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Two plants appear in the above list which, though they cannot be called 
climbers, make an excellent display when fastened to a trellis or a wall. These 
are Pentstemon argutus and Campanula pyramidalis. We have not noticed several 
that commonly appear in such enumerations, because they are either unworthy of 
culture, or are not now to be procured. 
In applying to any of the foregoing plants either of the methods of training or 
support we have mentioned, regard must, of course, be had to their peculiar habits. 
Thus, for clothing a wall or flat trellis rapidly, none are so suitable as the Cobseas 
and Lophospermums. For a similar purpose, or for surrounding a pillar, the 
Eccremocarpus, Loasa, and Maurandya are excellent. For covering an arched 
trellis, the same species, as well as the Tropseolums and Rhodochiton, may be fitly 
employed. Basket-shaped trellises, again, can be best furnished with Convolvulus, 
Maurandya, Tkunbergia, or Philibertia. The low trellises above flower-beds are 
most adapted for Maurandya, Lophospermum scan dens, or Thunbergias. Poles 
and branching stakes are suited for Lophosperm urn erubescens, Loasa, and Tweedia 
ca?rulea. Dwarf stakes are most proper for Tropmolum tuberosum and Moritzianuin, 
Maurandya, Tkunbergia, Manettia, and the Everlasting Pea. What we have 
thus said may give a faint clew to the cultivator, and those who are familiar with 
the character of the plants can vary their treatment at discretion. 
FLORICULTURAL NOTICES. 
NEW OR BEAUTIFUL PLANTS FIGURED IN THE LEADING BOTANICAL PERIODICALS 
FOR MAY. 
Alstrceme'ria psittaci v na var. Erembouldtii. " I understood from the first," writes the 
Hon. and Very Rev. W. Herbert, "that A. Erembouldtii was raised in Germany between 
A. psittacina and pulchra, or Hookeriana, and I see no reason to doubt the fact. Alstrosmerias, 
impregnated by the pollen of another species, are very apt to produce strong pods, which disappoint 
the cultivator by proving empty ; but, occasionally, they contain one or two seeds. A. Erembouldtii 
is not a free plant. A strong tuber planted out amongst other Alstrcemerias at Spofforth did not 
vegetate." It requires to be grown in a pot, and treated with care, when it flowers well in the 
month of July. The flowers are of a whitish ground, shaded with pink, and having a yellow stain 
down the centre of each petal. They are richly spotted with brownish purple, and very hand- 
some. Bot. Mag. 3944. 
Aza'lea altaclare'nsis. This fine variety originated at Highclere, the gardens of the Earl of 
Caernarvon, and "was produced by fertilizing the flowers of A. sinensis with the pollen of the 
late-flowering variety of A. viscosa, called by the nurserymen A., rubescens major. It bears 
the most decided evidence of its double parentage, having the glaucous foliage and inflorescence 
of A. sinensis, modified by the pale-crimson tints of A. rubescens major. It is most profuse of 
its odorous flowers, which cover the whole bush, and is altogether a very striking production." 
Bot. Reg. 27. 
Catase^tum globiflo v rum. " Dr. Gogarty, now a resident medical practitioner at Rio, sent 
this beautiful plant to the Glasnevin Botanic Garden," Dublin, in 1840, and it flowered iff the 
