106 IN A GLOUCESTERSHIRE GARDEN 



(? recce, is one of the most rapid and one of our oldest 

 garden climbers. It was grown and admired by Gerard 

 and Parkinson, and is sometimes seen in old garden*, 

 hut it is not common. It in, however, well worth 

 growing ; it ha* bright green leave*, and an abundance 

 of trusses of Mick and green flower*, followed by a 

 curious seed vessel, formed of two pods joined at the 

 two cnd.H, and open in the centre, and full of pretty 

 hilky threads ; but I have never seen the fniit except 

 on planU against walls. The whole plant in full of a 

 white, milky, joisonous juice, ami it has the reputation 

 of keeping flies away from any room against which it 

 in planted ; thin I do not fully believe, though it is 

 certain that this juice, if exuding from a broken spray, 

 would act liki- birdlime on any insect unfortunate 

 enough to touch it. The AndolufhM i/A/> in a letUT 

 known clim)er, very rapid in it* growth, with Urge, 

 hcart-0ha|ied leaves, and curious flowers, 'Ihitchman'i 

 pi pen,' which are fatal to numberless small insect*, the 

 intern.il construction being exactly similar to an eel- 

 trap. It is a native of America, and was brought to 

 Kngland a)out the middle of the last century, and 

 grows well in and near towns. There are many 

 species, Imt this in the hardiest. 



Vines make beautiful creepers, and though, when 

 grown away from a wall, they produce few or no 



