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Mexico and have flowers closely resembling the com- 

 mon Canterbury bells. The type has purple flowers. 

 A "rough" climber. 



Dioclea glycinoides has flowers much like the clian- 

 thus but smaller and of darker red ; really a crimson. 

 It does not grow so large nor so rapidly as the par- 

 rot's bill. 



Dolichos lignosus, the Australian pea, also its 

 white variety, is a small-leaved, quick-growing vine 

 that makes a fine close cover where frosts are not 

 too heavy. The former bears pink and white 

 flowers. 



Evonymus radicans is a climbing or trailing shrub 

 with very small leaves and will cling by aerial root- 

 lets to walls of brick, stone, or concrete. There is 

 also a variety with variegated foliage. 



Ficus pumila, better known as F. repens, is the 

 most popular of all evergreen vines for covering 

 walls as it will attach itself to anything that is slight- 

 ly roughter than a pane of glass. It bears no visible 

 flowers as it is a climbing fig. 



Hardenbergias, sometimes known as Kennedyas, 

 have pea-shaped blossoms of white, pink, or purple. 

 The plants being very much alike in general appear- 

 ance, one chooses the color wished for in the flower 

 and orders the species bearing it. 



Hedera helix and its many varieties are known as 

 English ivy, Irish ivy, etc., being the only true ivies. 

 They cling tenaciously to any wall and grow well in 

 sun or shade ; perhaps the most popular of all vines 

 for shady places. 



The wax plant, Hoya carnosa, is a handsome 

 climber which does best in shady places, or it may 

 be used as a trellised pot plant for porch or house. 



