MAURANDYA, Nat. Ord, ScrophulariacecE. 
The Maurandya is a graceful, rather delicate climber from Mexico, bearing flowers very 
much resembling the Antirrhinum, the principal difference being in the mouth. The Maurandya 
is almost too delicate for out-door culture in the Northern and 
Middle States, but does remarkably well for baskets, vases, 
etc., in sheltered positions. Plants should be grown in the 
hot-bed or green-house, and if designed for the garden, should 
not be put out until the weather is quite warm; late in the 
spring or early summer. Few climbers do better for green- 
house culture. Growth of plant, five or six feet, and the foli- 
age abundant, a very desirable trait in a climbing plant, as 
half the beauty, at least, of a climbing plant is its foliage. The 
flowers of the Maurandya, however, are of good size and form 
and color, being about the size and appearance of Digitalis or 
Antirrhinum, and the colors different shades of blue, white 
and mauve, and the M^hole plant pleasant to look upon. 
PEAS, FLOWERING, (Lathyrus,) Nat. Ord. Leguniinosce. 
The Flowering Peas are among the most useful and beautiful of all our hardy annuals. 
Nothing can be better for large bouquets, as the flowers are lively and delicate, varying in color 
from white to the darkest purple imaginable, and 
including the most lively pinks ; and as fragrant as 
Mignonette. For a hedge or screen, or little 
groups supported by common brush, the Sweet 
Pea is not excelled. If the soil is rich they will 
grow five feet in height, and continue to flower all 
the summer unless the season is too hot and dry. 
The Pea luxuriates in a cool, moist soil, and in a 
damp season. Cut the flowers freely and do not 
allow seeds to form except on a few plants which 
are designed for seed-bearing. Sow the seed four 
inches deep, and as early in the spring as possible. 
Don't wait for fair weather. Hoe the earth 
towards the plants a little, as for common garden 
peas, but do not form a ridge, and furnish support 
early. Use plenty of seed, so that they will not be 
further than an inch apart. The engraving shows 
flowers of about the natural size. I am anxious to 
encourage the culture of this sweet flower. There 
are several varieties called winged, on account of a wing-like attachment to the seed-pod. They 
are not really climbers, but creepers ; the flowers are small, and they are hardly worth cultivating. 
THUNBERGIA, Nat. Ord. Acanthacec^. 
The Thunbergias are good annual climbers for the garden, but very much better for the 
house and conservatory, where they grow well and flower beautifully. They need support, like 
all the climbers, but we have seen them do well when 
allowed to run over the ground, making a veiy pretty 
bed. For baskets and similar purposes, the Thunbergia 
should be more generally used, as it is far superior to 
a score of weedy plants that seem, strangly, to have been 
adopted for this work. The Thunbergia starts rather 
slowly at first, but when it begins to run makes a rapid 
growth. The engraving shows the flowers of natural 
size, but they form usually more in clusters. The seed 
requires conservatory or hot-bed treatment, but plants are grown easily from cuttings. The 
flowers are white, buff, or orange, generally with a dark eye. 
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