366 Green-house Climbing Plants. 



large, waxy-white, funnel-shaped flowers, with a crimson eye, 

 render it a charming plant. The panicles of flowers hanging 

 down are exceedingly pretty. 



BiGKoxiA Graxdiflora — is a climbing shrub, growing ten or 

 twelve feet high, but it c(>mmences flowering when two or three 

 feet high ; its flowers are produced in panicles, each flower being 

 two and a half inches across, and of a deep red color. It was 

 introduced from Japan many years ago, and should be grown in 

 a border or a large pot, on a rich loamy soil. 



Clematis Azurea Grandiflora — is a beautiful flowering plant ; 

 its flowers are of a pale violet color, four inches across. It may 

 be cultivated in a pot or border of loam and peat. It flowers in 

 April and May ; introduced from Japan in 1831. 



CLEiiATis Florida Bicolor — (Sieboldii) — is a beautiful showy 

 flower, which is of large size, and of a greenish-white color ; it 

 has an Anemone-like centre of a dark purple ; this -and the last 

 species are hard}", but well deserve a room in the house. It 

 blooms in xlpril and May ; a native of Japan. 



Hoya Carxosa — is an old plant, but pretty, and free to cultivate 

 in a pot or border ; it resembles an Asclepiat (it is commonly 

 called the Wax Plant). It flowers throughout the entire sum- 

 mer. 



Kexnedya Kdbicunda — is a rapid grower, and will not display 

 its beauty except in the green-house border. Its flowers are of a 

 dark red, and plentifully produced, in April and May. It is a 

 native of New Holland, and delights in a sandy peat soil, with 

 plenty of drainage. 



Kenxedya Marryattiaxa. — This is a dwarfer species than the 

 last, and may be cultivated in a pot of peat and loam ; its 

 flowers are of a crimson-purple color. It is ^ native of New 

 Holland. 



Kexxedya Coccinea — is a very small and pretty species for pot 

 cultivation ; it gruws and flowers freely in sandy peat, well 

 drained, blooming in April, May, and June. A native of New 

 Holland. 



Kenxedya Glabr.\ta — This is a neat and handsome species, and 

 may be cultivated very successfully in a pot of sandy peat. Its 



