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tions should be obtained in the second generation 

 from a cross between the American and the 

 Chinese species. 



The Chilean bellflower is another ornamental 

 vine that bears beautiful flowers. Mr. Burbank 

 regards this as among the most beautiful of all 

 blossoms. He describes it as a glorious, great 

 drooping bell-shaped rosy or white blossom, which 

 no lover of flowers could fail to admire. Unfor- 

 tunately the plants are very difficult to raise, need- 

 ing peculiar soil and much attention. They are 

 also sensitive to changes of temperature, and they 

 must be kept moist at all times. Mr. Burbank has 

 experiments under way in which the attempt will 

 be made to hybridize this plant with other forms, 

 in the hope of securing a new ornamental vine 

 that will be adapted to our northern climate. 



Meantime the amateur will perhaps do well to 

 begin his experiments with the hardier material 

 supplied by the ivies, clematis, and wistaria. 

 These, however, give ample opportunity for the 

 exercise of ingenuity, and full promise of inter- 

 esting developments. 



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