210 TREES AND SHRUBS 



The finest plant Mr. Fitzherbert knows is at Stoke 

 Fleming, near Dartmouth, where it covers the side 

 of a large house. 



DIPLACUS (MIMULUS) GLUTINOSUS. California. 

 Another popular greenhouse plant, bearing buff 

 flowers, which succeeds admirably against walls in 

 many gardens, growing some 5 feet in height. 



EL^OCARPUS CYANEUS. Australia. An evergreen 

 plant of shrubby growth, bearing whitish-blue flowers. 

 Greenway. 



ERCILLA (BRIDGESIA) VOLUBILIS. Chili. A self- 

 clinging evergreen climber, bearing inconspicuous 

 flowers. Fairly common, but scarcely attractive. 



HIBBERTIA DENTATA. Australia. An evergreen 

 climber, with foliage of deep bronze, bearing single 

 bright-yellow flowers in April. Trewidden. H. Reidii, 

 also yellow-flowered, Tregothnan. 



HYDRANGEA PETIOLARIS. Japan. A rampant- 

 growing climber, bearing flat flower-heads, composed 

 of blooms the minority of which are sterile. It clings 

 naturally, and is displayed to best advantage when 

 allowed to ascend a bare tree trunk. At Menabilly, 

 Cornwall, a specimen planted twelve years ago has 

 ascended the columnar trunk of a Turkey Oak to a 

 height of almost 40 feet. 



INGA PULCHERRIMA. Mexico. An evergreen shrub, 

 bearing bright-scarlet flowers in summer. A fine 

 plant covering a large expanse of wall is at Green- 

 way. 



KENNEDYA NIGRICANS. Australia. An evergreen 

 climber, bearing violet-purple racemes of small 



