734 PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS eccbbmocaepus 



for borders, or in groups on grass land. It 

 may be increased like I. Delavayi, and 

 grown in similar light rich soil. It must 

 not, however, be kept wet in winter, and 

 it is therefore essential that the soil 

 should be well drained. 



I. sinensis. — A pretty Chinese biennial 

 1-3 ft. high, with leaves twice or thrice 

 pinnately divided into narrow segments, 

 which give the plant a graceful appear- 

 ance. Flowers from May to August, 

 scarlet, in loose terminal racemes, above 

 the foliage. There is a variety with rose- 

 purple flowers. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species is better known on the Continent 

 than in this country. It is not quite so 

 hardy as I. Delavayi or I. Olgm, but it 

 may receive similar treatment out of 

 doors. It is raised from seed sown in 

 spring, in gentle heat or cold frames, and 

 grown on till September. During the 

 winter months, when each plant should 

 have a pot to itself, very little or no 

 water is required, and the plant should 

 be protected in a cold frame or green- 

 house. In early spring when the first 

 signs of life appear, water may be given, 

 and more frequently as the shoots 

 develop. About April or May they may 

 be planted outside, and will flower pro- 

 fusely the same year. 



Another Chinese species is /. com- 

 pacta, with pinnate leaves, and large 

 rosy-pink flowers, but it does not appear 

 to be in cultivation. 



ECCREMOCARPUS. — A smaU 

 genus of elegant, smooth or downy, climb- 

 ing shrubs, with opposite, twice pinnately 

 cut leaves ending in a branched tendril. 

 Calyx beU-shaped, 5-cleft. CoroUa tube 

 elongated, inflated, and contracted at the 

 throat ; limb somewhat 2-lipped with 5 



short, rounded, nearly equal, spreading 

 lobes. Stamens 4, didynamous. Capsule 

 ovoid or elliptic, with flat, winged seeds. 



Culture and Propagation. — These 

 plants flourish in ordinary garden soil, 

 and are useful for training over arbours, 

 porches &c. Although perennials, they 

 are easily raised from seed every year. 

 When sown in gentle heat in March, the 

 seedlings will be ready for planting out at 

 the end of May and wiU flower in the 

 summer of the same year. To obtain 

 larger plants to flower earlier the follow- 

 ing season, the seeds may be sown in cold 

 frames as soon as ripe. The seedlings are 

 pricked out when large enough and grown 

 under glass tmtil mild weather in spring, 

 when they may be planted out. The old 

 rootstock will send up vigorous shoots 

 every spring and is not likely to be killed 

 even in severe winters if protected with 

 litter, ashes &c. 



E. longfiflorus. — A beautiful Peruvian 

 climber with leaflets pinnately divided 

 into oval, entire, sessile leaflets. Flowers 

 in July, yellow, with a greenish Umb, 

 tubular and slightly cm'ved, in many- 

 flowered drooping stalks. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



E. scaber (Calampelis scabra). — • A 

 charming Chilian climber with angular 

 hairy stems and abruptly twice pinnate 

 leaves ending in a spiral compound ten- 

 dril ; leaflets alternate, obliquely heart- 

 shaped, ovate, serrate, or entire. Flowers 

 in July and August, scarlet or deep orange- 

 red, with an inflated throat, in many- 

 flowered, 1-sided racemes. 



This is the better known species, and 

 is very popular owing to its wealth of 

 blossom garlanding porches, arbours, 

 trellises &c. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



LXXXV. PEDALINEiE 



An order of annual or perennial herbs, rarely undershrubs, often with a soft 

 texture and heavy smell. Leaves opposite, or the upper ones alternate, entire, 

 toothed, incised, or pinnately lobed. Flowers hermaphrodite, irregular, axil- 

 lary, solitary, or clustered. Calyx gamosepalous, usually divided into 5 nearly 

 equal segments. Corolla gamopetalous, tubular, often oblique or deeurved at 

 the base and more or less gibbous below ; limb slightly 2-lipped with 5 spread- 

 ing lobes. Stamens 4, didynamous ; the fifth stamen small and rudimentary. 



