TREES AND SHRUBS FOR PLANTING IN TOWNS. 141 
CLIMBERS. 
Of shrubs suitable for covering walls, trellises, and arbours, and 
at the same time able to resist the dire influences of smoke and 
soot, there are a few valuable and well-tried kinds. 
The Virginian Creeper (Ampelopsis hederacea) has few equals 
as a town plant, succeeding perfectly in the midst of our busiest 
centres of industry. Many instances could be pointed out where 
this handsome climber grows with the greatest freedom in the 
most impure and smoke-laden atmosphere, constantly exposed to 
the foul air, heat, and dust. It grows freely in any soil 
of ordinary quality, and soon covers a great extent of wall. 
The deeply-cut ornamental leaves change to a _ bright red 
colour in autumn, and are then particularly handsome and 
pleasing. 
The common Ivy (Hedera Helix) is, perhaps, the most valuable 
of all climbing plants for planting in smoke-infested localities. 
In some of the courts near Ludgate Hill, a district of London 
that is by no means free from smoke and foul air, the ivy climbs 
the houses to a height of 60 feet, and surprises one by its fresh 
appearance in such a locality. It needs no training, and will 
succeed admirably in soil composed largely of old mortar, stones, 
and the smallest quantity of loam. 
The Evergreen or Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) 
is another shrub of great merit for town planting, as it thrives 
well in very confined spaces, and where the atmosphere is very 
impure. It is one of the handsomest of the honeysuckles, 
bearing a rich profusion of sweet-scented flowers in early 
summer, and requiring no special treatment or cultivation. It 
and the Virginian creeper require their young shoots to be 
fastened to the wall. 
Crategus Pyracantha is a most useful wall shrub for the town 
garden. It is of free growth, stands smoke well, and is one of 
the handsomest berry-bearing plants in cultivation. The variety 
known as Lelandii is, however, preferable to the normal plant, 
both for beauty of flowers and fruit. 
The Jasminum nudiflorum needs little description, as it is one 
of our commonest wall plants. For smoky districts it is invaluable, 
blooming freely when flowers are scarce, and seeming to heed but 
little the impurities of a town atmosphere. Of free growth, it is 
well worthy of extended culture, 
