CREEPERS AND VINES. 



%'£$£§)) INES and climbing plants are invaluable in 



r^ftteP modern landscape-gardening, and maybe used 



^■Pl T m man y ways to produce strikingly beautiful 



effects. Most vines and creepers are natives 

 of woods and copses, where they grow to the tallest tree- 

 tops, or hang garlands and wreaths of flowers over the 

 lower shrubs of a thicket. They are often found in rocky 

 woods clinging to the face of a cliff or growing over iso- 

 lated blocks and stones, according to their nature. 



In masses of trees and shrubs similar effects may be 

 produced by means of judicious planting, and, having the 

 advantage of choosing the most beautiful plants, the result 

 should be richer and more varied than it is possible for us 

 to find in the woodland. To introduce strong climbing 

 plants among trees and shrubs might on the other hand 

 result in the destruction of these. Climbers would not be 

 likely to succeed among trees with dense crowns like the 

 beech or of so luxurious a growth as the horse chestnut. 

 Elm, and ivy, locust and Virginian creeper, climbing roses 

 and evergreen trees are beautiful and pleasing associations 

 of these two classes of plants. 



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