HARDY EVERGREEN CLIMBERS 41 



A garden is hardly complete without one or two of 

 the Jasmines ; and while the common white Jasmine, 

 Jasminum officinale, is deciduous, it is a general 

 favourite with its sweet-scented flowers. There may 

 also be grown the yellow-flowered J. revolutum, which 

 reminds one of a summer-blooming J. nudiflorum, but 

 with the flowers associated with the leaves. It may be 

 cultivated in a sunny position, against a wall or a trellis, 

 and is propagated by cuttings of ripe wood inserted 

 in a shady border under a handlight or bell-glass. 

 J. revolutum flowers from June until autumn. J. 

 fruticans is like the latter. 



One of the most attractive of our climbing plants is 

 Berberidopsis corallina, which has a doubtful character 

 for hardiness, but which is hardier than many suppose 

 if it is given a warm wall free from exposure to cold 

 draughts of wind. It has very ornamental, glossy 

 leaves, and charming, pendant, scarlet flowers. This 

 Chilian plant is propagated by layering the branches 

 in autumn, or by sowing seeds in a slight heat in 

 spring. Although not evergreen or hardy every- 

 where, Passiflora caerulea is so in many places, 

 and is one of the most delightful of our summer- 

 flowering climbers. Its short-lived flowers are very 

 pretty, and even prettier are those of the white variety 

 called Constance Elliott, whose blooms have a stronger 

 scent than those of the typical form. The Passion 

 Flowers should have a sunny wall and are pro- 

 pagated by cuttings of the young shoots, struck in 

 bottom heat. They may also be grown from the seeds 

 produced in the attractive yellow fruit, which they should 

 ripen freely in a favourable position. Care should be 

 taken in training the Passion Flowers to fasten in or cut 

 out the shoots which can be dispensed with ; after the 

 bloom is over they can be cut back and thinned out. 



One of the most striking of climbers is Clianthus 



