Ornamental Creepers for the open Air, selected from Paxton’s Maga¬ 
zine of Botany. 
The two species of Cydonia well known by the names of Pyrus Ja- 
pomca and Sinensis are very handsome. They require planting in a light 
rich soil, and are easily propagated by layers in spring of the previous 
year’s wood, with an incision made on the upper side of the branch. 
They will also grow from cuttings of the young wood planted under a 
hand-glass. The hardy species and varieties of Passiflora are delightful 
plants to train in front of a house intermixed with the Glycine and China 
roses. They love a light rich soil, and may very readily be increased by 
cuttings. Just before the deciduous kinds commence growing in the 
spring, it is a good plan to cut them in a little. 
The Maurandia Barclayana. —This beautiful climber has generally 
been grown as a hardy green-house plant, but it appears to be nearly 
if not altogether hardy. A very large one has stood this last winter out 
of doors, and seems to have received very little damage, it grows very 
luxuriantly in summer, and continues flowering until the frosts of win¬ 
ter. It is increased by seeds which should be sown early in the spring in 
a hot-bed, and afterward potted into alight rich soil. About the begin¬ 
ning of May, these plants may be turned out into the open borders, 
where they will begin to flower by the end of the month, and by the end 
of summer will grow so as to cover a space eight or ten feet high, and 
two or three feet broad. 
Jasminum. —These species may be planted in equal parts of loam peat 
and leaf-mould. They are very easily propagated by cuttings of the 
young wood planted in sand and covered with a glass. 
Clematis Florida. —This will grow in any light rich soil, and may be 
propagated by cuttings. 
