CHAPTER XXV 

 TENDER WALL PLANTS IN THE SOUTH-WEST 



THE notes on tender shrubs and trees grown in 

 the south-west are fittingly supplemented by a 

 passing reference to plants used for covering walls, 

 mostly of climbing habit, but a few of shrubby 

 growth. 



BlGNONiA. B. (Tecomd) radicans is a hardy 

 climber, and B. capreolata may also be considered 

 so. Other members of the family grown in the 

 open are B. capensis, Cape of Good Hope, orange ; 

 B. Cherere, Guiana, orange scarlet ; and B. speciosa, 

 Uruguay, pink. Greenway on the Dart. 



BERBERIDOPSIS CORALLINA. Chili. Drooping 

 crimson flowers borne in racemes in the autumn. 

 This evergreen plant does best in peat or leaf- 

 mould in a partially shaded position. Common. 



BOUGAINVILLEA GLABRA. Brazil. This climber 

 cannot be considered a success in the open in the 

 south-west, but in two gardens it has been grown 

 and flowers, but in neither case has it exhibited a 

 tithe of the freedom of growth displayed by it under 

 glass. 



BUCKLANDIA POPULNEA. Himalayas. A hand- 

 some evergreen foliage plant, said to grow to a height 



of 100 feet in its native habitat. Its large heart- 



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