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with its large pink, white and blue flowers which 

 spring from every leaf axil. It may be purchased 

 in pots of the florists in the spring or old plants may 

 be cut into short lengths and rooted in the hotbed, as 

 they root very readily when given bottom heat and the 

 protection of glass. They are fine for pergolas and 

 desirable for porch and window boxes where a climb- 

 ing rather than a trailing vine is desired. The pas- 

 sion vine will climb to the second story by mid-sum- 

 mer, blooming all the way. 



A fine vine which has given me much pleasure is the 

 Aristolochia elegans. This cannot, usually, be ob- 

 tained of northern florists, but must be purchased of 

 the Florida greenhouses, but it will well repay con- 

 siderable effort to obtain. The leaves of the Aristo- 

 lochia elegans are thick and leathery and the flower 

 very striking and novel — a disc-shaped bloom about 

 two inches in diameter of a creamy color overlaid 

 with a network of reddish, purplish brown. It blooms 

 profusely and in fall can be cut back and wintered 

 in a dormant state in a warm cellar. A table back 

 of the furnace suits it, or it may be brought into the 

 conservatory for winter blooming. 



If one has the convenience of a suitable winter stor- 

 age plant room in the basement, then one's garden 

 may be greatly enriched with plants from the tropics 

 and semi-tropical parts of the country. Some of the 

 southern trumpet vines are exceptionally beautiful 



