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below, and a barrowful or two of good rich soil given 

 them to make a fair start. As they grow they can be 

 trained up the walls, anywhere you wish them to 

 grow. They may also be grown in wooden tubs and 

 placed upon the balcony, where they can be draped 

 along the railings, or trained over the walls, or round 

 the windows. The common Ivy is an excellent town 

 climber, ready to adapt itself to all circumstances, 

 covering walls, draping railings, hanging in graceful 

 festoons from baskets, or making trained specimens 

 in pots. Its evergreen leathery textured foliage has 

 ever a warm cheerful look, and should always be 

 grown in conjunction with- the Grape vine and 

 Virginian creeper, which are deciduous, that is, they 

 lose their foliage in autumn. These are the balcony 

 and area climbing plants " 'par excellence." No other 

 climbers succeed so well as they do, although the 

 Honeysuckle, Ayrshire Roses, Crimson Boursault Rose, 

 Gloire de Dijon, Charles Lawson, and several other 

 climbing Roses do 'very well in towns where the 

 situation is open and airy. The several varieties of 

 hardy Clematis can also be had to flower nicely in the 

 same position ; as also the Jasminum officinalis or 

 common Jasmine, and the Cotonaster microphylla, 

 having a profusion of reddish berries. 



Of annual flowering creepers the best are the gaudy 

 Nasturtiums, the pretty canary creeper, Tropeoleum 

 canariensis, the Scarlet Runners, and purple and white 

 Convolvulus; to which we may add, though not an 

 annual, the Lophospermum scandens, a very good 

 greenhouse trailing plant, suitable for balconies and 



