334 LONDON PARKS & GARDENS 



Traveller's Joy, and Passion flower ; also convolvulus, 

 Cob^ea scandens^ and gourds of all kinds for the 

 summer. 



Spring flowers planted in autumn succeed, and even 

 those in pots or boxes in windows or on roof gardens 

 flower freely. Hyacinths, crocus, tulips, daffbdils, and 

 narcissus do well ; snowdrops are not so successful as a 

 rule, but Spanish Iris will make a good show when the 

 earlier bulbs are over. The minute green-house which 

 often opens out of a staircase window in London houses 

 can easily be made gay in spring by this means. Acorns 

 and chestnuts sown in the autumn in shallow pans and 

 covered with moss make a delightful small forest from 

 May onwards. Foxgloves dug out of the woods will 

 flower well in these dingy little green-houses, and are a 

 delightful contrast to the ferns which will flourish best 

 in them. A few other plants are sturdy for this purpose, 

 such as the fan palms, Chamcerops excelsa^ Fortunei^ and 

 humilis^ Aspidistra, Aralia Sieboldii, Selaginella Kraussina, 

 the Cornish money-wort (Sibthorpia). Geraniums will 

 flower well, and Imantophyllums (or Clivias) are one of 

 the most accommodating plants for such small green- 

 houses, as although they take up an undue share of 

 room on account of the large pots necessary, they will 

 flower well every year. 



Roses only do fairly well ; but though they some- 

 times will last two or three years, they are apt to give 

 disappointments and must often be renewed. The 

 climbing roses, however, in some gardens are very 

 charming. In one of the prettiest in London — that 

 belonging to Sir Laurence Alma-Tadema, in Grove End 

 Road — the illustration shows how charmingly an iron 

 trellis is covered with red and white roses. The garden 



