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hope that more attention is paid to them privately than was mani- 

 fested by this show. The plant which gratified lis most was one of 

 Passiflora Kennesina, supported by a cylindrical trellis, not more 

 than four feet high, and covered in at the apex. Round this trellis 

 the plant was pretty closely twined, and was blooming in a very in- 

 teresting manner. It was to us the more jjleasing, as being one 

 among the many evidences, that climbers of a spreading character 

 may advantageously be kept in a pot, and confined within prescribed 

 limits. The specimen was from Mr. Foy, gardener to R. Alston, 

 Esq.; and it is a fact which ought to be more commonly known, and 

 which we mention here with the view of accomplishing that end, that 

 P. Kermesina often sheds its flowers when grown in a very hot stove, 

 but opens them liberally and perfectly, when the temperature of the 

 house is reduced to a little above that of the green-house. The most 

 varied collection of climbers was contributed by Mr. Goode: it coin- 

 prehended Aristolochia ciliosa, a species of rather dwarf habits, with 

 small, by no means showy, but curious blossoms; Manettia cordifolia, 

 on an upright barrel shaped trellis, four feet high, very healthy, and 

 profusely decorated with flowers; two other specimens of the species, 

 on globular trellises, distinguishable for the most perfect cultivation, 

 which is apparently attained by the use of a pretty rich soil, and by 

 gradual shiftings till they are brought into large pots; Kennedya rno- 

 nophylla, five feet in height, closely twined round an erect cylindrical 

 trellis, and particularly handsotne; Ipomoea Hardingii, probably the 

 same specimen as was at the last exhibition, on a low trellis, and well 

 flowered; Ipomcea Horsfallise, evincing sinjilar capabilities of being 

 trained on a dwarf barrel trellis, yet with only the remains of its 

 splendidly colored blossoms; Tropceolurn edule, inclined to be sickly; 

 Thunbergia grandiflora, in great luxuriance, sparingly studded with 

 inflorescence; Stephanotis floribunda, a noble ])Iant, flowering abun- 

 dantly, and promising yet greater fertility; and JEschynanthus macu- 

 latus, growing over a large globe of moss, inclosed within a wire trel- 

 lis; although it was blooming well, the moss had too artificial an out- 

 line, and did not enhance the appearance of the plant so much as a 

 rustic and branched block of rough wood would have done. Mr. 

 Green brought Tropceolurn edule in the rudest health, and flowering 

 very handsomely; from the rich orange hue of its blossoms, it bids 

 fair to become a favorite companion to T. tricolorum and brachyce- 

 ras; like these species, it is seen most favorably when fastened to a 

 flat trellis, which can have any desired contour. Gompholobium poly- 

 morphum was shown by Mr. Barnes, in the direct reverse of its usu- 

 ally weak condition, being grown on a trellis four feet high, which 

 extended partly down over the pot, and was very generally clothed 

 with flowers; it is an elegant plant, and conjointly with the Tropoeo- 

 luin, to which allusion has just been made, requires a trellis with a 

 flat surface, that its scanty branches and foliage may be atoned for 

 by close training-. Clematis Sieboldi, judiciously trained to a flat face, 

 and elegantly bedecked with its showy two colored flowers, was from 

 Mr. Pawley, of Bromley. A plant of Russellia juncea, six feet in 

 height, and creeping prettily over the edges of the trellis, as well as 

 from all parts of its sides, graced the collection of Mr. Green; al- 

 though more a trailer than a climber, it may be ranged with the latter 

 group. Mr. Pawley, of Bromley, brought a fine specimen (four feet 



