CONTENTS 



PAGE 



INTRODUCTION ........ i 



CHAP. 



I. CLIMBING PLANTS IN GARDENS AND IN NATURE . 7 



II. HARDY CLIMBERS 12 



III. GREENHOUSE CLIMBERS 24 



IV. STOVE CLIMBERS 28 



V. CONSTRUCTION OF PERGOLAS 31 



VI. CLIMBERS FOR VERANDAHS, HOUSE WALLS, AND 



ARBOURS 35 



VII. CLIMBERS ON TREES 38 



VIII. CLIMBING ROSES 40 



IX. CLEMATIS 45 



X. IVIES 56 



XL VINES 58 



XII. ORNAMENTAL GOURDS 61 



XIII. AROIDS 67 



XIV. CLIMBING ORCHIDS 70 



XV. ALPHABETICAL LIST OF GENERA . 73 



INDEX 124 



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