CHAPTER IX 

 CLIMBING AND WALL PLANTS 



AMONGST climbing plants that are useful for 

 covering walls and fences and at the same 

 time capable of withstanding a town atmo- 

 sphere, a few only are suitable. Where wall 

 plants are to be used, special preparation of 

 the soil should take place, that usually found 

 at the base of buildings being poor in the 

 extreme and ill suited for giving nourishment 

 to a plant that above ground has to contend 

 with the drawbacks of an impure town atmo- 

 sphere. For such climbing and wall shrubs as 

 have been found suitable a light, rich earth is 

 necessary and the quantity used should be 

 considerable. 



Where these shrubs are to be planted, a good 

 patch of ground say, at least 3 ft. square- 

 should be dug out, the sides and bottom well 



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