



C)01)a larilOSa. NATriJAi, Order: Asclc-piadacece — Alilk-wecd Family. 



K I'^P^N HOUSES, conservatories and parlors in our latitudes 



L^lull}' give shelter to these beautiful vines, which are indig- 



' muLs to the warmer regions of India. It has been called 



ll'i\a in lionor of T. Hoy, an English florist, and carnosa 



tioiii the Latin caro, flesh, because of its thick, fleshy leaves. 



"^ Tile branches are twining, and need a support to keep them 



upright position. The leaves are of an oval shape, terminating 



'w^^ Kt) in a sharp point, and are beautiful and attractive in themselves, havinrj 



y i^o ''^ t'i<^ appearance of green wax: and the flowers, which bloom in dense 



'O stands the statue that enchants the \vorld, 

 80 bending tries to veil the matchless boast, 



The mingled beauties c 



'yO famed Apelles, when joung Amnon broughl 



The darling idol of his captive heart, 



And the pleased nymph with kind attention sat, 



To have her charms recorded bv his art. 



— Wa//er. 



ig Greece. 



—T/iomJixmi. 



AN hard and unrelenting she 

 As the new-crusted Niobe, 

 Or, what doth more of statue carry, 

 A nun of the Platonic qu.irrv. 



^ \\'hich ne'er had be 



sXIES and notions he pursues, A/f ^' share in pale Pvrene I resign, 



)ut in thought: ■'•'^ And claim no part in all the mighty 



Each, like the Grecian .irtist, wooes .Statues with winding ivy crown'd belong 



The ini.age he himself has wrought. To nobler poets, for a nobler song. 





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m^ V"" umbels, are supremely beautiful, being waxy in texture, and in color a 



most delicate rose-flushed white. The old flower-stems should not be 



-'iSl£?~ I'emoved, as they bloom year after year. There is a variety that has 



■^ a pale-\ellow or \\'hitish margin to the leaf It does not require a rich 



soil. It has the habit, when well growing, of starting out its vine sometimes a 



vard or more before the leaves make their appearance, and care should be taken 



not to break these naked stems, as they are rather tardy in growing again. 



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