Climbers and Twiner 



Bignonia chercre. 



BIGNONIA (trumpet Vine). 



The Bignonias are nearly all 

 either climbers or twiners. They 

 are vigorous growers and have 

 gorgeous trumpet or funnel- 

 shaped flowers, some of them 

 possessing flower- tubes six 

 inches in length. 



These handsome climbers 

 are excellent plants for covering 

 walls, growing over old stumps 

 of trees, forming screens or trel- 

 lises, etc. They will grow in 

 any good garden soil, preferring 

 however a sheltered situation. 

 A wall facing the east is adapted for their full development. 



This is another genus, which the gardeners of California have 

 introduced from the greenhouses of the East and from Europe, 

 now giving splendid effects in our favored State. Bignonia 

 Capreotata (a native of the Southern United States) is one of 

 the hardiest and has orange-colored flowers. This species has a 

 variety, with dark-red flowers, also a very desirable climber. 

 Bignonia cherere is a fine species bearing quantities of brownish- 

 orange flowers. Bignonia diversifolia bears yellow and Bignonia 

 floribunda purple flowers. Bignonia Tweediana, one of the best 

 of the genus, with pretty lance-shaped leaves, has yellow flowers 

 and is an elegant climber of rapid growth. Bignonia Venusta 

 bears glorious masses of blossoms and should be in every 

 collection. 



The Bignonia is propagated by cuttings placed in a cold frame 

 during August or September in soil composed of one-half sand, 

 one-quarter leaf-mold and one-quarter good loam, well mixed 

 together, or by seeds sown in Spring a quarter of an inch deep. 



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