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when grown on strings across the window in com- 

 pany with Solanum jasminoides, whose sprays of 

 airy white flowers contrast with the orange and scarlet 

 of the Manettia. A small plant obtained from the 

 florist in spring and potted in a four-inch pot, with 

 good compost, will be ready to bloom by November, 

 and will remain in bloom from that time until spring, 

 when it should be repotted in a six-inch pot and 

 plunged in the sand-box to grow for winter blooming. 

 The only precaution necessary is to keep it in a small 

 pot, as it blooms more freely when pot-bound. Cut 

 back if not branching freely, as the bloom comes at 

 the ends of the new growth. 



Clematis (Virgin's Bower) 



THE large-flowered Clematis are the most expen- 

 sive vines we have. So slowly do they propa- 

 gate from cuttings that the price remains high from 

 year to year. The cheapest way to obtain them is 

 to raise them from seed and, though this is a more 

 or less uncertain method, the expense is so slight com- 

 pared to the purchase of plants that where many are 

 required it is worth repeated efforts. Plant the seeds 

 in flats in the house either in fall or spring. Cover 

 an eighth of an inch and press the soil down firmly, 

 keeping moist and warm. They germinate in from 

 six weeks to a year; for this reason fall planting is 

 desirable, as the soil may more easily be kept in the 



