can
be occasionally wiped off with a moist, soft cloth. Keep the pores open;
they have to breathe.

_Cissus discolor_--This altogether too little known vine has the most
beautiful foliage of any. The leaves are a velvety green veined with
silver, the under surfaces being reddish and the stems red. It is a
rapid grower and readily managed if kept on the warm side. New plants
may be had from cuttings at almost any season. _C. antarctica_ is better
known and easily grown.

_Clematis_--This popular outdoor vine is sometimes successfully used as
a house plant, and has the advantage of doing well in a low temperature.
Cuttings rooted in June and grown on will make good plants, but the best
way will be to get at the florist's two or three plants of the splendid
new varieties now to be had.

_Coboea scandens_--The Coboea is sometimes called the cup-and-saucer
flower. It is very energetic, growing under good conditions to a length
of twenty to thirty feet. The flowers, which are frequently two inches
across, are purplish in color and very pretty. They are borne quite
freely.

The coboea is easily managed if kept properly trained. As the plant in
proportion to the pot room is very large, liquid manures or fertilizers
are desirable. Either seeds or cuttings will furnish new plants. The
former should be placed edge down, one in a two-inch pot and pressed in
level with the surface. They will soon need repotting, and must be
shifted frequently until they are put in six-or eight-inch pots.

_Coboea scandens variegata_ is a very handsome form and should without
fail be tried.

_Hoya carnosa_--This is commonly known as the wax plant on account of
its thick leaves and wax-like flowers, which are a delicate pink and
borne in large pendulous umbels. It is easily cared for; give full sun
in summer and keep moderately dry in winter. Leave the old flower stalks
on the plant. Cuttings may be rooted in early spring in pots, plunged
in bottom heat.

_The Ivys_--The ivys are the most graceful of all the vines, and with
them the most artistic effects in decoration may be produced. I have
always wondered why they are not more frequently used, for they are in
many respects ideal as house plants; they produce more growth to a given
size pot than any other plants, they thrive in the shade, they withstand
the uncongenial conditions usually found in the house, and are among the
hardiest of plants suitable for house culture. And yet how many wom