50 FLOWER-GARDENING. 



Aristolochia sipho, Birthwort, or Dutchman's Pipe. A very 

 curious blooming plant, with extraordinarily large foliage, 

 well calculated for an arbor ; affording a dense and cooling 

 shade. 



Atragene alpina. A free-growing deciduous shrub, with 

 small pinnated foliage, and large blush-colored flowers, which 

 continue from May to July. 



Bignonia crucigera is a desirable evergreen, being of a luxu- 

 riant growth. It will cover in a few years an area of fifty 

 feet, and bloom from May to August ; color, orange. 



Bignonia radicans, or Trumpet Creeper, produces large 

 bunches of red trumpet-shaped flowers in July and August. 



Bignonia grandiflora is much like the former in habit and 

 appearance, but the flowers are much larger. It is said to be 

 a native of China, and the former a native of this country. 

 They are both perfectly hardy, and will climb up brick-work 

 or wooden fences, without any assistance. 



Clematis, or Virgin's Bower. There are several species, 

 some of them tender, or not sufficiently hardy for our severe 

 winters, without protection. The Clematis azurea, bicolor, 

 and flama, are splendid varieties. The Clematis Virginica, 

 Viorna, Viticelli, and Vitalba, are perfectly hardy, and blos- 

 som throughout the summer. 



Glycine Sinensis, or Wistaria Sinensis, is a handsome Chi- 

 nese Creeper of recent introduction from China, and is not yet 

 common in our nurseries. It is a beautiful vine, running to a 

 great height, and loaded with long racemes of purple flowers 

 throughout the summer. 



Glycine frutescens, or Wistaria frutescens. This beautiful 

 brother of the Chinese kind is a native of our Southern States, 

 grows much in the same way as the others, and is, perhaps, 

 not inferior. Although this fine creeper has been long known 

 in England, we have not heard much about it by English 

 writers ; the conclusion seems to be that it does not flower 

 well in England. In fact none of our Southern plants do well 

 in that country, while those from China do very well ; here, 



