124 TOWN PLANTING 



THE JASMINES (Jasminum nudiflorum and 

 /. officinale) are peculiarly suitable for planting 

 in towns, either for wall covering or to tree 

 stumps, roots, and rockeries. They are of 

 great hardihood, vigour of growth, and beauty 

 of flower, the production of the latter being 

 greatly influenced by the protection of a wall. 

 The first-mentioned has ternate leaves and 

 usually solitary yellow flowers, while J. offi- 

 cinale has pinnate foliage and sweetly scented 

 pure white flowers. When planting either, a 

 good patch of ground should be well worked 

 up and light rich loam substituted for that of 

 inferior quality. They both require nailing to 

 the wall. 



FORSYTHIA VlRIDISSIMA and F. SUSPENSA 



are excellent wall plants for the town garden. 

 They are slender growing shrubs, with long 

 trailing shoots and plentifully produced yellow 

 or golden flowers. They may be made by 

 careful management to cover a wide area of 

 wall, and producing their flowers in early 

 spring and before the leaves is a point in their 

 favour for the purpose required. Loamy soil 



