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very useful and peculiarly rapid climber. A plant of 

 this will cover a larger space of wall than any known 

 climber in the same time. This clinging creeper will 

 cover a brick wall most rapidly, and will support itself. 

 It has a peculiar and beautiful disposition attached to 

 it, viz. it changes the colour of its foliage from green 

 to a light red in the autumn, which gives it a quality 

 equal in value to a flowering climber. I know of none 

 better adapted for quickly and neatly covering the 

 walls of the dwelling-house than this. It is a deciduous 

 plant, which may be some objection to it. 



The propagation of the Ampelopsis consists in taking 

 cuttings, and inserting them in pots or in the ground 

 during the autumn : also by layers, which strike root 

 freely by merely laying the vines on the ground, with 

 a stone or peg to fasten them down. 



The Pyracantha [Pomacece). 



This well-known, beautiful berry-bearing plant is of 

 the Thorn class. It is not a true climber, but will 

 cover a wall by nailing and training, and make a per- 

 manent wall plant of considerable beauty for a much 

 longer period than any other known evergreen, with 

 much less trouble. It is not particular as to soil or 

 situation. It bears beautiful vermilion berries in large 

 clusters, which are of a lengthy duration, from the 

 early autumn even till late spring — which renders it 

 desirable for a permanent wall plant, the berries being 

 very conspicuous during the dull winter months. 



The propagation of the Pyracantha is by seed, sown 

 as for Haws — (see page 24) — by budding and graft- 

 ing. 



The Periploca (Asclepiadacece). 



A very small genus of narrow-leaved, light-foliaged 

 climbers. P. Grceca is the chief one, and has the ad- 

 vantage of rapidly covering a wall or trellis, which is 

 its principal recommendation. They may be propa- 



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