A FEW SELECT CLIMBING STOVE PLANTS. 
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the shoots are three or four feet long. The best trellis for this kind of plant, and 
indeed for almost all kinds of creepers, is either a cylindrical or ton-shaped one, 
both of which may be readily formed with a few painted stakes and a couple of 
quarter- inch wire rings of the same dimensions, or a little larger than the mouth of 
the pot in which the plant is growing. When trellises of this kind are used it is 
always advisable to make them directly the plants are potted, for if left until the roots 
have made progress, they are very liable to be injured in inserting the stakes. After 
they are placed in the blooming-pots, they must be taken to the stove, and there 
plunged about half the depth of the pot in the tan bed, supplying the roots liberally 
with weak manure water, and syringing copiously twice or thrice a day with clean 
water. Here they will require shading for a few hours in the middle of the day, as 
the young leaves are very tender ; but it is advisable to inure them to the full sun 
as quickly as possible, and while you sustain a brisk growing temperature, to supply 
the house liberally, both night and day, with air. We are great advocates for the 
liberal admission of air at all seasons, of course taking great care to avoid cold 
draughts. Care must be taken to prevent the plants rooting into the tan, and, if 
properly encouraged, they will unfold their charming flowers from July until October. 
During the winter, the plants must be kept in a comparatively dormant state, 
and pretty dry at the root. In the second season, the plants should be started early 
in February, by cutting the branches very closely in, and by removing the soil from 
the Dahlia-like roots, and re-potting them into the smallest sized pots they can 
be got into. Pursue the same treatment as in the preceding season, and the same 
success will crown your labours. 
In propagation, the Dipladenia may be increased either by cuttings or layers. 
If by layers, it is best done by laying the plant out at full length, and layering 
every alternate joint, into forty-eight sized pots, filled with very sandy compost. 
The house should be kept close and moist, and a gentle bottom-heat will be of use. 
When propagation by cuttings is attempted, the wood must be pretty well ripened, 
and each cutting must be put separately into a small pot, the base being surrounded 
by sand, and the pots should be plunged in a brisk growing heat, and covered by a 
hand or bell-glass. The autumn is the best time to propagate by cuttings, and if 
they are rooted early, and carefully managed through the winter, they make fine 
blooming specimens for the following season. 
Planted out in a corner of the tan bed, or over a tank, in a rich compost, and 
well drained, this is one of the finest plants in cultivation, growing with great 
luxuriance and producing flowers with the greatest freedom. No stove ought to 
be without it. This plant is, unfortunately, a great favourite with the mealy bug, 
and is also subject to attack by the red spider and thrips, and as these insects are 
difficult to remove from its thick rough leaves, care must be taken to ward off rather 
than remove the depredators. 
Dipladenia crassinoda. About the native country of this plant nothing certain 
is known at the present time, though, as it is constitutionally more hardy than 
