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188 coloured star-like flowers of the latter are distinct and dashing, and the plant requires the least attention of any climber known.

.—A remarkably elegant genus of delicate



twiners. They require sandy peat or very mellow loam and leaf mould, with plenty of sand. M. asparagoides is the best.

.—Here is another genus from which we can make an almost unlimited selection of good kinds, for pick where we will we shall not find any really bad. Like everything else, some are better than others. We want the best, and the following selection cannot well be improved upon for the greenhouse: P. Cærulea, P. Colvilli, P. hybrida floribunda, P. Loudoniana, P. Cincinnati, and P. racemosa purpurea. All the young growth not required should be cut away, and the other shoots allowed to grow to their full length, to induce them to produce plenty of flowers. When all the shoots are