

 known. 



Mtesiphtllum. — A remarkably elegant genus of delicate 



MYESIPHTLLUM ASPAEAGOIDES. 



twiners. They require sandy peat or very mellow loam and 

 leaf mould, with plenty of sand. M. asparagoides is the best. 



Passifloea. — Here is another genus from which we can 

 make an almost unlimited selection of good kinds, for pick 

 where we will we shall not find any really bad. Like every- 

 thing else, some are better than others. We want the best, 

 and the following selection cannot well be improved upon for 

 the greenhouse: P. Ccerulea, P. ColvilU, P. hybrida florihunda, 

 P. Loudoniana, P. Cincinnati, and P. racemosa purpurea. All 

 the young growth not required should be cut away, and the 

 other shoots allowed to grow to their full length, to induce 

 them to produce plenty of flowers. "When all the shoots are 



