walls of the house with brilliant scarlet berries as well as their Deciduous 

 dark green leaves. While delicate ivies, if not allowed to and Annual 

 become gross, may form a charming close-clinging background Creepers 

 for many of the short-lived summer creepers. 



Of those deciduous and annual creepers there is no end. 

 And many of the latter, which are too often neglected just 

 because they are annuals, might be grown with much advantage 

 against these sturdy evergreen creepers. We have spoken of 

 the beauty of Tropteolum speciosum on a Yew hedge or any 

 other evergreen ; and the annual Canary Creeper, and many 

 beautiful varieties of the annual Nasturtium create a delightful 

 effect if used in like fashion. The Indian and Japanese gourds, 

 such as 'Trichosanthes anguina and Japonica are of great value. 

 While the whole Convolvulus tribe is so beautiful that a place 

 should be found for many of its varieties, especially the well- 

 named " Morning Glories." But though the double rose- 

 coloured Calystegia hederacea and the single white C. sylvatica 

 are rapid growers with showy flowers, they may become a 

 terrible pest unless planted in some position where they can do 

 no harm ; for we have known the roots of C. hederacea force 

 their way into drain pipes and under walls with disastrous re- 

 sults. Nor let us not forget the charming white Everlasting Pea. 

 One under my eye at this moment, climbing up a tall wooden 

 fence that is closely covered with the Wichuriana Evergreen 

 Gem, is a delight to all who see it; its snow-white blossoms 

 beginning just as the sulphur-white blooms of the Rose are over. 

 The two beautiful Solanums, the purple crispum and the 

 white jasminoides, if afforded the shelter of a wall, are practically 

 hardy in the south of England. It is worth a long pilgrimage 

 in August to see a large plant of S. crispum growing with 



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