ON GREENHOUSE PLANTS. 



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open and porous. The flowers are produced in summer ; they 

 are very beautiful, having the appearance of being made of clear 

 red and white wax, and are shaped like a long tubular bell. 



MiNA LOBATA is a fine annual climber. Propagate by seed 

 sown in the warm pit in February, pot on, and grow in the 

 same pit for a time, and then in the cool one before placing in 

 the greenhouse. Grow in light fibrous loam, leaf-soil, and sand. 

 Flowers in August and September. 



Myrsiphyllum asparagoides (Smilax) (Fig. 503) has very 

 elegant twining stems and foliage, much used for cutting. The 

 flowers are white and 

 inconspicuous, but very 

 fragrant. Propagate by 

 division in spring, and 

 grow in loam, leaf-soil, 

 and sand. The young 

 shoots of this plant 

 must have strings to 

 twine on, as they do 

 not like wire. Flowers 

 in June and July. 



Passifloras (Passion 

 Flowers) are without 

 doubt the best of the 

 greenhouse climbers, and are 

 very easy of cultivation. Pro- 

 pagate by cuttings of the young 

 shoots in June and July in the 

 cool pit, and grow in peat, 

 loam, and sand. Flowers all 

 the summer. Sorts : P. ccEriilea 

 (Fig. 504) and var. raceinosa, 



P. Beiottii, Imperatrice Eugenie, P. hybrida Horibunda^ and 

 Constance Elliot. 



Plumbago capensis is a most handsome and free-flowering 

 hard-wooded climber. Propagate by cuttings of the side-shoots 

 in June and July in the cool pit, and grow^ in loam, leaf-soil, 

 and sand. The young plants are good for pot-work, and for 

 training on balloons. The flowers are borne in large loose 

 trusses. They are rather small and flat, with long slender tubes, 

 and are bright blue ; there is also a white variety. They 

 appear in summer and autumn, and the plants should be cut 

 back afterwards. 



Solanum jasminoides and var. floribundum are fine climbing 

 plants. Propagated by cuttings in June and July in the cool 

 pit. Soil : rich loam, leaf-mould, and sand. Flowers all the 

 summer. 



Fig. 503. — Myrsiphvllum 

 asparagoides. 



Showing (i) Portion of Flowering Stem, 

 reduced ; (2), ditto, natural size. 



