376 PLANT CULTURE 



with yellow. L. Heckrottii, a species with glaucous foliage and very 

 handsome reddish pink flowers, blooms continuously from near mid- 

 Summer. 



Propagation. All the kinds root freely from ripe wood after 

 mid-Summer. 



LYSIMACHIA (Money Wort. Creeping Jenny). L. 



nummularia will thrive in shade or sun. There is a pretty variety 

 with yellowish leaves. 



MANETTIA. M. glabra {cordifolia) is one of the handsomest 

 of the low-growing flowering vines, growing about 4 feet in a season, 

 and covered from mid-Summer on with bright red, tubular flowers. 

 It is almost hardy in the District of Columbia, surviving ordinary 

 Winters with the protection of some litter thrown over the crowns. 

 M. bicolor is apt to run too much to weedy growth during Summer, 

 especially in the warmer parts of the country. 



Propagation. Green wood cuttings of M. bicolor root quickly. 

 Those propagated early in September make nice flowering plants 

 in 4-inch pots for Winter blooming in the cool conservatory. On 

 the other hand, green cuttings of M. glabra are not very easily rooted, 

 nor does the plant give an abundance of material for this purpose. 

 But by root cuttings a one-year-old specimen may be made the 

 parent of a hundred or more plants. To give large and healthy 

 roots for this purpose, the plants should be planted out early. By the 

 middle of October the tops are cut off, the roots hfted and put in 

 boxes of sand for a few weeks. In preparing for the root cuttings 

 take a box, in the bottom of which put some rough screenings, then 

 2 inches of fine soil made very firm; put the pieces of roots (about 

 three-quarters of an inch in length) on the surface, then cover 

 with three-quarters of an inch of coarse-grained sand and put in a 

 warm house. When the growths have made two pairs of leaves put 

 each growth in a 2-inch pot, shifting into 3-inch pots as they require 

 it. 



P^DERIA. P. Jcelida is usually grown as a stove and green- 

 house climber, but it is hardier than is generally supposed. We have 

 had old plants which have stood out in the open border for over 20 

 years. It is rather an attractive looking, but not a free blooming 

 vine. The leaves or any part of the plant, when bruised, emit a 

 most offensive odor. 



Propagation. Cuttings should be put in any time after the 

 growths are matured. 



