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Passiflora comlea Brazil hardy. 
5 edulis West Indies 3s 
$3 Jloribunda ybri : » 
All very beautiful when in bloom. Zdulis will produce fruit in the open 
air in a very sheltered situation. There are several other varieties far 
exceeding in beauty those I have named, but they are too tender to stand out. 
Solanum jasminoides + ; hardy. 
A very. pretty creeper, with delicate white blossoms. 
Tecoma jasminoides Moreton Bay. hardy. 
alba 
Two very handsome flowering creppers, persi the foaled: At 
first they are a little tender and require protection for the winter; I have 
had the first-named in beautiful bloom the last two seasons. 
Tropeolum pentaphyllum Monte Video y- 
A very delicate creeper, well adapted for covering an old stump: when 
in bloom it is very pretty. ; 
Wisteria or Glycine sinensis Chin — 
55 bidwillii Wide Bay 
The Chinese variety is a beautiful plant, and in early on. when 
covered with bunches of lilac-coloured pea-shaped flowers, is very showy. 
sheltered sunny situation is necessary to its thriving. For some time the 
growth of young plants is slow, but once established it grows with great 
vigour. Is fond of a supply of old manure. 
ORNAMENTAL PLANTS. 
Azalea indica China hardy. 
About twenty-five varieties. 
Azalea calendulacea North America hardy. 
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Several varieties. 
A very beautiful and showy class of plants, particularly the Indian 
varieties. "When planted in masses, judging from the profusion of bloom 
with which they are covered in spring, sometimes quite dazzling to the eye 
to look at. There can be no doubt this climate is well suited to their 
growth, there being frost enough to stop their too vigorous growth and 
throw them into bloom ; they are easy of culture if planted in soil suited to 
them, reference to which I will make in noticing the growth of the Rhodo- 
den The deciduous varieties are pretty, but very inferior to the others. 
Í will give the names of some of the best I have growing. A. indica- 
phenicea, indica-alba, triumphans, refulgens, coronata, optima, georgiana, pur- 
purea-superba, splendens, verchaffelli. 
Abutilon striatum —— hardy. 
ing plants, particularly the last. 
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_ Two very pretty flowering free 
