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should be nipped out to prevent floweriiiL,'' until the plants 

 are strong. To flower them well in the winter they must 

 be in the full light in a warm house^ for cold and damp will 

 kill them. 



The robust kinds of the holhlnnuui section^ such as Ball 

 of Fire^, make fine balcony plants for the sunny side (jf 

 the house^ but for the shady side there are no creepers to 

 equal the Virginian vine and the ivy. 



The tul)erous-r(ioted species make fine trellis plants, 

 and are occasionally grown (in wire balloons in pots to 

 adorn the conservatory. All these require a sandy S(.iil, 

 and during winter should be protected from damp. The 

 hardiest of this series are T. eilnle, a strong growing jilaut 

 with orange-coloured flowers, and T. inherosum, with 

 flowers yellow and red. If planted on a dry sandy soil 

 near the shelter of a warm wall, these endure the winter 

 without harm ; luit where the soil is loamy, or the situation 

 cold aud damji, the roots should be taken up and sti.ired 

 away in sand for the winter. The destrucfion of the tops 

 by frost should be the signal for lifting them. 



