80 • THE TREE PROPAGATOR AND PLANTER. 



climber on a trellis, or on the walls of the dwelling- 

 home, is very desirable, and well worthy of a place on 

 any good house. 



It. Fruticosa bellidiformis is a fine rose-coloured 

 flower, and very pretty. The Double Brambles may 

 be propagated by cuttings, by seed, and by la3^ers. 



By Cuttings. — Take short stout cuttings of the 

 current season's growth, and insert them in pots of 

 maiden loam and leaf-mould, and plunge the pots in a 

 tan-bed or in sawdust. 



By Seed. — Sow the seed in pots or pans filled with 

 maiden loam and leaf-mould, cover it a quarter of an inch, 

 and set in a mild heat till the seedlings are up, when 

 they may be set in a cold frame, if of the hardy kinds, 

 but if from the tender sorts continue the seedlings in a 

 warm house. 



By Layers. — Any of the half-ripened wood will 

 emit roots, and may be laid in pots for the tender 

 sorts, and in the ground for the hardy ones, keeping 

 them damp. 



The Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceee). 



The Aristolochias are a curious class of climbers, 

 scarcely worth notice except for their foliage, which is 

 certainly handsome in some sorts, such as Ctliosa, which 

 is beautifully marked. Sipho also has noble foliage, 

 but the flowers are very insignificant. They are extra- 

 ordinarily liable to insect jtests, and a very disagree- 

 able smell attends the handling of them. Still, some 

 of them are desirable and fast climbers as foliage 

 plants. They may be propagated by seed, by cuttings, 

 and by offshoots from the root. Sow the seed in March 

 in pans or pots, and set in a mild heat. Cuttings of the 

 side shoots during summer in sandy peat, and in a mild 

 heat ; shoots from the roots in the spring. 



The Virginian Creeper (Vitacea). 



The Ampelopsis, as it is called, is a tribe of rapid 

 climbers, resembling the Grape Vine, Hederacea is a 



