6o THE BOOK OF CLIMBING PLANTS 



The Pomegranate is so well known by repute that it 

 is surprising to meet so seldom with the plant which 

 yields the fruit known by that name. This is Punica 

 Granatum, a pretty, hardy tree of deciduous habit, of 

 which there are a number of varieties with flowers 

 varying from red to white, and one or two double 

 varieties. It seldom fruits with us, and to induce it to 

 bloom it should have a warm wall. It requires a good 

 loam, and is increased by seeds, layers, grafting the 

 varieties on the common form, and suckers. 



Favourite plants for walls and trellises are always the 

 Japanese Quinces, Pyrus, or Cydonia, japonica, the old 

 deep scarlet form being oftener met with than the 

 many other pretty varieties, of which some of the best 

 are named in the table of Wall Shrubs. They grow in 

 any common soil, and are propagated by layers, suckers, 

 grafting, or cuttings. Pyrus Maulei and its variety 

 superba, are only suitable for low walls or trellises, and, 

 with several of the other Pyruses, are very ornamental 

 on these. 



The Indian Hawthorns, Raphiolepis, are well repre- 

 sented by the Japanese species, japonica integerrima, 

 which should have a little protection in winter. It is 

 evergreen and has fragrant white flowers. 



Not many of our Ribes or flowering Currants are 

 worthy of the limited amount of wall space generally 

 at command, but one, at least, is precious enough for 

 this consideration. This is R. speciosus, which has 

 beautiful Fuchsia-like scarlet flowers. 



The Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis, and its varie- 

 gated variety, variegatus, are worth growing on a low, 

 sunny wall on dry soil, for their beauty as well as for 

 their fragrance and the many traditions which cluster 

 round the shrub. 



The Solanums give us a few handsome wall shrubs 

 of the highest worth. S. crispum, which has beautiful 



