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We grow two Clerodendrums : one, the Clerodendrnm splendens 

 (fig. 599), which has splendid scarlet flowers, invaluable for a fern-house ; 

 another, the C. Balfourii (fig. 600), which flowers in the fern-house 

 about midsummer. 



FIG. 600. C. Balfourii. 

 FIG. 599. Clerodendrum splendens. 



Wherever a southern aspect can be afforded, no plant can surpass 

 the StcpJianotis floribunda (fig. 60 1). Large quantities conle to Covcnt 

 Garden Market for wedding bouquets. The plant has a pure white 

 blossom, and no garden can dispense with such an exquisite flower. It 

 does not grow very well in my fernery, which has a north aspect. 



FIG. 601. Stephanotis floribunda. 



FIG. 602. Mande villa suaveolens. 



A lovely climber, which should be absent from no garden, is the 

 Mandevilla suaveolens (fig. 602). It does badly in my fernery, with its 

 north aspect ; nevertheless, it generally contrives to creep out at the top 

 of the house, and then it produces abundance of its beautiful white 



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