116 About Trees, Shrubs and Climbing Plants for S.A. 



dodendron, Rhus, Raphiolepis, Roses, Robinia, Salisburea, 

 Salix, Sambucus, Schinus molle, Spartium junceum, Spirea, 

 Symphoricarpus, Tamarix, Taxodium, Thuya, Veronica, 

 Viburnum, Ulmus, Yucca. 



CLIMBING PLANTS for very cold districts: 



Ampelopsis, Bignonia radicans, B. tweediana, B. speciosa, 

 Cinnamon Vine, Clematis, Ficus repens, Granadilla, Hedera, 

 Honeysuckle, Humulus, Jasminum, Passiflora coccinea, 

 Petrcea, Rynchospermum, Solanum jasminoides, Tecoma aus- 

 tralis, Vitis, Wisteria, Roses. 



CLIMBING PLANTS suitable only for tropical and subtropical con- 

 ditions, or where special shelter can lie given : 

 Clerodendron, Clitoria, Combretum, Hoya, Manettia bi-color, 

 Passiflora quadrangularis, Porana, Solanum wendlandii, 

 Stephanotis, Tacsonia, Thunbergi. 



MIDLANDS. The conditions vary so much in what are called the 

 Midlands districts that it is not possible to compile select 

 lists. There are places where tropical conditions are touched 

 despite considerable elevation. In other places the contour 

 of the country may be such that very cold conditions prevail, 

 although the elevation may be comparatively low. Commoa 

 sense must be exercised in selections of plants for Midlands 



TREES SUITABLE FOR AVENUES : 



(a) IN COLD DISTRICTS: Acer, C earns deodara, Cupressus 

 lusitanica glauca, C. arizonica, C. sempervirens, G. torutosa, 

 Eucalyptus rostrata, E. maidenii, Juniper, Oaks " * " Pinus 

 insignis, P. canariensis, Poplar, Schinus molle, Thuya lobbii. 



(b) IN FROSTLESS DISTRICTS: Araucaria cookii "*.'> A. ex- 

 celsa " *," Bamboos, Casuarina equisitifolia, Castanosper- 

 mum australe, Eucalyptus saligna, Eugenia eucalyptoides, 

 Jacaranda, Laurun camphora " *," Magnolia grandiflora " *,'' 

 Tecoma stans, Trichillea. 



(c) IN MIDLANDS: Acacia melanoxylon, Callitris australis, 

 Casuarina Cunninghamii, Cedrella toona " *," C. lusitanica, 

 C. arizouica, C. sempervirens, Eucalyptus saligna, Jacaranda, 

 Juniper, Ligustrum sinensis, Oak (common "*''), Pinus in- 

 signis, Yellowivood, Camellia japonica, Plane "*." 



(Those in italics are shade trees, others of more erect growth. 

 Those starred ("*") require good alluvial soil or deep soil.) 



PLANTS SUITABLE FOR BINDING EMBANKMENTS : 

 Arundo donax, Bambusa arundinacca, Willows, White Poplar, 

 Cotoneaster horizontalis, Fatsia papyri/era, Jasminum pri- 

 mulinum, J. sambac, Kerria japonica, Lantana prostrata, 

 RoMnia. Tecoma capensis, Bignonia radicans, Phalaris 

 arundinacea, Achillea, Perennial Asters, Bocconia cordata, 

 Fragaria indica, Mesembryanthemums (Hottentot Figs), 

 Salvia uliginosa, Saponaria oflicinalis, Mentha, KiTcuyu Grass 

 ( Pennesitum longistylum ) . 



