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