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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



most needless to describe. Its beauties 

 have been sung for ages, and a climbing 

 rose in full bloom makes its possessor an en- 

 vied person. 



VARIETIES OF ROSE. 



The varieties of the rose are too numer- 

 ous to mention, but some new novelties are 

 highly praised and greatly advertised. I 

 refer to the Crimson and Yellow Ramblers. 

 They thrive in good, rich drained soil of a 

 clayey nature, and better in not too warm 

 situations. As the rose is subject to nu- 

 merous insect pests it requires more care 

 than the grape vine. Frequent sprayings 

 of fir tree oil soap and kerosene emulsion ■ 

 and plenty of soft water sprayings will keep 

 the rose vine in healthy order. 



The clematis is an ideal climbing plant 

 of rather a fragile character in the nature of 

 its growth, which is amply compensated for 

 by the beauty of form, size and color of its 

 blossoms. Grown in a bed on the lawn and 

 trained up a center stake topped with an 

 umbrella form of wire, its graceful foliage 

 and flowers growing over in reckless pro- 

 fusion make it a delightful ornament for 

 small places. The Ampeiopsis family form 

 most beautiful climbers ; the Boston variety 

 might be termed more properly a creeper. 

 They all possess the most varied foliage and 

 are exceedingly beautiful in the fall, when 

 the foliage turns purple and crimson. There 

 are quite a number of varieties of the Vir- 

 ginia creeper, but we will just notice the 

 Ampeiopsis Quinquefolia, or American Ivy. 

 This, like the Bignonia and ivy, throws out 

 tendrils by which it fastens itself to any- 

 thing it touches, grows rapidly, and soon 

 affording shade and covering. 



Ampeiopsis Veitchii ha^ much smaller 

 leaves than the American, overlapping each 

 other with the utmost regularity, making a 

 perfect matting of green. It is a little ten- 

 der when young, and only three-year-old 

 plants should be procured for planting out. 

 Of the most rapid growth, it clings tena- 



ciously to anything it touches, like ivy, and 

 is invaluable for planting around old stumps 

 of trees, rockeries, or stone or brick build- ;|n 

 ings. Its bright green foliage gives a '" 

 pleasing contrast of color, and particularly 

 lovely are its autumn tints. 



The Aristolochia Sypho, or Dutchman's 

 pipe, is a hardy native climber of rapid 

 growth, with large light green heart-shaped 

 foliage and curious pipe-shaped yellowish- 

 brown flowers. 



Celastrus Scandens, or Staff tree, is an- 

 other native climbing plant. Very familiar 

 in our woods, intertwining amongst and 

 over other trees, it presents a pleasing sight 

 with large leaves and bright orange cap- 

 suled fruit. The Honeysuckle family is an 

 old favorite class of climbers, the most pro- 

 minent being the scarlet trumpet, yellow 

 trumpet, monthly fragrant and Hall's 

 honeysuckle. The last has white flowers, 

 changing to yellow. 



The Periploca Gracea, or silk vine, is an 

 excellent and pretty climber, with glossy 

 foliage and purple flowers. The Bignonia 

 Radicans, or trumpet flowers, is one of the 

 finest climbers, with palmated foliage and 

 scarlet orange tubular flowers, and is a de- 

 sirable climber. . , 



The Wistaria, another of the finesti of 

 climbers, requires a warm situation, its. Ipng 

 purple fragrant plumes of flowers being 

 very handsome. 



One old favorite of mine is called Cle- 

 matis Graveoleus. This is a yellow clematis 

 of the hardiest nature. After the flowers 

 have fallen they are followed by lovely, 

 silken tasseled heads of seeds, which are 

 even more beautiful than the bloom. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS CLIMBERS. 



The cinnamon, vine is hardy and has edi- 

 ble roots and neat glossy corded foliage. In 

 midsummer it bears small white fragrant 

 flowers, with an odor like cinnamon. It is 

 a pretty vine to train over a trellis or a win- 

 dow. 



