fc6 CLIMBING PLANTS. [April. 



C. fiorida piano is a fine free-flowering plant; though gene- 

 rally considered a shrub, is more herbaceous than 

 shrubbery ; the flowers are large double white ; in 

 growth will not exceed ten feet in one season. 



Glycine frutescens, a beautiful native climbing shrub, known 

 in our gardens under that name, but is properly Wis- 

 teria frutescens. It has large pendulous branches of 

 blue leguminose (pea-like) flowers, blooming from May 

 to August; pinnated leaves with nine ovate downy 

 leaflets; grows freely. 



chinensis is given to Wisteria, and is the finest 



climbing shrub of the phaseolius tribe. The flowers 

 are light blue, in long nodding, many-flowered, race- 

 mose spikes, blooming from May to August; pro- 

 fusely ; leaves pinnated with eleven ovate lanceolate 

 silky leaflets, and is of a very rapid growth. It is 

 perfectly hardy, withstanding the severity of our win- 

 ters without protection. 



Bignbnia crucigera is an evergreen which is very desirable in 

 many situations, being likewise of luxuriant growth. 

 It will cover in a few years an area of fifty feet ; 

 flowers of an orange scarlet colour, blooming from May 

 to August. 



B. grandiflbra, now given to Tecbma, has large orange- 

 coloured flowers, blooming from June to August, and 

 grows very fast. It is perfectly hardy, and a most 

 magnificent plant. 



B. rddicans is likewise given to Tecbma, and is a native 

 plant. When in flower it is highly ornamental, but 

 it requires great attention to keep it in regular order, 

 being of a strong rough nature ; in bloom from June 

 to August. 



Periplaca gratca, silk vine, is a climber of extraordinary 

 growth. Well established plants grow thirty or forty 

 feet in one season ; flowers in clusters from May to 

 July, of a brownish-yellow colour, and hairy inside ; 

 leaves smooth, ovate lanceolate, wood slender, twining, 

 and elastic. 



ffedera Helix, Irish Ivy, is -a valuable evergreen for covering 

 naked walls, or any other unsightly object. The 

 foliage is of a lively green, leaves from three to five 

 angled. Thore are several varieties of it, all valuable 



