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moon-seed, makes a pretty clothing of foliage throughout 

 the summer ; but the most effective of summer climbers is 

 the great Teconia ( Biguonia), or trumpet creeper. 



Our common old-fashioned trumpet creeper (Teconia 

 radicans) with its rich crimson trumpet-shaped flowers is 

 splendid both in leaf and bloom when 

 trained over stones and stumps of 

 trees, but Teconia grandiftora, with 

 its broader and larger orange-colored 

 flowers, quite surpasses it. It is not, 

 however, always hardy. Effective 

 shrubs may be made of these strong- 

 growing trumpet creepers by training 

 them over a stump or post, six or 

 eight feet high, where they rapidly 

 assume a perfect bush form. 



In considering the valuable sum- 



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mer traits of the plants I have named, 

 I feel that I have given n very brief 

 tribute to their peculiar charms, and 

 I know full well too that many other 

 kinds exist, suitable for like employ- 

 ment, but pause because my intention 

 is to be stimulative and suggestive 

 rather than to exhaust this subject. 

 Moreover, enough varieties have been 

 considered to make, in proper combination, even the most 

 ambitious lawn beautiful throughout the months of July 

 and August. 



TRUMPET CREEPER. 

 (TECOMA RADICANS.) 



