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Propagation. Cuttings should be put in by the end of August, 

 to enable the plants to make a little headway so as to stand over 

 Winter safely. The leaves, being large and soft, should be laid 

 flat on the sand without being shortened back in any way, and al- 

 lowing only about 3 inches of stem with each leaf. Roots are pro- 

 duced from the under part of the stem a short distance from where 

 the leaf joins. It seldom happens that cuttings root in the ordinary 

 way, that is, from the cut part of the stem, so that they are ready 

 for potting in a few days after being put in the sand. Good plants 

 may be had in a short time by layering during August, keeping 

 the ground moist during the operation. 



OUISQUALIS (Ragoon Creeper). Q. indica is a very desirable 

 climber which can be grown to perfection only in the largest con- 

 servatories, such as the palm houses of public gardens. It should 

 have several cartloads of good soil to grow in. It is one of the most 

 desirable climbers, and furnishes myriads of flowers which are 

 admirably adapted for cutting. 



Propagation. Young plants are easily raised from the newly 

 ripened growths. 



SCHUBERTIA (Araujia). It is seldom that we see this noble 

 vine grown well in greenhouses, the plants being usually sickly 

 and infested with mealy bug. As a Summer vine out of doors 5. 

 grandiflora makes very vigorous growth, and after mid-Summer it 

 bears a profusion of bloom. The flowers are not unhke those of 

 Stephanolis floribunda, but are larger and quite as sweetly scented. 



Propagation. Cuttings make the best flowering vines. These 

 may be taken from the ripe wood before the advent of cool weather. 

 Seeds are freely produced in large, egg shaped fruits; they germinate 

 freely shortly after being sown. 



SENECIO (Parlor, or German Ivy). 5. mikanioides is the 

 species commonly grown instead of 5. scandens as usually advertised. 

 The plants are useful for long growing vines at the front of window 

 boxes and urns. 



Propagation. A few plants struck from cuttings in the Fall 

 will give growth for a large number of cuttings after the first of the 

 year. 



SOLANUM. In the Southern States 5. Wendlandii should prove 

 a desirable garden vine. The flowers are arranged in cymes from 

 6 to 10 inches across (bright lilac blue) on the ends of the hanging 

 branches. In this latitude the seasons are too short for small plants 



