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in bloom remove them to the conservatory until 

 January. Always bear in mind to keep these plants 

 free from the red spider and green fly, other- 

 wise your hopes of a fine display of bloom will be 

 defeated. 



THUNBERGIA ALATA, ALATA ALBA, 

 GRANDIFLORA. 

 Class, Didynamia. Order, Angiospermia. 



AcANTHACE^. 



Grandiflora, native of the East Indies, 1820; 

 alata alba, East Indies, 1823. — Propagation, seed, 

 cuttings. 



The alata and alata albiflora grow well in equal 

 quantities of loam and dung, (well blended together 

 and having laid six months before using,) with a 

 little rough sand. Strike cuttings in July ; keep 

 them in the flower-house ; early in March shift 

 them into the next size pot, repeating this as they 

 fill the pot with roots ; nip off the flower-buds as 

 they appear, until you wish to remove the plants 

 into the conservatory : the pinching off of the bloom 

 greatly strengthens the plants, and consequently 

 causes a much finer succession of blossom during 

 the summer. By continuing the process, a splendid 

 show of fine plants in full flower may be produced 

 this month. 



These plants may be grown in the open air 

 during the summer, if fine old plants be turned 



