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chal Niel rose, the Cherokee rose (R. Sinica) and the 

 Banksian rose, ft. Banksias, are all excellent as con- 

 servatory and cool greenhouse climbers. 



The following are among the choicest for warm house 

 culture: Allamanda Schottii and A. He.ndemoni are 

 perhaps the best of the allamandas. They have no in- 

 sect enemies and are of easy culture. Among aristo- 

 lochias, A. elegans is the choicest, though A. ornitl,o- 

 cephttliis and A. labiosa are curious. Bougainvillaa 

 speciosn and glabra are handsome stove climbers, and 

 should be included in every collection. They are of 

 easy culture and will flower profusely if given a light, 

 warm position. Clerodendron Thomsonte is perhaps too 

 well known to require any comment. It should be in 

 every collection. Thunbergia laurifolin 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 passifloras the scarlet-flowered 

 P. racftnosa is excellent; also P. alato-ccerulea. Their 

 worst enemy is mealy bug. Hoyas, Stephanotis and 

 Plumbago Capensis are all good. Pothos celatocaulis, 

 sometimes catalogued as Marcgravia paradora, is a 

 good plant for climbing trunks of palms or tree ferns 

 or damp walls. (7tssMS discolor and Asparagus plu- 

 mosus are both excellent for training up the supports 

 of plant houses. Solatium Wendlandii 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 variety 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 caterpillars that infest them at 

 certain times of the year. Of this list Solarium Wend- 

 landii is probably the most tender, with the bougain- 

 villeas a close second. For the covering of unsightly 

 objects in the least possible time, Ipomcea Leari (Fig. 

 2678) easily takes first place and the loniceras will rank 

 next. Several species of jasmines are worthy of men- 

 tion, but space forbids, as the list could easily be ex- 

 tended to 100 or more. Vines occupy an important 

 plac* in the horticulture of southern California, as in 

 other warm and sunny countries. 



Bougainvillea, all species; Bignonia venusta; Sola- 

 num Wendlandii; Lonicera, several species; Ipomcea 

 Leari, Fig. 2678; Tecoma Jticasoliana; Jasminumgran- 

 difloriim; Bignonia Tweediana; Solatium Seaforthia- 

 num, var. azureum; Wistaria Sinensis; Wistaria Si- 

 nensis, var. alba; Solatium jasminoides; Tecoma gran- 

 diflora; Teeoma jasminoides ; Phaseolus Caracalla; 

 Tecoma filicifoliii ; Hardenbergia monophylla; Hard- 

 . enbergia Comptoniana; Mandevilla suaveolens, Fig. 

 2679; Hoya cartinsa ; Clianthus puniceus ; Akebia 

 quinata ; Kennedy a iiifjricans ; Muehlenbeckia com- 

 plexa; Physianthus albens; Various tacsonias,; Figs. 

 2457, 2458, 2680. ERNEST BRAUNTON. 



Vines for Middle California. -The number of species 

 of climbing plants cultivated in California for orna- 

 menting town and country homes is large, but on ac- 

 count of the newness of the country and the recentness 

 of introduction of many of them, few species are com- 

 monly seen. In middle California (taking the San Fran- 

 cisco neighborhood as a center) the following are most 

 extensively grown as a covering for porches, arbors and 

 houses: (1) Ampelopsis tricspidata,{2) liosa Bank* in 

 and other species, (3) Clematis Jackmani and other 

 varieties, (4) wistarias, (5) tacsonias and passifloras, 

 (0) Lonicera Japonica, var. Halliana. 



For house adornment the tacsonias 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 in spring. Wistaria Chi- 

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



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somewhat untidy habit of growth and n-i-d of yearly 

 training mill trimming, it is pn.lml.ly us min-h ii,\,,l :,, 

 California us in its native land. Japan, mi account of 

 the exuberant, lavish freedom with which it show. . 

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

 grant flowers. Hall's HonevMirkle ban such fragrant 

 blossoms, is so easily reproduced l,\ cuttuiL- 

 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 nil 

 the species generally grown in middle California. They 

 are thrown into special -purpose groups. 



Section 1. For houses and places irhere drnxt groirlh 

 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. 



2679. Mandevilla suaveolens. 



A. Tall, suitable for corering the side of a haute. 

 B. Hardy. 



Akebia quinata. Figs. 56, 57. 

 --Ampelopsis heterophylla, 

 Ampelopsis quinquefolia. 



Fig. 80. 

 Ampelopsis quinqnefolia, var. 



Engelmaniii. 

 Ampelopsis tricuspidata. 



Figs. 81, 82. 

 Aranjia serieofera (consult 



Physianthus), 

 Bignonia Tweedinna, 

 Boussingatiltia baselloi<lc. 



Fig. 250. 



Clematis Henryi. Fig. 488. 

 Clematis Jackmani. Fig. 



489. 



-Clematis kermesina. 

 Clematis montana. 

 Clematis paniculata. Figs. 



485.486. 



Dnlirlios lignosm, 

 Gelsemium snnpervirens, 

 Hollxi-llia latifolin, 

 Ipoimea Bona-nox. Fig. 1170. 

 Ipomcea Mexican*. 



Jasminnin grandiflorum. 



.lasiniiiiiiii humile, 



.1 asm in 11 in nudiflorum, 



Jasminum officinal*. 



Kenne<lya rubicund*. 



hantana Camara. Fig. 1239. 



l/nnireraCaprifolmin. Fig. 

 1316. 



r/<inicer Japonira, var. Hal- 

 liana. Fig. Kill. 



I/onirera Japonica, var. 

 aureo-reticulata. 



IxinicerPeridynienumi Fig. 



Mandevilla suaveolens. Fie. 



2670. 



Maurandia BarHaiana. 

 Manrandia erul>ecn. 

 M.niraiidift scandens. Fig. 



i-. , 



I 1 1 1 in liao Capensis. H. 



1H60. 

 Rosa Banksiw. 



