TACSONIA. 



Taesonia Van Vohemi. 



^ ASSION-FLOWERS and tae- 

 sonias are so nearly related, 

 that it is for botanical rather 

 than horticultural purposes 

 that they are separated, as 

 will be shown in the Synop- 

 sis, where technical matters 

 admit of treatment more 

 conveniently than here. It 

 may be stated at once that 

 the plant represented by the 

 accompanying plate is the 

 finest climber known to cul- 

 tivation for a spacious con- 

 servatory or cool plant-house. 

 A temperature not lower 

 than 40° will keep it safelj' 

 through the winter, and from 

 May to November the natural 

 temperature suffices; or, in 

 other words, it needs no 

 aid from' artificial heat ex- 

 cept during the four or five 

 winter months, and then only sufficient to keep it safe 

 from frost. It is of no use to plant this rampant grower 



