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flowers are trumpet-shaped, opening in 

 August and September. It is increased by 

 cuttings in July or September. A second 

 kind (B. grandiflora) from China, has larger, 

 orange-scarlet flowers, but is not quite so 

 hardy as the preceding. 



Galystegia pubescens flore pleno 

 (Double Bindweed). A Chinese perennial 



The Lily Tree (Magnolia conspicua) trained up house wall 



climber with Convolvulus-like double pale 

 rose flowers, known also as C. hederacea. 

 The plants grew about 6 feet high, dying 

 down to the ground each autumn. When 

 supported with a few pea-sticks in the 

 border, against a fence, or twining up a 

 porch they are very effective. They are 

 readily increased by division of the slender 

 creeping roots. A second kind, C. sylvatica 



(C. sylvestris) has large white flowers ; as 

 the roots spread freely in the soil, plant it 

 against a fence or railings in a semi-wild 

 part, not in the garden proper. 



Clematis. There is no more popular 

 hardy climber than the Clematis. One or 

 two should be grown in the smallest garden. 

 They can be used to cover any structure 

 from a few feet to 50 feet 

 high. A selection of different 

 sorts will ensure a succession 

 of flowers from April to 

 October. C. montana has 

 white flowers in April and 

 May. This is the best to 

 plant against the dwelling- 

 house to cover an extensive 

 wall space ; var. rubens has 

 rosy -red flowers. C. Flam- 

 mula, the Virgin's Bower, 

 is deliciously fragrant ; the 

 small creamy - white flowers 

 open in August and September. 

 A delightful plant for porches, 

 arbours, and verandas is the 

 var. rubro marginata, having 

 white flowers tipped with red. 

 There are numerous named 

 varieties ; a dozen of the best 

 to furnish flowers from May 

 to October are as follows : 

 Lady Londesborough, blush, 

 with purple bars ; Nellie Moser, 

 white tinted, with carmine 

 bars ; Marcel Moser, violet- 

 mauve, with reddish bars ; 

 Alba magna, white ; Beauty 

 of Worcester, violet-blue ; Blue 

 Gem, soft blue ; Lady Caroline 

 Neville, soft lavender, with 

 mauve bars ; Belle of Woking, 

 silver grey ; Duchess of Edin- 

 burgh, pure white ; Gipsy 

 Queen, velvety- purple ; Jack- 

 manii, violet- purple, Snow White Jackmanii, 

 pure white. Soil containing plenty of old 

 mortar rubble will be found to suit the 

 Clematis. A useful rule to follow in pruning 

 Clematis is to attend to the early-flowering 

 sorts as soon as they fade, about the end 

 of June, the remainder should be pruned 

 in February. The popular Jackmanii should 

 have the previous year's growths shortened 



