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green, while the under-side is a pale delicate purple ; the fleshy 

 stems have a dull purplish shade. Both species require a moist 

 warm atmosphere, thrive in a sandy soil, and are readily increased 

 by cuttings or by division. 



Pothos. — These singular plants are worthy of notice for their 

 adaptability for covering damp walls in shady places where few 

 other subjects will thrive. They are not at all fastidious as to 

 soil, sandy peat suiting them very well. Propagation is readily 

 effected by cuttings. 



P. argyrea, from the West Indies, is a species with pretty 

 green leaves, blotched and marked with silvery - white, and 

 delights in a damp, shady situation. P. celatocaulis, a native 

 of Borneo, has elliptic dark green leaves, and is a rapid grower. 

 It is one of the best plants for quickly covering a damp wall, to 

 which it will cling by numerous • adventitious roots, the leaves 

 spreading out quite flat and close to the surface ; it somewhat 

 resembles Marcgravia paradoxa, but is a much more rapid 

 grower. P. flexuosa, a good wall climber, from the East Indies, 

 has oblong - lanceolate pale green leaves, arranged alternately to 

 right and left of the closely- clinging stems, and lying quite 

 flat on the surface over which they climb. 



Schubertia graveolens is an evergreen twiner, native of 

 Brazil ; it produces umbels of handsome pale yellow very 

 sweet - scented flowers, the corolla of which is funnel - shaped, 

 with the tube swolleri below. Cuttings of short stubby shoots 

 will strike in heat under a bell-glass, and the compost for the 

 plants should be fibrous loam and peat with the addition of 

 seme silver-sand. 



Solanum. — From this large and useful family we may select 

 two climbing species, which may be used with advantage for 

 adding to the variety of the hothouse. Both propagate freely by 

 cuttings, and thrive in loam, peat, and sand. S. Seqforthianum, a 

 native of the West Indies, is a neat-growing species well adapted 

 for training up a pillar, where its numerous clusters of pretty 

 ' light blue flowers are shown off to advantage. 6 1 . Wendlandii is 

 an effective climber, producing terminal cymes- of purplish-blue 

 flowers 2in. in diameter. It is well suited for training up the 

 rafters, and lasts several months in flower. 



Stephanotis floribunda is a stove evergreen twining shrub, 

 native of Madagascar, and having opposite, thick, leathery, smooth, 

 dark green, shining leaves, and umbels of pure white, tubular, 

 salver-shaped, sweet-scented flowers. ' There are few stove plants 

 so well-known and highly-valued as this. It is one of the best 

 climbers for training up the rafters and on wires under the roof, 

 and the beautiful flowers are produced at nearly all seasons of 

 the year, and are invaluable for bouquets, wreaths, and vases. 

 Cuttings of nice, short-jointed, firm shoots strike readily in heat 



