Selections of Trees, Shrubs, etc., for Special Districts 1 1 7 



(Those in italics are suitable for large banks, such as walls of 

 reservoirs or railway embankments only. Others are more 

 useful for horticultural work.) 



PLANTS SUITABLE FOR PREVENTION or EROSION, planting in 

 dongas, etc. : 



Willows, White Poplar, Arundo donax, Tamarix, Kikuyu 

 Grass, Ailanthus glandulosa, Clerodendron fargesii, Portu- 

 lacaria afra, Jasminum sambac, Phormium tenax, Yuccas, 

 Bamboos, Agave americana, Opuntia (Spineless). 



PLANTS StnrABLE FOR SALINE CONDITIONS : 



Acacia, Ailanthus, Althea, Saltbush, Berberry, Casuarina, 

 Cynodon, Eleagnus, Juniper, Leptospermum, Melaleuca, Ice 

 Plants, Paspalum, Phooanix, Phormium, Pinus, Syringa, 

 Tamarix, Thuya, Elm. 



SHRUBS, ETC., SUITABLE FOR LARGE ROCKERIES: 



Aloe arborea and others. Bauhinia galpini, Berberis pur- 

 purea, B. thunbergii, Buddleia lindleyana, Buxus, Calliandra 

 tweediei, Coronilla, Ootoneaster rotundifolia, C. horizontalis, 

 Cuphea exemia, Cycas revolula, Cydonia japonica, Deutzia 

 gracilis, Portulacaria afra, Erythrina humeana, Excallonia 

 ingrami, Euphorbia jacquiniflora, E. grandiflora, Gardenia 

 radicans, Gorse, Hypericum, Ixora, Jasminum sambac, 

 Jatropha mvltiflda, Lantana prostrata, Linum trigynum, 

 Myrtle, Ochna, Pandanus veitchii, Phormium, Phyllanthus 

 nivosus, Plumbago, Russellia, Spirea collosa, S. Anthony 

 Waterer, Streptosolen jamesonii, Symphoricarpus, Veronica, 

 Virburnum tinus, Yuccas, Lonicera nitida. 



(Those in italics are for warm places only.) 



CLIMBING PLANTS WHICH cling to brick and stone walls : 



Ampelopsis veitchii and its sub-varieties, Bignonia tweediana, 

 Picus repens, Hedera (Ivy). 



CLIMBING PLANTS SUITABLE for pergolas, arches, and summer 

 houses : 



Bignonia venusta, B. chrysoleuca, B. magniflca, Honeysuckles, 

 Grenadilla, Passiflora coccinea, Porana, Rynchospermum, 

 Tacsonia v. volxemi, T. exonicnsis, Stigmaphyllon, Wisteria, 

 Clematis flammula. Annual climbers and Coboea scandens 

 should be planted at the same time as the perennials, to 

 cover the space for the first season, until the perennials get 

 well away. 



