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Maurandya. The propagation is the same ; but it is a 

 faster grower, and will climb over a much larger space 

 than the Maurandya. 



The Calampelis Scabra {Bignoniacece). 



This is a very handsome and rapid climber, with 

 clusters of orange and yellow trumpet-shaped small 

 flowers of great substance. It is not a very kindly- 

 growing plant, and requires timely care to avoid con- 

 fusion ; for if left to itself for a short time in the grow- 

 ing season it gets so confused that any attempt to dis- 

 entangle it proves fatal, on account of the extreme 

 tenderness of the young growth. It may be termed a 

 deciduous perennial. It dies down in the late autumn, 

 and shoots up from the root in the spring, if the stool 

 is protected from too much wet and frost through the 

 winter. 



The propagation is by seed and by cuttings. Cut- 

 tings may be struck through the summer of the short 

 side-shoots, inserted in fine sandy peat and maiden 

 loam, set in a house or frame. The seed should be 

 sown in March, in pots filled with maiden loam and 

 leaf-mould of equal parts, and set in a mild heat till 

 up, when the seedlings should be hardened off and set 

 in a cold frame, and potted off before they get 

 entangled. 



The Clianthus {Fobacece). 



A small genus of very rich bean-shaped flowers. 

 There is nothing among the half-hardy dwarf climbers 

 that can well compete with this tribe for abundance of 

 rich- coloured flowers of great substance. This genus 

 is a thorough warm greenhouse class, fit for flat trel- 

 lises of 3 or 4 square feet super, more or less, accord- 

 ing to the management of them. C. Puniceus and 

 Magnificus are two which can be very easily raised 

 from seed and grown from cuttings ; but Dampieri is 

 rather a peculiar subject to manage. It is very curious, 

 but this variety is, no doubt, called Dampieri, from 



