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are of rapid growth, and are fitted for large trellis 

 pot work, for pillars and trellises in the conservatory, 

 and for training over baskets, &c. They are rather 

 liable to the attacks of the red spider, and should, 

 therefore, be frequently syringed. 



The Kennedy a may be propagated by seed and by 

 cuttings of the firm, young side-shoots during the sum- 

 mer, put into small pots of fine peat, and placed in a 

 gentle heat. By seed : — Sow the seed in March or 

 April, in pots of peat and maiden loam. Cover it half 

 an inch, and set the pot in a brisk heat till it is up, 

 then give it air ; pot the young seedlings off as soon as 

 they are 3 or 4 inches high. 



The Solly a [Pittosporacece). 



A tribe of dwarf climbers, named after a man, having 

 very pretty salver-shaped flowers of a bright blue. 

 They are evergreen, are free to flower, and are good, 

 tough greenhouse subjects for growing in pots or on 

 trellises to form a thin sunshade trained flat, to set 

 along the sunny side for screens during the summer, or 

 to train at the back of the conservatory. 



They are propagated by seed and by cuttings. Sow 

 the seed in March or April, in pots filled with fine 

 sandy peat and maiden loam of equal parts, and set in 

 a mild heat till well up, when air must be given ; and 

 in the course of a fortnight set them in a cooler pit, 

 frame, or house. Pot the seedlings off as soon as they 

 are 2 or 3 inches high. Cuttings ma} 7 be readily 

 struck by selecting the young side-shoots in the spring, 

 2 inches long, and inserting them in pots of fine peat 

 soil and sand, plunged in a mild heat ; or by setting a 

 bell-glass over them in a window or greenhouse. 



The Hoya [Asclepiadacem). 



This is named after a man, and is a small genus 

 of slow climbers. They are very thick foliaged — 

 i.e. the leaf is of great substance. Some of them 



