254 COMMON SENSE GARDENS 



the above list are Manda's Triumph and Pink 

 Roamer. 



Do not cover the Rose arbour entirely with 

 Roses. At one end plant a Trumpet Vine, but 

 be sure that it is Bignonia grandi flora not radi- 

 cans. The latter is the quick-growing sort that 

 bears a poorly shaped trumpet blossom of a rather 

 deep red colour, and does not compare with grandi- 

 flora whose bloom is borne in great graceful clus- 

 ters, and is not only unusual in shape but of a 

 most exquisite colour, orange-red, the ends of the 

 trumpets orange. This vine comes into bloom in 

 July shortly after the Roses are done blooming, 

 and the flowers on the clusters open gradually; the 

 bloom is continued profusely for three weeks. 

 This is one of the most beautiful vines, and it may 

 well be used on a pier or post in the flower garden, 

 or trained over an arch. 



On alternate posts of the arbour plant Honey- 

 suckle, the ordinary Honeysuckle that grows so 

 rampantly and bears so well its sweet-scented 

 flowers throughout the season. It is absolutely 

 hardy and may be depended upon to flourish and 

 bloom when everything else fails. It will not in- 



