. Plant culture; a working handbook of every day practice for all who grow flowering and ornamental plants in the garden and greenhouse. ns are large, and damping off may result before the seedlings aretransplanted. By the middle of May the seedlings are ready forhandling. They may either be put in small pots, singly, or threein a 3-inch pot, plunged in ashes in a frame, the sash put on andshaded for a few days until the young plants have taken with thesoil. The Ampelopsis, owing to the nature of the roots, are besttransplanted out of pots. ANTIGONON (Mountain Rose). In the Southern StatesA. l
. Plant culture; a working handbook of every day practice for all who grow flowering and ornamental plants in the garden and greenhouse. ns are large, and damping off may result before the seedlings aretransplanted. By the middle of May the seedlings are ready forhandling. They may either be put in small pots, singly, or threein a 3-inch pot, plunged in ashes in a frame, the sash put on andshaded for a few days until the young plants have taken with thesoil. The Ampelopsis, owing to the nature of the roots, are besttransplanted out of pots. ANTIGONON (Mountain Rose). In the Southern StatesA. leptopus is one of the most satisfactory vines; even in Washingtonit blooms for about two months out of doors; that is, when put outas small plants. When large specimens are planted out the periodof blooming is much longer. The flowers are bright pink, in verylarge clusters. Propagation. It should be propagated from cuttings takenin September; make the cuttings with a single leaf attached, and cutbelow a joint. The large roots are tuberous looking, enabling theold plants to be easily wintered over in a cool house. 364 PLANT CULTURE. Aristolochia Sturtevantii ARISTOLOCHIA(Birthwort). The Aristo-lochias are interesting be-cause of their strangeshaped flowers. A. macro-p/iylla (sipho) is a nativespecies, The DutchmansPipe, but it is far behind thetropical ones in the beautyof its flowers. Sometimeswe need a vine for coveringunsightly structures underthe shade of trees; this isthe best to be had, as itluxuriates under those con-ditions. It is most easilyraised from seeds. A. grandi-flora var. Sturtevantii andA. elegans are easy to grow,and are almost certain toproduce an abundant cropof their exceedingly curiousflowers. Both of these kindsmay be planted out in Sum-mer to cover trellis intermediate house willsuit them in Winter. ripens seeds in theopen at Washington. Far-ther north the seasons aretoo short, unless largeplants are taken to startwith. Propagation. A.
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