CHAP. V. ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 513 



Hot and Bain seasons, blossom prettily in the Cold weather ; 

 but they are nearly sure to die off at the close of the Bains. 

 In the North- West Provinces, however, I succeeded in preserv- 

 ing plants till they blossomed. 



Cob sea. 



C. scandens. A rather extensive and very ornamental climber, 

 with fine glossy, finger-formed foliage ; flowers very large, bell- 

 shaped; on first opening of a greenish-sulphur colour, turning 

 some time afterwards to a fine deep purple, and then remark- 

 ably handsome. The seeds are usually sown in October with 

 the annuals, and if they germinate, as about one or two out of 

 a large number may do, the plants must be carefully kept 

 through the Hot season till the following Cold weather, at the 

 end of which, in March or April, they will come into blossom. 

 They require large pots, to which a trellis of split bamboo is 

 attached for their support. The mode of cultivation recom- 

 mended in England is that the roots be " limited to some space 

 filled with lime and brick rubbish, in which the plant blossoms 

 liberally, and of a brighter colour." It is very difficult, I under- 

 stand, to keep it alive through a second season. 



HYDBOPHYLLACE^E. 

 Wigandia. 



These, which may be raised from seed from England, are de- 

 scribed as majestic perennial plants, with large ornamental 

 undulating foliage. W. Vigieri and one or two others have been 

 introduced. 



PLUMBAGINACKaa. 



Statice. 



S. duriuscula. A small herbaceous perennial, mentioned by 

 Dr. Anderson as bearing in the morning, during the Hot 

 season, an abundance of pale-pink flowers, which drop off in 

 the afternoon. 



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