PILLAR AND PORCH 



lamps when the garden is asleep. The winter-flowering 

 Jasmine thrives well on a wall facing north. The summer 

 Jasmine needs one facing south or west ; it is apt to 

 make vigorous growth, but is easily kept within bounds 

 by cutting out some of the oldest shoots each year. The 

 "double yellow Jew's Mallow (Kerria japonica flore pleno) 

 is a delightful old plant, just the thing for planting in a 

 corner between the porch and house wall. It is not 

 strictly a climber, but forms a big, loose bush, though 

 its shoots may be easily attached to the wall. In May 

 the leafy stems are spangled with the quaint double 

 blossoms like balls of gold. Any wall, except that facing 

 north, seems to suit it. 



One of the chief favourites among Honeysuckles for 

 wall planting is the golden variegated Japanese sort 

 (Lonicera japonica aurea reticulata), valued on account 

 of its pretty leafage. It is not an exuberant climber, 

 but grows neatly and with discrimination. The Wistaria 

 is known and beloved of everyone, and in the heyday 

 of its beauty, when its mauve flower tresses fall with 

 perfect grace and incomparable charm, it is scarcely 

 surpassed for attractiveness. Though generally grown 

 against a wall, it is, I think, seen only at its best when 

 covering a porch or verandah or pergola, so that the 

 flower bunches may hang free. A south aspect suits 

 it best. 



The blue Passion Flower (Passiflora caerulea) is an 

 admirable climber for sunny walls, not for its flowers alone, 



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