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Gardening for Amateurs 



for the milder counties ; L. flava and L. 

 Caprifolium. 



Passiflora caerulea (Passion Flower) 

 is the hardiest of the Passion Flowers. It 

 is a native of Southern Brazil, and is popu- 

 lar on account of its rapid growth, white and 

 blue flowers and golden fruits. It should 

 be given a sunny position against a wall and 

 be planted in loamy soil. 



Polygonum baldschuanicum. This 

 showy plant is well known by reason of its 

 clusters of white flowers and fruits. It is a 

 vigorous climber and may be expected to 

 cover a tree 20 feet or more high. Planted 

 in loamy soil in a sunny position, it grows 

 rapidly and gives no further trouble than 

 the pruning away of dead ends of branches 

 during winter. 



Schizophragma hydrangeoides is a 

 Japanese and Chinese plant which climbs 

 the trunks of trees, rocks, etc., by means of 

 aerial roots. It has some resemblance to 

 Hydrangea petiolaris, but differs by bearing 

 much larger bracts to its sterile flowers. 

 S. integrifolia is of similar habit. 



Solanum jasminoides is a white-flowered 

 plant suitable for covering walls and fences 

 in the warmer parts of the country. It may 

 be pruned fairly hard during winter. 



Tecoma. This is a group of very hand- 

 some flowering plants, but flowering does 

 not take place until August and September, 

 and it is only in sunny positions that they 

 do really well ; therefore they should, when- 

 ever possible, be placed against a high wall 

 exposed to full sun. T. grandiflora, a native 

 of China and Japan, bears large tubular 

 orange-scarlet flowers in good-sized clusters. 

 In the case of the North American T. radicans 

 the flowers are somewhat smaller. 



Vitis (Vine). The most popular plant 

 in this family is Vitis inconstans, commonly 

 called Ampelopsis Veitchii, well known by 

 its self-clinging habit and by the brilliant 

 tints assumed by its leaves in the autumn. 

 V. Engelmanni and V. quinquefolia are 

 two others which are grown for their autumn 

 colour ; they are, however, much coarser 

 than the former. Of the vigorous sorts 

 suitable for pergolas and for growing over 



An ornamental Vine (Vitis Coignetiae) ; the leaves colour brilliantly in autumn. 



