walls of the house with brilliant scarlet berries as well as their Deciduous 
dark green leaves. While delicate ivies, if not allowed to and Annual 
become gross, may form a charming close-clinging background Creepers 
for many of the short-lived summer creepers. 
Of those deciduous and annual creepers there is no end. 
And many of the latter, which are too often neglected just 
because they are annuals, might be grown with much advantage 
against these sturdy evergreen creepers. We have spoken of 
the beauty of Tropzolum speciosum on a Yew hedge or any 
other evergreen; and the annual Canary Creeper, and many 
beautiful varieties of the annual Nasturtium create a delightful 
effect if used in like fashion. The Indian and Japanese gourds, 
such as Trichosanthes anguina and Japonica are of great value. 
While the whole Convolvulus tribe is so beautiful that a place 
should be found for many of its varieties, especially the well- 
named ‘‘ Morning Glories.” But though the double rose- 
coloured Calystegia hederacea and the single white C. sylvatica 
are rapid growers with showy flowers, they may become a 
terrible pest unless planted in some position where they can do 
no harm; for we have known the roots of C. bederacea force 
their way into drain pipes and under walls with disastrous re- 
sults. Nor let us not forget the charming white Everlasting Pea. 
One under my eye at this moment, climbing up a tall wooden 
fence that is closely covered with the Wichuriana Evergreen 
Gem, is a delight to all who see it; its snow-white blossoms 
beginning just as the sulphur-white blooms of the Rose are over. 
The two beautiful Solanums, the purple crispum and the 
white jasminoides, if afforded the shelter of a wall, are practically 
hardy in the south of England. It is worth a long pilgrimage 
in August to see a large plant of S. crispum growing with 
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