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[Number 393. 



cous leaves, and bears in great abundance flowers of the 

 quaintest beauty. The open corollas are varied with 

 reddish brown tracery, and have a broad signal mark of the 

 same color where the tube contracts. While usually grown 



necessary to cut it down to a foot or more above the roots, 

 which should be potted in the fall and stored in a mod- 

 erately warm place, with slight supplies of moisture. The 

 plant has none of the disagreeable odor which character- 



I. A truitiiig blanch, natural size. 



Fig. 50. — Betula populilulia , papyritera. — See page 355. 

 2. Scale of a strobile, enlar;,^ed. 3. A nut, enlarged. 4. A leaf of Betula papyrifera, natural size. 



5. A leaf of Betula populifolia, natural size. 



under glass, this is a very satisfactory vine in this latitude 

 wh^n planted in rich soil iii the open border, and is well 

 worth the attention of those who wish climbing plants of 

 somewhat unusual character. To winter over it is only 



izes some members of the family. Its sprays are effective 

 when cut, and the clean foliage adds to its usefulness in 

 this direction. 



Grammatophyllum speciosum. — The largest specimen of 



