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rapidity of growth. Planted about the veranda or at 

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

 whatever support is given it, and droop in most 

 graceful profusion therefrom. It grows easily from 

 cuttings, 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 willingness to droop. 

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

 off 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 growing 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. 



Thunbergia 



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 Gloxinia, and are blue, or 

 blue and white. It can be grown from seed or from 

 cuttings. 



Asparagus Sprengeri 



This is a comparatively new plant, but it has 

 proved its claim to extraordinary merit, and no collec- 

 tion can be considered complete without it. As a 



