64 DECORATIVE PLANTS, TREES AND SHRUBS 



CONIFERS 



Cupressus Lawsoniana. C. L. erecta viridis. C. macrocarpa. 



Juniperus Chinensis. Juniperus, Swedish. 



Retinospora plumosus and p. aurea. R. pisifera and p. aurea. 



Thuja Lobbi. T. aurea. T. elegantissima. 



Taxus (yew), common. T. baccata aurea. T. hibernica. 



HARDY CLIMBERS 



It would be a serious omission if this volume closed without a 

 reference to hardy climbers. The demand for these on almost any 

 market is already very great, and in looking back over a long vista 

 of years we have formed the deliberate opinion that they are appre- 

 ciated to-day more than ever they were. 



The erection of rustic arches and pergolas was never so general 

 as now, a great advance being made since the advent of so many 

 glorious rambler roses compelled all garden lovers to provide 

 accommodation for them. The modern taste will not tolerate blank 

 and ugly walls or spaces, but hastens to clothe them with some of 

 the beautiful forms of climbing plants of which there are nowadays 

 a plentiful supply to select from. 



For arches and pergolas rambler roses are first favourites, and these 

 we dealt fully with in Volume III of this series. The clematis is a 

 good second, and we need add nothing to what we said about them 

 on page 21. The honeysuckle (Lonicera) is to be had in various 

 forms: "Aurea reticulata," the small-leaved golden variegated variety, 

 the evergreen " Sempervirens," " Early and late Dutch," " Hal- 

 leana " and other sweetly scented and popular kinds, all grown from 

 cuttings. Associated with these we have the fragrant jasmines. 

 " Officinale grandiflorum " is the best white, " Revolutum" is the best 

 yellow, while one of the best known is the yellow winter-flowering 

 " Nudiflorum." These, too, are all grown from cuttings. 



CHIMONANTHES FRAGRANS 



Chimonanthes fragrans is not a rampant grower but is excellent 

 on low walls or on arbours. It produces very fragrant yellow 

 flowers in winter. Cuttings. 



