TEOOMA 



BIGNONIA OBDEB 



INCAEVILLEA 733 



by cuttings of the roots or ripened or 

 partially ripened shoots inserted in sandy 

 soil in heat. Layers may also be made 

 during the summer and autumn months 

 and detached the following spring. Seeds, 

 if obtainable, will sprout in gentle heat 

 when sown in spring. 



T. australis (T. diversifolia ; Bignonia 

 Pandorea). — Wonga-Wonga Vine. — An 

 ornamental Australian climber with leaves 

 composed of 5-9 ovate oblong to almost 

 linear, entire, or coarsely crenate leaflets 

 1-3 in. long. Flowers in summer, in 

 loose terminal panicles, yellowish-white, 

 tinged inside with purple or red. 



Culture dc. as above. May be trained 

 against walls with a south aspect in the 

 mildest parts of the kingdom. 



T. capensis. — A beautiful, smooth, 

 climbing shrub about 15 ft. high, native 

 of S. Africa. Leaves oddly pinnate with 

 ovate-oblong, serrate leaflets. Flowers in 

 summer, in clustered racemes, orange- 

 scarlet, about 2 in. long, more or less erect, 

 funnel-beU-shaped, with protruding sta- 

 mens. 



Culture £c. as above. This is usually 

 grown in greenhouses, but should prove 

 fairly hardy in the mildest parts of Eng- 

 land and Ireland. 



T. grandiflora {Bignonia grandi- 

 flora). — A handsome climbing shrub, 

 20-30 ft. high, native of China and Japan. 

 Leaves oddly pinnate, with ovate pointed 

 and toothed leaflets. Flowers in July, 

 orange-scarlet, drooping, in terminal 

 racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. Except in the 

 very mildest parts, this species does not 

 grow luxuriantly out of doors in this 

 country. It is best in rich loamy soil, 

 against a south wall. 



T. radicans (Bignonia radica/ns). — 

 A beautiful N. Arcterican shrub, climbing 

 by means of aerial rootlets, as in the Ivy, 

 and often extending for about 25 ft. or 

 more. Leaves oddly pinnate, composed 

 of ovate, taper-pointed, toothed leaflets, 

 downy at the sides of the nerves beneath. 

 Flowers in summer, in terminal corymbs, 

 scarlet-red, 2-3 in. long. Fruit stalked, 

 about 3J in. long. There is a variety 

 minor with smaller but brighter scarlet 

 flowers. 



Culture da. as above. This is the 

 hardiest of the Tecomas, and is well suited 

 for covering walls. When in flower it 

 looks charming. 



INCARVILLEA.— A genus contain- 

 ing 3 or 4 species of beautiful perennials, 

 with alternate twice or thrice pinnate 

 leaves, and large flowers in terminal 

 racemes. Calyx bell-shaped, 5-lobed. 

 Corolla tube elongated, widened at the 

 mouth; limb 2-lipped, with 5 rounded 

 spreading lobes. Stamens 4, didynamous. 

 Capsule linear, incurved, with obovate, 

 flat, winged seeds. 



Culture and Propagation. — Incar- 

 vUleas flourish in light sandy soil, with a 

 little peat or leaf mould, and may be 

 increased by seeds, grown in heat in 

 spring, or division of the roots. 



I. Delavayi. — A splendid fleshy-rooted 

 Chinese perennial, l^-SJ ft. high, with 

 large leaves composed of numerous 

 coarsely toothed leaflets of a deep green. 

 Flowers ia May and Jime, trumpet- 

 shaped, with spreading lobes, bright rosy- 

 carmine, spotted with yellow and brown 

 in the tube, 10-13 in a raceme thrown 

 well above the foliage. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 fine plant was at first thought too tender 

 for our climate, but it has proved quite 

 hardy, and has not been injured by 

 several degrees of frost. It is easily 

 grown in Ught rich soil and looks magnifi - 

 cent in large masses or in beds by itself on 

 the lawn. Seeds may be sown early in 

 spring in gentle heat, or later on in a 

 cold frame, the young plants being 

 pricked out and grown on for transplanting 

 about June in the open ground. Seeds 

 sown in September will produce plants 

 for flowering the following spring. 

 Large plants may also be divided early in 

 autumn, care being taken not to injure 

 the fleshy roots more than necessary. 



1. Koopmanni. — A smooth erect-grow- 

 ing branched perennial 2-3 ft. high, native 

 of Turkestan. It has pinnately divided 

 leaves, and during the summer months 

 produces racemes of mauve-pink trumpet- 

 shaped flowers at the end of the shoots. 



Culture dc. as above for I. Delavayi. 



I. Olgae. — This is a handsome peren- 

 nial, 3-4 ft. high, native of Turkestan. 

 Leaves pinnate, composed of narrow 

 oblong pinnately out leaflets. Flowers in 

 summer, bright rose or purple, more or 

 less bell-shaped, with short rounded 

 spreading lobes. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 under favourable conditions presents a 

 fine bushy appearance, and is a good plant 



