94 CLIMBERS [CH. 



An unique garden might, indeed, be made without a 

 single formal bed, simply by a judicious arrangement 

 in groups and clusters of Climbing Roses, Ivies, Jasmines, 

 Clematis, and Honeysuckles. In winter there is nothing 

 more attractive than a low wall or bank covered with 

 Cotoneaster, Jasmine, Escalonia macrantha or Berberis 

 stenophylla ; nothing sweeter than a plant of Chimo- 

 nanthus fragrans or Magnolia grown on a sheltered' 

 space of wall, for the sake of their delicious spicy scents. 

 Then in the spring we have a large choice ; Clematis 

 montana takes a first place for covering high walls, or 

 anything which needs to be draped with quick-growing 

 creepers. Wistaria Sinensis is also good where rapid 

 growth is not expected. 



Forsythia viridisissima and suspensa and Cydonia 

 Japonica (with its newer varieties) are not creepers, but 

 grow well over a buttress or pier ; such Hybrid China 

 monthly Roses as Fellenburg or Cramoisie will bloom late 

 and early, while Gloire de Dijon will begin to flower in 

 May. 



In summer and autumn, however, Creepers are at their 

 best ; various Clematis in succession, Passion Flowers in 

 sheltered districts everywhere the white variety, Constance 

 Elliott, is one of the loveliest of garden flowers, and as 

 hardy as the older kind and Rambler Roses. 



The Ampelopsis and the wild types of Vine e.g. 

 Vitis Coignetia (comparatively new to English gardens), 

 have a peculiar charm with their luxuriant habit and 

 wealth of foliage. The larger-growing sorts are admirable 



