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COBEA SCANDENS. 



tures — its tendrils cling to anything within their 

 reach. The flowers are about two inches long, at 

 first of a greenish hue, changing to a rich bluish- 

 purple, and last a week or more. A new variety, 

 Cobea Scandens Variegata, is the most suitable for 

 house cultivation. 



SOIL, WATERING AND PROPAGATION. 



The Cobea requires a rich soil. Two parts loam, 

 one of leaf-mold, one of well rotted manure, with 

 a little sand, is suitable. 



Plenty of water, with good drainage, is essential. 

 If allowed to get dry it will wither. 



It likes a high temperature 55° to 70 , and the 

 sunlight. 



The Cobea is easily increased by cuttings rooted 

 in damp sand and with more difficulty from seeds. 

 These should be planted in a hot-bed, in March or 

 April, or in pots or a shallow box, protected by 

 glass. Moisten the soil well. Set the seed edge 

 down and cover closely with the glass. Unless the 

 earth becomes very dry do not water until the 

 plants appear, and when two inches high transfer 

 them to small pots. 



The roots of the Cobea must have room ; there- 

 fore give the mature plants a large pot. During the 

 summer it may be removed to the porch or bedded 

 out until fall, when it should be well pruned back 

 and again placed in a sunny window where it will 

 soon commence a new and rapid growth. 



