Ipomoea their tendrils round other cool green stems and leaves. It 



rubro would be satisfactory if they would grow with some of the 



coerulea rampant strength of the large white Convolvulus, which wreathes 



grouped anc ^ beautifies our hedges, or of some of the other blue varieties 



with other wn ^ cn g ar ^ an d the houses in America and South Africa, but 



, it is a Mexican plant, and needs warmth for its development. 



The tropical and fragile look, brought with it from Southern 



climes, makes one prefer to group it with other delicate-looking 



plants, such as Sivainsona, with white, pea-shaped flowers, or 



with the white sprays of Francoa ramosa. It would climb 



prettily too upon Solanum jasminoides, and I have seen it most 



fittingly used with this latter plant in vases on a lawn. If it 



were planted'on the posts of a sunny verandah, one could watch 



its twisted buds unfold from the window, while behind it, on 



the partly shaded wall, could be grown white Lapagcria, or 



the sweet-scented Rhyncospermum jasminoidcs. It is perhaps 



hardly well enough known that Lapagerias, both red and 



white, are almost hardy. They are particularly useful for 



the place suggested above, where the roof of the verandah is 



solid and little sunshine penetrates. They thrive best of all 



in a north greenhouse, where their waxy, bell-like flowers and 



glossy, green leaves look well twined round the iron supports, 



or clothing the sunless wall. 



There are several half hardy annual creepers, which can 

 be grown under the same conditions as the blue Convolvulus. 

 Mina lobata makes bright garlands of red and yellow flowers 

 through August and the early autumn. Trained, as one 

 occasionally sees it, to a red brick wall, much of its beauty 

 is lost ; it should rather be allowed to clamber over some 

 bush or creeper which has gone out of flower, or to mix 

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