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rapidity of p;ro\vth. Planted about tlie veranda or at 

 the window, in boxes, it will soon climb to the top of 

 whatever support is given it, and droop in most 

 fjraceful profusion therefrom. It sjrows easily from 

 cuttintjs, stuck in ordinary soil, and one small plant, 

 cut into two and three-inch lengths, with an "eye" 

 beneath the soil, and another above it, will furnish all 

 the plants one would care to make use of. As a window 

 box or basket plant (Fig 43) it is especially valuable 

 from its ability to climb, or its w'illingness to droop. 

 It can be made to take on a bushy growth by pinching 

 oflf the ends of the branches, and with this training 

 it makes an extremely valuable plant for covering 

 window and veranda boxes. 



Madeira Vine 



This is another rapid j^rowing vine which will be 

 found very useful for window or veranda box culture. 

 Its foliage is heart-shaped, of a rich green in color, with 

 a lustrous surface that makes it always attractive. It 

 is grown from tubers. Give it a rich, light, sandy soil 

 and plenty of water, and it will make a wonderful 

 growth in a short time. 



Thiiiibcrgia 



This is a very pretty flowering vine which can be 

 used as a screen, or for baskets. Its flowers are shaped 

 something like those of the Ciloxinia. and are blue, or 

 blue and white. It can l)e grown from seed or from 

 cuttings. 



Asparaf^iis Sl^roigeri 



This is a comparatively new plant, but it has 

 proved its claim to extraordinary merit, and no collec- 

 tion can be considered cumpleto without it. As a 



