ON THE CULTURE OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS. 
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speedy method ; these should be made of the young- and immature shoots, and 
may be taken off at ahnost any season of the yjar when they can be procured, but 
between the months of July and September is the best time ; these cuttings should 
be planted in pots, in a light sandy soil, and placed in the stove or hot frame, under 
a hand-glass, or other covering that will admit of light, till they have made good 
roots, when they may be potted off into small sized pots, and afterwards shifted 
from these into large ones as it becomes necessary ; but while the plants are yet 
small, it should be determined in what manner they are to be grown, as they may 
either be treated as shrubby plants, or trained to a neat flat trellis, fixed to or 
placed in the pot ; or they may be trained to a small trellis in the front of the 
stove, where such an one exists. For the sake of variety, all these methods may 
be used, the two latter are, however, preferable, as by these means the plant will 
exhibit its beautiful blossoms to greater advantage ; but if the former method is 
adopted, and the flowers are picked ofl" as soon as they decay, so that they are not 
allowed to seed, they may be kept in flower almost the whole of the year, and con- 
tribute greatly to enliven and beautify the stove. 
After this plant had been in the country for a short time, it was soon found capable 
of enduring the temperature of the greenhouse, where it may be treated in a similar 
manner to that before detailed for the stove, and we may here add, that the soil 
best suited for it is a light sandy loam, with a good portion of peat incorporated ; 
and if treated according* to either of the systems before laid down, it will form a 
most interesting feature in the greenhouse or conservatory. But a more interest- 
ing fact connected with this plant, and one which has but recently been ascertained, 
is, that it will bear to be subjected to the open air in the summer months ; we have 
seen this plant trained against an open wall in the neighbourhood of London, and, 
as it was literally covered with flowers, and remained so for three months, it consti- 
tuted a most lovely and attractive object; and, doubtless, with a good protection in 
the winter, it may be made to form a valuable addition to o*ur present stock of 
ornamental climbing plants. We have likewise seen it planted out in a bed in the 
flower garden, where it assumed all the habits of a trailing plant, and, by being 
planted at the distance of eight or nine inches apart, completely covered the bed 
on which they were growing ; it is almost needless to add, that a bed of this de- 
scription, when in full flower, and in company with several species of Verbena, 
Anagallis, &c., has a most pleasing and delightful appearance ; and as we consider 
this latter the most interesting method in which this plant has yet been cultivated, 
we recommend it to the notice of our readers as one every way worthy of general 
adoption. To obtain a supply of plants for carrying into effect this last method, 
cuttings may be taken off in the month of August or September, and treated in a 
similar way to that in which several species of Verbena are usually treated, that 
is, after being struck under a hand-glass in a gentle heat, and potted off, they may 
be kept during the winter in a frame or greenhouse, and in the spring planted out 
into the flower garden, where they are intended to flower. In conclusion, we 
would just ask our readers, whether a plant that will bear to be subjected to so 
many different modes of treatment, and produce such a great abundance of beau- 
tiful flowers^ is not fully worthy of a place in every collection. 
