86 CLIMBING PLANTS. [April. 



foliage is of a lively green, leaves from three to five 

 angled. There are several varieties of it, all valua- 

 ble for growing in confined shady situations where 

 no other plant will thrive. 



Ampelopsis hederacea. This plant is commonly employed 

 for covering walls, for which the rapidity of its 

 growth and the largeness of the leaves render it 

 extremely appropriate. There are several species 

 of the genus, all resembling the Fine in habit and 

 in flower. 



Jasminum officindle, garden Jasmine. This delightful 

 climbing shrub has been in common use all over 

 Europe for covering arbours from time immemorial; 

 its white, delicate, and lovely fragrant flowers ren- 

 der it a great acquisition : unfortunately, with us, 

 it is rather delicate for our winters, unless well pro- 

 tected by a south wall or other building, and even 

 then, when in a young state, must be protected: 

 but, in the south, this plant and also the yellow 

 Jasminum revolulum grow luxuriantly and bloom 

 profusely, and even J. grandiflorum is a hardy 

 shrub in South Carolina and Georgia. 



Lonicera, or more properly Caprifolium. The Honey- 

 suckle. This genus of flowering odoriferous climb- 

 ing shrubs are principally natives of this country : 

 they are all equally beautiful ; but where there is 

 not space in our city gardens to cultivate the whole 

 family, it is indispensable to have C.flexvosum, the 

 Chinese sweet scented or evergreen ; it blooms in 

 May and September, and is a very rapid grower ; 

 C. Belgica is also a charming species ; it blooms the 

 whole summer, and is very odorous. Our native 

 C. sempervirens, or Coral Honeysuckle, is not easily 

 surpassed ; its profuse and brilliant scarlet flowers 

 render it the most attractive object in all our coun- 

 try gardens. C. Japonicum is also an excellent 

 Chinese species, with delicate orange-coloured 

 flowers of agreeable sweetness ; but will not bear 

 our winters north of the southern part of Virginia. 



Passiflora, or Passion vine. There are several hardy spe- 

 cies for this latitude ; but the only very beautiful 

 one is P. incarndta, which, although it dies to the 



