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luxuriant foliage, causes it to be in great demand for 

 screening porches. The great white blossoms, open only 

 at night, peer uncannily from the dusky shadows of the 

 dark foliage with striking effect, but I do not like this 

 great flower which cannot bear the sweet light of day. 

 Another member of the family considered of merit is 

 the beautiful Californian /. rubro caerulea, in its va- 

 riety, "Heavenly Blue," which must be started indoors, 

 and when planted out given a warm and sheltered sit- 

 uation. 



The Dolichos, or Hyacinth Bean, winds its way 

 through Oriental poetry as the Woodbine and Jasmine 

 through our own. It is a rapid climber, flowering 

 vigorously, in erect spikes of purple or white pea-shaped 

 flowers, from July until autumn. It requires a sunny 

 situation and enjoys plentiful watering in summer. It 

 may be started indoors, or planted out after the ground 

 is well warmed by the May sunshine. 



Coboea scandens is a popular annual climber. It is a 

 rapid grower and bears in July numerous greenish- 

 purple cup-and-saucer-like blossoms, which are rather 

 artistic in their colouring. It enjoys a sunny position 

 and a soil not very rich, and the seeds should be started 

 indoors. I have been told that these should be placed 

 edgewise in the pot, but I do not know if this is fact or 

 tradition. 



Members of the Hop and Gourd families provide 

 satisfactory, quick-growing climbers. Trained over 



