68 ARISTOCRATS OF THE GARDEN 



site the base of the leaf stalks. Closely allied to this 

 is the Cross-vine (Anisostichus capreolatus, better 

 known as Bignonia capreolata) so abundant in the 

 southeastern states, and which has large trumpet- 

 shaped flowers orange-yellow within the tube, dark 

 scarlet without. This plant which climbs by means 

 of tendrils which have discs at the ends, is not hardy 

 around Boston though with care it can be kept alive. 



A root-climber that should be in every garden is 

 the Climbing Hydrangea (H. petiolaris). It is per- 

 fectly hardy and does well on walls with a north or 

 west exposure, on buildings and on trees, and bears 

 at the ends of short lateral branches flat clusters 

 eight to ten inches across of white flowers. The 

 leaves are of good size, deep green in color and the 

 plant is not subject to insect attacks or disease. This 

 climber is abundant in the moist forests of Japan and 

 was introduced into the Arnold Arboretum in 1876. 

 I have seen in the forests of northern Japan and in 

 Hokkaido trees from seventy to eighty feet tall 

 covered with masses of flowers of this Hydrangea and 

 a most fascinating picture they presented. 



A smaller growing Japanese climber and even more 

 beautiful than the preceding but unfortunately less 

 easy to establish, is Schizophragma hydrangeoides. 

 It is very like the Climbing Hydrangea in foliage and 



