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chal Niel rose, the Cherokee rose (7?. Sinica) and the 

 Banksiau rose, M. Bankstif, are all excellent as con- 

 servatory and cool greenhouse climbers. 



The following are among the choicest for warm house 

 culture: Allamaml.i ^eliotlii and A. Hendersoni are 

 perhaps the best of the allamaudas. They have no in 

 sect enemies and are of easy culture. Among aristo- 

 lochias, A. elegans is the choicest, though A. ornitho- 

 cephulus and A. labiosa are curious. Bongainvilhta 

 speciosd and glabra are handsome stove climbers, and 

 should be included in every collection. They are of 

 easy culture and will Hower profusely if given a light, 

 warm position. Clerodeudron Thoinsonce is perhaps too 

 well known to require any comment. It should be in 

 every collection. Thunhergia laurifoHa is one of the 

 handsomest of the thunbergias. It should be grown 

 where it will be somewhat shaded during the warmer 

 parts of the day, as the petals are so delicate that they 

 fade quickly. Among passiHoras the scarlet-flowered 

 P.racemosa is excell.-nt; alsn /'.<,!<, >..-,-, milm. Their 

 worst enemy is nienly biii;. llc.ya^. Sti|ih;in(itis and 

 Plnmbago Capensis aii- all -^"I'd. I'nfhus r, hitortniHs^ 

 sometimes catalogui-d as Ma rr,j,-,ir,„ lun-dilnra. is a 

 good plant for climbiii:.' trunk-; «f palms or tree ferns 

 or damp walls. Cisxiis ili.<rnl„r ami Asparagus plu- 

 mosHS are both excell.iit for training up the supports 

 of plant houses. S'llminm W, lal/u iidii is one of the 

 best and showiest vines. Edward J. Canning. 



Vines for Southern California. The following list of 

 vines for this section places them very nearly in their 

 proper order as far as popular demand is concerned. 

 One much -used vine, the ivy geranium, is purposely 

 omitted for lack of knowledge as to its proper place in 

 the list, the demand for this vine being somewhat 

 spasmodic. The ivy geranium, being hardy here, is 

 used for a great \ariety of purposes, as hanging bas 

 kets, hedges, and for climbing up the sides and on 

 the roof of a house Passifloras are unpopular here by 

 reason of the numerous cateipillirs fh it mti st them at 

 certain times of the ) ear Of tins h^t s / , ,„ 1) ,,,; 

 liindn is probably the most tiT 1 i \\i li tl I i n 

 \ illeas a close second For tht ' \ i r j; i t ii i 1 rl\ 

 oliiects m the least possible tum // n i i I n il i^' 

 2678) eisilv takes first place ami the Ic.nicLi is will lank 

 ne\t .Several species of jasmines die worthy of men 

 tion hut space forbids, as the list could easily be ex 

 tended to 10) or more. Vines occupy an important 

 of sduthein California, as m 



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somewhat untidy habit of growth and need of yearly 

 training and trimming, it is probably as much loved in 

 California as in its native land, Japan, on account of 

 the exuberant, lavish freedom with which it showers its 

 wealth upon us in the form of immense trusses of fra- 

 grant flowers. Hall's Honeysuckle has such fragrant 

 blossoms, is so easily reproduced by cuttings and 

 blooms so freely and for such a long period, that it is 

 more commonly grown in country places than perhaps 

 any other vine. 



The following lists are not intended to be complete, 

 but rather suggestive; they are believed to include all 

 the species generally grown in middle California. They 

 are thrown into special-purpose groups. 



Section 1. — For houses and places where dense groivth 

 would be objectionable. This list does not include all 

 the species at present grown in such places, as several 

 that are frequently so grown have proved unsatisfac- 

 tory. 



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2679. Mandevtlla suaveolens. 



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Ernest BRAt,T.To\ 



Vines for Middle Cahfornia.— The number of species 

 of climbing plants cultivated m California for oina 

 menting town and country homes is large, but on ai 

 count of the newness of the country and the lecentness 

 of introduction of many of them, few spef les are com 

 monly seen. In middle Californn (tnking tlm s; ,n Fi ni 

 Cisco neighborhood is > -"ntM i th t 'i "- ? t i 

 ely grov 



(l)Amin 

 ^peciH- 



and othe 



\aiietii 



{6) Loniceia ,Japi,n„a \ ii Ihilhiiia 



For house adornment the tacscmi is are not to be rec- 

 ommended, on account of their rampant and dense 

 growth, which tends to keep the building damp and cold 

 in winter. The Lady Banks rose is a general favorite 

 on account of its evergreen habit and the abundance of 

 blossoms which it produces m spring Wisfaiia Chi- 

 nensis is an old and well-tried friend. In spite of a 



A. Tall, suitable for covering the 

 B. Hardy. 

 Akebia quinata Figs 56, Ii' 

 \mpelopsis heteroplijlla, 

 \mxielopsis quinquetoha 



Fig SO 

 Ampelopsis quinquefolia, va 



Engelnianiii 

 \mpelopsis triouspid.it i 



Figs 81 h2 

 Ai lujia seiicofera (eonsu 



Holbcellia latifoha 

 Ipomcea Bona-nox. Fig. 117( 

 Ipomcea Mesjcana, 



Jasminum grandiflorum, 

 Jasmmum humile, 

 Jasminum nudiflorum, 

 J isminum ofBcin.ik 

 Kennedya rubif und.i 

 L.intan.iCamii.1 Tig 12 

 Loniceia Capntolium F] 



M.iuraiidia Barelaiana, 

 M.iurandia erubeseens 

 Maurandia scandeus Fig 



Rosa Banksise, 



