32 FLOWERING SHRUBS. [JAN. 



The name of an annual, denotes the short- 

 ness of its life : sweet peas, larkspurs, migno- 

 nette, poppies, &c., are annuals ; they are all 

 raised from seed, though many of the scarcer 

 sorts might be grown from cuttings. As for the 

 creepers, they are for the most part deciduous 

 shrubs, requiring the support of sticks, or trel- 

 lis ; many annuals, as Convolvulus major, re- 

 quire the like support. 



To return to the basket. It contains a plant 

 of Jasminum revolytum, the flowers of which 

 are yellow r , large, and very fragrant ; Clematis 

 Florida, whose dirty white flowers appear at a 

 distance like the passion-fkwer ; and the scarlet 

 flowered Pyrus Japonica. These are to be 

 planted at the foot of your wall, and trained 

 against it. I have sent them in pots, that you 

 may wait till the season is more advanced, be- 

 fore you plant them out, You may plant, to 



