their Ctdtivation, 6)'C. 175 



together, and trained in pyramid form, next to the cypress 

 vine, are the most elegant cHmbers. The thunbergias are 

 well adapted for pot cultivation, and, trained to handsome 

 trellises, flower abundantly till late in autumn. The plants 

 are peculiarly liable to be infested by the red spider, from 

 the roughness of their foliage, but if the oil soap is freely 

 used, this pest may be prevented from doing any material 

 damage. The most suitable compost for pot cultivation is 

 composed of peat, leaf mould and loam, with a small por- 

 tion of sand. 



T. alata alba, and alaia aurantiaca, are like the alata, 

 except in color ; the former being white, and the aurantiaca 

 a deep rich orange — both with dark purple centres. A third 

 variety, entirely white, called T. a Baxteri has been raised, 

 but we have not yet seen it. T. Hawtayned??a, figured in 

 Paxton's Mag. of Bot., Vol. VI, p. 147, has deep blue 

 flowers, very superb ; it is said that it may be cultivated 

 in the manner of the alata ; it is yet very rare. 



Maurandij^ Barclaykna, (Mr. Barclay's Maurandya) — 

 {Jig. 10.) A fine climber, attaining the height of ten feet 

 in good seasons and a favorable 

 situation. It is a native of Mex- 

 ico, and was introduced to Mr. 

 Barclay's garden, at Bury Hill, 

 in 1826. Since that time it has 

 been spread about, and is now 

 considered indispensable in a 

 choice collection of ornamental 

 annuals. The vine is slender in 

 its habits, with small neat foli- 

 age and rather large purple flow- 

 ers, which are abundantly pro- 

 duced all summer. Either train- 

 ed e/^ pyraTnide.) or upon com- 

 mon pea brush, it grows and 

 blooms freely all summer. 



The seeds should be sown in 

 April or May, in pots, in good 

 soil, and placed in a hotbed or 

 ., . ^ T, , . frame ; and when the young 



plants have attanied surhcient 

 size, they may be transplanted into the border where they 

 are intended to flower during the season. By deferring to 



