PLANTS AGAINST WALLS 101 



Welsh Poppy (Meconopsis cambrica) are valuable 

 in the foreground ; Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum) 

 is quite happy in the deepest shade ; many of the 

 Michaelmas Daisies, Herbaceous Phlox, Rudbeckia 

 californica, and Pceonia ojficinalis, will all do mod- 

 erately well, and the old-fashioned double Colum- 

 bine (Aquilegia vulgaris) thrives and flowers well. 

 Do not make the mistake of planting bulbs of 

 Daffodils, Narcissus, etc., under trees, or in com- 

 plete shade ; they may live but they will not flower, 

 and will only end in disappointing you. Snowdrops 

 will do well, and so will Scilla campanulata, also 

 Anemone apennina, and A. blanda. Honesty 

 (Lunaria) will grow under most trees, but to my 

 mind it is an untidy, weedy-looking plant, and its 

 absence is better than its company in the garden. 



PLANTS AGAINST WALLS. 



There are a very large number of climbing 

 plants which are suitable for growing up the walls 

 of a house, and many others which, though not 

 strictly speaking "climbing plants," are glad of 

 the protection of a wall in our climate, and will 

 produce lovely effects if they have this support. 



Among the most easily grown and most effective, 

 of these climbers I must place Virginian Creeper 



