. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. quite as well,perhaps better, propagated in spring (Febru-ary), if there is the convenience of a warmsituation to excite the growth of shoots toform cuttings, of a hot-bed frame in which tostrike the cuttings, and of frames with a slightwarmth to grow in, and subsequently toharden them. Others, as the Pelargoniums,are better raised early the preceding summer,and somewhat stunted till the spring, andthen got into a free state of growth by plant-ing-out time. The Calceolarias should alwaysbe struck late in autumn,
. The Annals of Horticulture and Year-Book of Information on Practical Gardening. quite as well,perhaps better, propagated in spring (Febru-ary), if there is the convenience of a warmsituation to excite the growth of shoots toform cuttings, of a hot-bed frame in which tostrike the cuttings, and of frames with a slightwarmth to grow in, and subsequently toharden them. Others, as the Pelargoniums,are better raised early the preceding summer,and somewhat stunted till the spring, andthen got into a free state of growth by plant-ing-out time. The Calceolarias should alwaysbe struck late in autumn, for the early cuttingsnever root freely. CLEMATIS 1NDIVISA. Clematis indivisa, Willdenow (undivided-leaved Virgins Bower).—llanunculaceai § Cle-matea3. The accompanying engraving represents avariety of the Clematis indivisa to which thename lobata is applied, in consequence of theleaves being lobed, or divided, in whichrespect only it differs from the species. It isa very ornamental plant, in consequence ofthe large size, the profusion, and the purewhite of its Like the majority of the species of Cle-matis, or Virgins Bower, the present is a free-growing climbing plant, extending its longslender branches over a considerable are furnished with ternate (three-cleft)leaves, the bases of whose stalks are connate,that is to say, the bases meet, and are, as itwere, continued around the stem, as if thestem had pierced through the united stalks ofeach pair of leaves; the leaflets are ovate,and of a leathery texture, quite undivided inthe original species, but divided into smalllobes in the present variety. The flowersgrow in panicles, which are often a foot long,from the axils of the leaves : they are largeand copious, making a very conspicuous show;they are, moreover, dioecious, and consist ofspreading oblong segments, which are, in fact,the divisions of the calyx, the flowers of theclematises not having petals; the surface ofthese segments is covered with sh
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