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struck if they are of the current season's growth, short, 

 and not hollow ; but when the wood gets old and 

 hollow, it is of no use attempting to strike such cut- 

 tings. They should be nicely cut at the base, and 

 inserted in pots filled with peat, maiden loam, and a 

 little sand, and set in a mild heat till rooted. 



By Layers. — All the Honeysuckles will strike root 

 freely by layers. In the early spring lay any of the 



Fig. 21, — The Honeysuckle layered; b b, ground line. 



spare wood in the ground or in pots, and it will root 

 well by the autumn. 



The Bignonia (or Tecoma Bignoniacece). 



This is a tribe of the most magnificent hardy and 

 half-hardy climbing plants we possess. B. radicans 

 and its varieties are deserving of more favour than they 

 have ever had as yet. Its fine foliage and large 

 trumpet-shaped flowers, with their rich colour, should 

 certainly command all the attention good climbers 

 deserve. B. radicans atro-purpurea is of a rich dark 

 crimson purple ; B. Jtava is a yellowish flower ; B. 

 radicans sanguined is of a blood-red ; and B. grandifolia 



