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MAURAN'DYA continued. 



against balconies, verandahs, or trellis-work, 

 supporting themselves by their twisted petioles, 

 situated in a southern aspect. In the absence of 

 these advantages, they may be displayed by train- 

 ing them up ordinary pea-sticks, on which they will 

 produce abundance of flowers from June till frost 

 cuts them down. From Mexico and Texas. 



M. Barclayafna has violet Foxglove-like flowers. 

 1825. 



M. Barclay a! na alba is a white variety. 



M. Barclay a' na atro-ccerulea grandiflora is a garden 

 variety with dark blue flowers. 



M. coccin'eum. With light crimson-violet flowers. 

 M. erubes f cens has rose-coloured flowers. 1830. 



M. scaridens has purplish-rose flowers. Syn., 

 Lophosper'mum scan' dens. 



Sow the seeds A in. in pots of light soil, placing 

 them in temp. 65 in March. Transplant singly 

 into small pots and wait for June before planting 

 out in a rich sandy loam together with a little peat 

 or leaf- mould. A better way still, perhaps, is to 

 treat these plants as biennials. They come into 

 flower sooner, but require more trouble and take up 

 room in the glass-house during winter. Sow 

 during July in thumb pots and keep them safe 

 from frost during winter. In February shift into 

 4-in. pots in good rich soil and plant out in May. 

 MECONOP'SIS (from Gr. mekon, a poppy, and opsis, like). 

 Nat. Ord. Papaveracece. 



