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whorls, all summer. The Japanese golden-leaved honey- 

 suckle (L. bracJiypoda aureo-reticulata) is a kind commonly 

 grown on arbors and verandas. It has yellow, axillary 

 flowers and foliage reticulated with golden veins. 



THE BIGNONIA FAMILY. 



Trumpet-Flower, Tecoma radicans. A vigorous climb- 

 ing shrub with long, pinnate leaves and terminal clusters of 

 orange-scarlet flowers. The Japanese trumpet-flower (T. 

 grandiflora) climbs less freely, has narrower leaflets and 

 large bell-shaped flowers with spreading limbs of a scarlet- 

 crimson color. The former is fine on walls, fences, and en- 

 closures, the latter in the rockery, or, if kept low as a speci- 

 men plant, on the lawn. Rich and moderately moist ground. 



Bignonia, Bignonia capreolata. A very beautiful native 

 climbing shrub growing on fences and trees in open and 

 sunny positions. Leaves pinnate consisting of a single pair 

 of oblong-lanceolate leaflets, and orange-scarlet flowers in 

 axillary clusters. Stem, slender, climbing by means of ten- 

 drils. Planted beside trees of light foliage or in hedge- 

 rows. 



THE CONVOLVULUS FAMILY. 



Morning Glory, Ipomcea purpurea. A beautiful annual 

 with funnel-shaped flowers of different colors from white to 

 blue and crimson, freely produced in summer. Grown on 

 fences or in hedgerows and shrubberies. Propagated by 

 means of seeds sown in early spring. 



Hedge-Bindweed, Calystegia sepium. A slender, per- 

 ennial climber, fine for hedgerows or shrubberies. Flowers 

 are mostly pure white, showy ; throughout the summer. 



