. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. 758 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. the summer, and are borne in dense clusters at the end of the shoots ; they are most effective for pillars. mirantiacum has yellow, elegans carmine, and Newelli bright red blossoms. Clianthus puniceus (Glory Pea of Australia).—Propagate by cuttings of the young wood in May and June in the cool pit. Grow in loam, peat, and sand, with lumps of charcoal mixed in. Flowers in early summer. CoBiEA SCANDENS is an extremely handsome and a very easily- grown climber (Fig. 501). It is especially usef
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. 758 THE BOOK OF GARDENING. the summer, and are borne in dense clusters at the end of the shoots ; they are most effective for pillars. mirantiacum has yellow, elegans carmine, and Newelli bright red blossoms. Clianthus puniceus (Glory Pea of Australia).—Propagate by cuttings of the young wood in May and June in the cool pit. Grow in loam, peat, and sand, with lumps of charcoal mixed in. Flowers in early summer. CoBiEA SCANDENS is an extremely handsome and a very easily- grown climber (Fig. 501). It is especially useful for any place where there is plenty of room for it to hang in festoons. Propa- gate from seed sown in March in the warm pit. Grow in loam and sand. Flowers all the summer. The variety variegata has very pretty foliage. This must be propagated by cuttings, which are difficult to root. They should be taken from the young firm side-shoots in July or August, and rooted in the warm pit with bottom-heat. The deep purple cup-shaped flowers, with their broad bright green calyx, are very effective. ECCREMOCARPUS SCABER (Fig. 502) has pretty orange tubular flowers. Propagate by V seed sown in the warm March, ^^i^^^"*^ Grow in \ rich loam M and sand, jl Flowers all the |l summer. ^ HiBBERTIA DEN- TATA is a pretty climber with yellow flowers. Propagate by cuttings of firm shoots in May in the cool pit. Soil: loam, leaf-soil, and sand. Flowers in summer and autumn. Lapageria rosea and var. a/da are grand plants, but are rather difficult to cultivate; but when a plant has once become established in a place that suits it, it will grow and flower freely if not disturbed. The two essentials are to have thorough drainage, and to keep the roots moist and shaded. Propagate by layers in pots during summer. By this means the roots will not be disturbed when shifted. Grow on in pots till a considerable size is attained, and then plant out. Use rough peat and loam with plenty of silver-sand
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