CLIMBERS UNDER GLASS 77 



Ivy-like leaves, is a useful and distinct plant for a 

 rafter, and grows in loam in a greenhouse. It is 

 propagated by cuttings, which strike readily. 



Pleroma macranthum or Tibouchinia semi-decandrum 

 (syn. Lasiandra macrantha) is one of our best stove or 

 greenhouse climbers, preferring a rather cool stove when 

 in that house, and doing well in turfy loam. ThePleromas 

 are propagated by cuttings of soft shoots four inches in 

 length in a warm frame. The species here named is 

 best when planted out in the greenhouse border, but 

 the noble variety floribundum does better in pots than 

 the typical species. Allied to this is the rambling 

 Adelobotrys Lindeni. Several of the Solanums do well 

 for climbers for the stove or greenhouse, and most may 

 be raised from seeds, but others may be increased by 

 cuttings of the young growths struck in heat under a 

 glass. Seaforthianum is among the most valued, but 

 for cold districts crispum and jasminoides, mentioned 

 among hardy climbers, may be named as worthy of a 

 place under glass. All like a good loamy soil. The 

 Solandras are also fine tall stove climbers of shrubby 

 habit, which do. not bloom well if allowed to grow 

 luxuriantly, and require to be almost deprived of water 

 after they have made growth until the leaves begin to 

 fall. They grow in loam and leaf-soil, and are pro- 

 pagated by cuttings in heat. 



Bauhinias do not flower very well as a rule, but 

 corymbosa ought to do fairly well if properly treated 

 by giving it plenty of sun, and growing it in loam, peat, 

 and sand, pretty firmly potted. They are raised from 

 cuttings and are brilliant evergreen stove plants when in 

 flower. Like many other plants of the order Legum- 

 inosae, the Clitorias are ornamental plants. They are 

 good stove climbers thriving in a similar soil to the. 

 Bauhinias, and best raised from seeds, sown in heat in 

 spring, though they can be raised from cuttings as well. 



