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small and large gar- 

 dens, and are suit- 

 able for a variety of 

 purposes ; there is 

 nothing prettier or 

 more fragrant with 

 which to clothe ar- 

 bours, porches, veran- 

 das, and arches. The 

 Wild Honeysuckle of 

 the hedgerow (L. 

 Periclymenum), with 

 fragrant reddish-yel- 

 low flowers, is delight- 

 ful from June to 

 September; the 

 variety serotina, the 

 late Dutch Honey- 

 suckle, bears redder 

 flowers in autumn. 

 The blooms of bel- 

 gica, a strong growing 

 variety, are reddish 



outside and yellow inside ; another variety, 

 pallidum, has very fragrant creamy-yellow 

 blooms. L. japonica flexuosa is an ever- 

 green climber with red and white flowers ; 



The Hop as a garden climbing plant. 



var. Halliana is 

 yellow and white, 

 deliciously fragrant ; 

 var. aureo-reticulata, 

 a free-growing ever- 

 green, has prettily 

 netted yellow and 

 green leaves, and in 

 late summer and 

 autumn pale yellow 

 flowers. Honeysuckles 

 are readily propa- 

 gated from cuttings 

 or layers. 



Passiflora caerulea 

 (Passion Flower). 

 Though only hardy 

 in the south and 

 west, this plant, if 

 cut down by frost in 

 the London district, 

 generally shoots up 

 again the following 



year. Give it a warm, sunny position. It 

 is, perhaps, seen to the best advantage 

 draping a veranda, porch, or wall. The pale 

 blue flowers, borne freely in summer, are 2 



An arch festooned with the climbing Rose, Manda's Triumph. 



