104 FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE OF SUMMER. 



I must not leave the summer lawn without dwelling 

 briefly on the chai-ms of various climbers at this season. 



The Ahehia quinata, neat and 

 elegant all summer, is never 

 apparently more so, it may be 

 by contrast, than in August. 

 Ampelopsis trieuspidata, with 

 shining leaves and rootlets cling- 

 ing to stone or wooden Avails, is 

 [bright as ever, and seemingly 

 more vigorous in late 

 summer. The broad, 

 massive, strange- 

 looking leaves of the 

 Dutchman's pipe 

 are very effec- 



DUTCHMAN'S PIPE. _ "' 



(aristolochia sipho.) tive now, and 



several clematises, yellow apii- 

 folia, white sweet-scented f/im- 

 inula, greenish-white Grahamii, 

 the old-fashioned VirginiatM, all 

 clothe during summer their near- 

 est support Avith thick masses of 

 leaves and flowers. 



The honeysuckles are fresh 

 and pleasing all summer, espe- 

 cially when climbing over stumps 

 or rocks and hillsides, and in sev- 

 eral instances, such as those of sempervirens and sinensis. 

 thi'oughout the season. Menixpennvm Carmdense, the 



SWEET-SCENTED CLEMATIS. 

 (clematis flammula.) 



