viii.] WISTARIA CLEMATIS HONEYSUCKLE 95 



for clambering over tall living trees and verandahs. They 

 are moisture-loving plants, and need liberal treatment at 

 their roots. 



The Pyracantkas, though not a creeper, is a most hardy 

 and useful ornament on a house wall, and its bright berries 

 are in perfection up to Christmas. 



In selecting some of the better-known climbers, I give 

 first place, for convenience sake, to the Clematis. 



The earliest and most attractive is Montana. It is 

 specially fitted for being trained well up to the top of 

 a cornice or porch, and allowed to droop down of its own 

 accord in a graceful drapery. It is well adapted for trellis 

 or arbour, or, in fact, for any position where rapidity 

 of growth is desired. It is not particular as to soil, 

 but at the beginning of spring the young shoots should be 

 seen to, and carefully trained before they entangle them- 

 selves. 



C. montana, unlike the others, must not be pruned 

 until after it has flowered. The rest should be pruned 

 early, and some of them cut severely back. The C. lanug- 

 inosa family bloom from May, and Jackmani and its 

 varieties are the latest of all. Some of these blossom into 

 winter. All are tolerably vigorous. As they blossom 

 very freely, rich treatment is required. Some sorts are 

 effective as a bed, trained carefully over wire or netting. 



The Trop&olums (Nasturtium) are a large and interest- 

 ing family of plants. They are only half-hardy, and the 

 first frost cuts most of them down to the ground. They 

 love a shaded situation. There are annual and perennial 



