with the loose white panicles of such a plant as Clematis Half hardy 

 flammula. Annual 



Eccromocarpus scaber clothes many a humble cottage with Creepers 

 its gay masses; in one year it reaches and climbs over the 

 thatched roofs, while on the East wall of our own house it 

 survives the winter as a rule, climbing twenty feet or more, and 

 flowering from May throughout the whole summer. 



Cobtea scandens is another of these useful and very orna- 

 mental creepers, which might be more frequently used for our 

 autumn gardens. Although it does not stand the winter out of 

 doors, its growth is so rapid that if planted out in May it will 

 glorify an arch or pillar with its purple and green bells from July 

 till November. It is very useful also as successor to some early 

 flowering Rose, over which it will scramble with delight. I 

 have seen it even transform a fence of wire netting, to the top 

 of which it will run, and loop itself in garlands from post to 

 post. To fill the spaces below, Maurandya Barclayana, a 

 Mexican creeper, could well be grown. It has pretty, delicate 

 leaves, and flowers of white, mauve, or purple. 



Many greenhouse creepers, not suitable for using as such out 

 of doors, make charming standard plants, which can be sunk in 

 their pots in the grass or beds, as for instance Plumbago, or 

 the lovely Solanum Wendlandii^ with its bunches of large mauve 

 flowers. This latter is a fast grower, and can be very quickly 

 raised from seed. Cassia corymbosa is also useful as a pot 

 plant, but in warm sheltered places in England it stands the 

 winter, and in Ireland covers a wall with rich foliage and bunches 

 of yellow flowers. I have seen growing near it c Teucrlum 

 latifolium, which is described generally as a half hardy shrub, 

 but it does better as a low creeper; the grey silky leaves, and 



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