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stove, and trained round a circular trellis in a spiral direction, in which state it 
produced one of its elegant blossoms from the axil of each leaf ; but we are informed 
that in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, it was turned out into the open border, and 
trained against an open wall, where it grew in a most luxuriant manner, and pro- 
duced its flowers in great profusion. From this we become acquainted with the 
interesting fact, that this plant is almost hardy, or at least that it will thrive well 
according to the usual treatment given to half-hardy climbing plants. Still it will 
be highly advantageous to keep a few plants of it in the greenhouse or stove, where 
they may either be placed in pots and trained to a flat or circular trellis, or turned 
out into the bed or border of the house, and trained to the rafters or roof. In 
either of these situations, if proper attention be paid to the time of sowing the 
seeds, it will produce its flowers in the autumnal months, and these will continue 
expanding till the commencement of the ensuing year ; thus enlivening and orna- 
menting our plant houses at that season of the year when almost all other plants 
are in a dormant state. 
