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BIGNONIA CAPREOLATA. 
the long flexible branches to hang down gracefully from the sides and roof of the 
house, succeeds in blooming it to perfection throughout the months of June and 
July. At the former of these periods, in the present year, our drawing was kindly 
allowed to be taken from the 'place already named. 
The error which we have pointed out in the culture of this plant, when grown 
in the open air, is the shortening of the shoots after the specimen has attained a 
flowering age. By such means, it is always kept growing, and producing a quan- 
tity of vigorous but infertile lateral branches ; whereas, by leaving the shoots to 
depend naturally from the principal stems, superabundant development is avoided, 
and the production of blossoms follows. 
To grow the species, however, in the beauty which we have above noticed, and 
to which it is capable of being brought, we should decidedly prefer keeping it in a 
greenhouse or conservatory, in which it could be planted out in an open bed or 
border and trained up the rafters of the roof. From the latter, the pendent 
branches, profusely covered with their gay blossoms, would create a very delightful 
effect. 
In regard to soil, one that is neither rich nor sterile will be most suitable. A 
compost of sandy loam and heath-mould will best answer the end ; and, perhaps, 
the addition of a small quantity of sand will be useful. Cuttings taken from the 
points of the extreme branches of flowering specimens will produce blooming plants 
sooner than those obtained from specimens in an earlier or more rampant stage. 
The genus is named in compliment to the Abbe Bignon, librarian to Louis XI Y. 
The species derives its designation from the tendrils which accompany the leaves. 
It is a native of the southern parts of North America. 
