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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



time, making them useful in the greenhouse. They should 

 be planted in sandy loam and peat, and increased by cuttings 

 planted in sand, and covered with a hand-glass. 



CHOEOZEMA. 



Gen. Char. {Becandria Monogynia.) Calyx half five-cleft, two- 

 lipped ; keel ventricose, shorter than the wings ; style short, 

 hooked ; stigma oblique and obtuse ; pod ventricose and many- 

 seeded. 



Some species of this genus are climbing plants, as C. an- 

 gustifolia, scandens, rlwmbea, and spectahile, the two former 

 with yellow, the two latter with scarlet, flowers. C. varium 

 has orange and crimson flowers, and has several varieties; 

 ilicifolia, nana, Henchmannii, triangularis, and ovata, have 

 scarlet flowers ; cordata has them mixed scarlet and purple ; 

 platylobioides, yellow ; Hugelii, blush-colour, and spar- 

 tioides of a yellowish-brown; Laurenceanum is a pretty 

 species also : these beautiful plants may be increased by 

 cuttings in sand under a glass, and by seeds, which ripen 

 readily. 



