HARDY CLIMBERS. 



Fig. 



ting a backyard and stable 

 from the street, with an open- 

 ing to give approach to the 

 stable. Here again a gal- 

 vanised wire fence will afford 

 a good support, or better still, 

 the wire netting so much 

 used for fencing. For such 

 uses as the above, and for 

 climbing over back porches, 

 or over barns or coach-houses, 

 the Virginia Creeper is one of the most 

 satisfactory of climbers, and will succeed 

 with very little care. 



For the house and especially for 

 covering bare walls of brick or stone, the 



Ampelopsis Veitchii, 



or Japan Ivy is the greatest favorite, 

 throughout Southern Ontario, as far 

 north at least as the City of Toronto, 

 passing which it is scarcely hardy enough. 



1466. — Festoons of Virginia Creepkb. 



pletely cover a wall with its beautiful 

 foliage, which grows so closely that 

 neither vine no wall can be seen for 

 leaves ; and in autumn this takes on the 

 richest tints imaginable. Of late there 

 has been a great craze for this creeper 

 in Hamilton and Toronto, so that one 

 need not go far to see excellent speci- 

 mens of this vine. 



Another class of climbers, which is 

 becoming exceedingly popular in Can- 



Fio 1467. — Virginia Creeper a.s a Screen. 



This creeper has smaller leaves, and more 

 ivy-like habit than the Virginia creeper. 

 Once thoroughly established it makes 

 rapid growth, and it has a remarkable 

 habit of throwing out little tendrils furn- 

 ished with tiny suckers, which cling so 

 tightly to brick or stone that they must 

 be torn forcibly loose and broken, to be 

 removed. In time this vine will com- 



ada, is the clematis family. We have 

 our native, viz : 



Clematis Virginia, 



samples of this climber were sent to the 

 editor of this journal in 1893, by Mr. J. 

 P. Cockburn ; they were planted near 

 the porch, and have grown wonderfully. 



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