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young growths in bottom heat, with a glass over them 

 in spring. The difficulty of blooming them properly 

 accounts for the scarcity of the Antigonons, pretty 

 stove climbers, in our gardens. They want plenty 

 of light and to be planted in beds over hot-water 

 pipes. Both amabile and insignis are most charming 

 plants, while A. Leptopus is equally handsome with its 

 rose flowers. These bulbs like to be kept dry in 

 winter. They are less known than the magnificent 

 Gloriosas, which are aptly named, and which are 

 splendid stove climbers, with magnificent flowers in 

 clusters. They have bulbous roots, and require to be 

 kept dry in winter in the pots in which they are grown. 

 Re-potting must be carefully done in February or 

 March, using loam and peat with some sharp sand for the 

 compost, and starting them into growth in small pots in 

 a heat of sixty to sixty-five degrees. They like plenty 

 of water and a moist atmosphere while making growth. 

 They are propagated by offsets, removed carefully at 

 potting time, by division of the roots, by cutting through 

 the crown so as to retain a bud to each piece, or by 

 seeds sown in heat at the same season. Superba is com- 

 paratively cheap. 



Asparaguses are prized for their graceful foliage, and 

 give a grace and lightness to the house in which they 

 are grown which is yielded by few other plants of similar 

 habit. They do best in a rather warm house in a good 

 loam with some peat sand, and are raised readily from 

 seeds or by division of the roots, or cuttings of the 

 shoots in spring. Plumosus, retrofractus, decumbens, 

 medeoloides and scandens are among the best of climbing 

 habit. 



The genus Canavalia is almost unknown in private 

 gardens, but it includes a few species of pretty twiners 

 or climbers suitable for the stove or intermediate house. 

 They are easily cultivated in loam and sand, and are 



