with the loose white panicles of such a plant as Clematis Half hardy 
Jlammula. Annual 
Eccromocarpus scaber clothes many a humble cottage with Creepers 
its gay masses; in one year it reaches and climbs over the 
thatched roofs, while on the East wall of our own house it 
survives the winter as a rule, climbing twenty feet or more, and 
flowering from May throughout the whole summer. 
Cobea scandens is another of these useful and very orna- 
mental creepers, which might be more frequently used for our 
autumn gardens. Although it does not stand the winter out of 
doors, its growth is so rapid that if planted out in May it will 
glorify an arch or pillar with its purple and green bells from July 
till November. It is very useful also as successor to some early 
flowering Rose, over which it will scramble with delight. I 
have seen it even transform a fence of wire netting, to the top 
of which it will run, and loop itself in garlands from post to 
post. To fill the spaces below, Maurandya Barclayana, a 
Mexican creeper, could well be grown. It has pretty, delicate 
leaves, and flowers of white, mauve, or purple. 
Many greenhouse creepers, not suitable for using as such out 
of doors, make charming standard plants, which can be sunk in 
their pots in the grass or beds, as for instance Plumbago, or 
the lovely Solanum Wendlandti, with its bunches of large mauve 
flowers. This latter is a fast grower, and can be very quickly 
raised from seed. Cassia corymbosa is also useful as a pot 
plant, but in warm sheltered places in England it stands the 
winter, and in Ireland covers a wall with rich foliage and bunches 
of yellow flowers. I have seen growing near it Teucrium 
latifolium, which is described generally as a half hardy shrub, 
but it does better as a low creeper; the grey silky leaves, and 
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