LATE SHOWERS & EARLY FLOWERS 



The Honeysuckles {Lonicera of botanists) are natur- April 

 ally popular, with their pretty flowers and delicious ^"^5 

 perfume. There are several varieties of the common 

 Woodbine, notably Belgica, rose and cream, and 

 Pallidum, creamy yellow ; both of these are hardy, and 

 fragrant to a degree. They lose their leaves in winter. 

 The Japanese (Japonica Flexuosa), with red and white 

 perfumed flowers, is an evergreen. There is a netted- 

 leaved form of the Japanese called Aureo Reticulata which 

 has yellow in the foliage, and is a very ornamental plant. 

 Fragrantissima and Standishi bear white flowers in 

 winter. 



The Ivies {Hedera of botanists) are perhaps mostly 

 represented nowadays by the small-leaved, parti-coloured 

 sorts, of which Chrysophylla (Mrs. Pollock), Dentata 

 Variegata, and Marginata Robusta are a good trio. They 

 do not grow so fast as the Irish Ivy (Canariensis), and if 

 a green-leaved kind that will cover a house wall quickly 

 is wanted, the latter had better be selected. The plants 

 should be clipped over in spring. 



The most useful of the Jasmines is certainly the 

 yellow winter-bloomer Nudiflorum, as it is perfectly 

 hardy. Humile (Revolutum) is both beautiful and sweet, 

 but is not quite hardy. Jasmine lovers who have a 

 heated greenhouse should make acquaintance with the 

 beautiful evergreen winter-flowering species Primulinum, 

 which bears a profusion of yellow flowers. 



The double yellow Jew's Mallow (Kerria) is a very 

 useful wall shrub, as it will thrive on most aspects, and is 

 covered with double yellow flowers in summer. 



The Everlasting Peas belong to the same genus 



(Lathyrus) as the Sweet Peas, and have flowers of similar 



form, but scentless. They are hardy perennials, and, 



although scarcely suitable for walls, will thrive on trellises, 



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