1T6 



Ornamental Annual Climbing Flower. 



a later period, however — say the middle or latter part of 

 May — the seeds may be sown in the open ground, but they 

 will not bloom so early as those brought forward under 

 glass. 



The maurandya is not strictly an annual ; if the young 

 thrifty plants are taken up in the fall, and put into good- 

 sized pots, they will bloom abundantly during the following 

 spring; and if trained to a neat trellis, form ornamental 

 parlor or greenhouse plants. In May, they may be turned 

 out of the pots into the border, where they will continue to 

 display an abundance of blossoms till the first frosts of 

 autumn injure the plants. 



M. sempe?[fldretis is very similar to the Barclayfl7/(7, ex- 

 cept in the color of the flowers, which is of a pale rosy pur- 

 ple. The two sorts have an elegant appearance when en- 

 twined together, forming a dense mass of flowers and foli- 

 age. 



Lojj/iosperjmwi eruUscens (Blushing Lophospermum). 

 This very beautiful climber {Jig. 11.) is of late introduc- 

 tion. It is a native of Jalapa, 

 and was introduced in 1830. Its 

 growth is vigorous, and the blos- 

 soms are copiously produced, 

 forming, as the branches extend, 

 rosy wreaths or festoons of large 

 trumpet-shaped flowers. It is 

 not an annual, but it may be 

 treated as an annual plant. It 

 is figured in the Bot. Reg. t. 1381. 

 Its treatment is in most re- 

 spects similar to the Maurandya 

 Barclaydy/c/ ; the seeds, if plant- 

 ed in April, should be placed in 

 a hotbed or frame, and when the 

 young plants have made a iew 

 leaves, they may be removed to 

 the open air, provided the season 

 is favorable, taking care to select 

 a warm, sheltered, and rather 

 dry situation. The plants will 

 soon extend their shoots, when 

 they should have some support ; 

 a few weeks they will commence blooming, and will 



Lophospermum ervJbhcens. 



