. Vick's floral guide. size, rapidgrowth, fine foliage, and large, bell-shaped flowers, al-most an inch and a half across and two inches in plants set out early in the spring, and in goodsoil, often grow twenty or thirty feet long, branchingfreely, and covering a large surface. Plants commenceto flower when quite young, and continue in bloom untilremoved or killed by frost. Flowers are at first green,changing to a deep violet-blue. Put the seeds in moistearth, edge down, and do not water until the young plantappears, unless in a warm place and the earth is very the autumn
. Vick's floral guide. size, rapidgrowth, fine foliage, and large, bell-shaped flowers, al-most an inch and a half across and two inches in plants set out early in the spring, and in goodsoil, often grow twenty or thirty feet long, branchingfreely, and covering a large surface. Plants commenceto flower when quite young, and continue in bloom untilremoved or killed by frost. Flowers are at first green,changing to a deep violet-blue. Put the seeds in moistearth, edge down, and do not water until the young plantappears, unless in a warm place and the earth is very the autumn plants can be taken up, potted and re-moved to the house, where they will flourish and flowerduring the winter. Cobceas set in a row, two feet apart,supported by brush six feet high, make an elegant Cobcea makes a rapid growth after getting a goodstart, but care is necessary in planting seed, as it isliable to rot in the ground if too scandens, 10 •~&Ho Chester,* jl.* ~ 31 Calampelis scabra, Calampelis scabrais a very beautifulclimber, foliage verypretty, with brightorange flowers, andproduced in ra-cemes ; blooms pro-fusely the latter partof the season. Sowseed in the hot-bedor green-house. Eccremocarpus scaber , 5 J for covering old trees, fences, arbers, etc. The cul-ture is the same as required for Squashes, Melons, etc. I A collection of the leading sorts is very following are some of the most valuable of thefamily : Gourd, Hercules Club, large, long, club-shaped, 10 Smallest Lemon, yellow, 10 Pear-formed, yellow and green, cream-striped, 10 Gooseberry, small, bright green, 10 Striped Apple, small, yellow, beautifully striped, 10Egg-formed, like the fruit of White Egg Plant, 10Orange, the well-known Mock Orange, .... 10Calabash, the old-fashioned Dipper Gourd, . io- CARDIOSPERMUM.
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