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may mention first Cobea scandens and stipularis : these, as 
before remarked, frequently run thirty feet in a season; they 
may be increased by cuttings taken off'when about three inches 
long and planted in a pot of leaf-mould and white sand without 
displacing the leaves; cover them with a small glass and plunge 
them in a gentle hot bed; they do not, however, root very rea¬ 
dily. The best manner of raising them is from seed : it should be 
sown early in March, on a gentle heat; and as soon as the 
plants have four leaves, they should be potted and kept in a 
cold frame or greenhouse till the time for planting in the open 
air, which is best done about the middle of May. The flowers 
are large; those of scandens are at first green, and afterwards 
change to a deep purple. Stipularis is yellow. 
Maurandia Barclayana and semperflorens. These usually 
grow about ten feet high and full of small flexuous blanches 
bearing a profusion of flowers ; those of Barclayana are purple 
outside, the inside is white ; and those of semperflorens are rose- 
coloured ; they are very readily increased, either by cuttings or 
seed if treated as recommended for cobea. They are very beau¬ 
tiful, and equally adapted for all the purposes mentioned; they 
are also excellent window plants, bearing the confined air, and 
may be pruned and trained to any shape. 
Lophospermum erubescens and scandens, are both beautiful 
plants growing fifteen feet; the flowers are large and borne in 
great profusion. Those of erubescens are rose-coloured with a 
mottled throat; and of scandens somewhat similar, but darker ; 
they may be propagated, the same as Maurandia, and with as 
much ease. 
Eccremocarpus scabra is the popular, though rejected, name 
of another handsome climber; the flowers of this are of a bright 
orange colour, mixed with crimson. This seldom exceeds six 
feet, but is very luxuriant; it is increased by seed easiest: it 
should be sown as for maurandia. 
Tropeolum aduncum, and in good situation pentaphyllum. 
The first is an annual with bright yellow flowers; it will run 
fifteen feet; it is of the easiest culture, requiring the treatment 
of half-hardy annuals. T. pentaphyllum is a tuberous-rooted 
species, most suitable for the bottom, as it does not run above 
five or six feet; the flowers are scarlet and green—it is propa¬ 
gated from cuttings; the root should be taken up and kept in a 
