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" I sat me down to watch upon a bank 

 With ivy canopied, and interwove 

 With flaunting honeysuckle." — Milton. 



In some places the Virginian Creeper {Ampelopsis hederacea, fig. 573«) 

 is used with effect. In autumn, at Baden-Baden, where it is much 

 grown, the leaves turn red. In this country the autumnal colour is 

 rarely so fine, and I have almost, if not entirely, discarded the use of 

 this climber at my garden. 



A Convolvulus with rose-tinting in the flower {C. Sepiimt, var. roseus, 

 fig. 574) is employed in remote situations. I was warned that it 

 would prove to be a troublesome weed ; however, the flower, like all 

 the convolvulus tribe, is very beautiful, and I desired to see a few 

 here and there. It is extensively grown in Scotland, where, it is much 

 admired. 



Fig. 574. — ^Wild rose-coloured Convolvulus. Fig. 574 «. — I. Horsfallise. Fig. 575. — Glycine sinensis. 



The Major Convolvulus, in all its varieties, should be grown in a few 

 places out of doors. The Ipomoea Learii has a most magnificent flower. 

 It has not been tried out of doors, and it likes to grow freely, as it is in- 

 variably attacked by the red spider. I have had one hundred flowers of 

 this plant in blossom in a single morning, and nothing can compare with 

 the grandness of the effect which was produced. The /. rubro-ccBrulea 

 is a somewhat similar flower, which blossoms till late in winter. The 

 /. Horsfallice (fig. S74«) has fine foliage, and, the flower being red, it is a 

 desirable plant for the indoor fernery. It requires a stove temperature. 



Amongst our out-door climbers the Glycine sinensis (fig. 575) 

 is one of the finest for its blossom in May, but occasionally it is cut 

 down by frost. On the road to the garden some of the largest 



