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STOVE PLANTS. 



TEELLISES AND TRAINING. 



ilANY of our most handsome Stove Plants are 

 climbers, or if not climbers in the true meaning 

 of the word, are trailing plants, requiring the 

 support of a trellis of some kind to enable them to display 

 their flowers to the best advantage. Trellises are now prin- 

 cipally made of galvanised wire, which is much better than 

 when painted, as it lasts longer, and is always free from rust. 

 Constructed of this material, they are lighter in appearance, 

 and more durable, than when made of wood ; and, more- 

 over, can be made to any particular shape, according to the 

 taste of the cultivator. The umbrella- shaped trellis is a 

 kind admirably adapted for such plants as Hexacentris, 

 Lapayeria, &c. ; while for such as Dipladenias, Allamandas, 

 and Stephanotis, we prefer the balloon shape to any other. 

 The pillars of the stove may have wires fixed around them, 

 on which to fasten climbing plants, and wires taken from 

 one pillar to the other may form festoons, which will have 

 a beautiful effect in a large house. For furnishing these 

 situations the plants should be planted out in a border, or 

 in slate boxes, as they will succeed very much better when 

 so grown than when in pots ; but as they will probably grow 

 too freely, the pruning-knife must be applied whenever it 

 becomes necessary. 



Wire baskets may also be used for many kinds of plants, 

 and they afford a pleasing change ; indeed, many plants, 

 such as Achimenes, JEschynanthus, Columneas, and some of 

 the small- growing Hoy as, are only seen to advantage when 

 grown in this way. 



Such plants as Ixoras, Francisceas, Gardenias, and others 



