260 SYLVA FLORIFERA. 



months they will have taken root, when they 

 should be gradually inured to the open air. 



These plants all require some support, and 

 an open sunny situation, and never appear to 

 so much advantage as when climbing the 

 trunks of trees, or covering alcoves or thatched 

 cottages. 



The Hortus Kewensis enumerates sixteen 

 different species of these plants, besides seve- 

 ral varieties, all of which are hardy enough 

 to bear the severity of our winters, excepting 

 one from Japan and one from Minorca, that 

 require the greenhouse, and one from Jamaica 

 requiring the stove. 



