210 THE NEW GARDENING 



The specific name is best dealt with phonetically in five 

 syllables, thus : Bald-shoo-an-ik-um. 



The Vines (Vitis) present us with many beautiful 

 plants, and the genus has been strengthened by the 

 introduction of several new species from the Far East. 

 Coignetiae is one of the finest of the older species, bearing 

 large thick leaves eight to ten inches long, which colour 

 brilliantly in autumn. The newer species and varieties 

 include armata Veitchii, bronzy green in summer and 

 crimson-lake in autumn ; flexuosa Wilsoni, bronzy above, 

 purplish below ; Henryana, green leaves with silvery 

 midrib and veins, red groundwork in autumn ; Leeoides, 

 pinnate leaves, glabrous green above and claret-coloured 

 underneath ; megalophylla, bipinnate glabrous green 

 leaves ; repens, reddish brown, claret below ; and 

 Thomsoni, a slender grower with purplish stems and 

 leaves. 



The Wistarias are suitable for verandahs. The old 

 mauve species Sinensis has several varieties, such as 

 alba, white ; aurea reticulata, yellow marked leaves ; 

 and flore pleno, double. 



The Canary Creeper, also Cobaea scandens, with bell- 

 shaped purplish flowers, and the pretty orange-coloured 

 Eccremocurpus scaber, may be used, and can be flowered 

 from seed in a few weeks. 



