304 TREES AND SHRUBS 



for walls, but in our climate they rarely produce 

 the rich clusters of red berries that often render them 

 so attractive abroad. 



SOLANUM. — S. jasminoides is the most popular 

 flowering climber of the south-west, producing its 

 white bloom-clusters for many months in succession. 

 It is classed as deciduous in botanical dictionaries, 

 but is rarely bare of leaves, except after severe frosts 

 in the early months of the year, S. crispum and 

 S. Wendlandi will also succeed in mild counties ; the 

 latter has very large bluish flowers. 



SOLLYA HETEROPHYLLA. — This is the dainty little 

 Australian Bluebell Creeper, and belongs to the 

 shrubby Pittosporums, growing from 2 to 6 feet in 

 height. It was formerly much valued as a greenhouse 

 plant in the old days of the " balloon trellis " — surely 

 a "false ideal," and one of the very ugliest ways in 

 which graceful climbers could be grown. But even 

 in that way this Sollya and the dainty little tuberous- 

 rooted kinds of Tropaeolum used to be extremely 

 fascinating to many in habit, such as 5. parviflora 

 {S. Drummondi), S, salicifolia (S. heierophylla), and 

 S. angustifolia, or S. linearis, also a form of the last- 

 ' named. 



Stauntonia latifolia (syn. Holbcellia latifolia). — 

 This plant bears clusters of small greenish-white, 

 highly-fragrant flowers in March, and often perfects 

 seed-pods in the autumn. It is a rapid grower, and 

 its leathery leaves are rarely affected by frost. 



Stuartia pseudo-Camellia. — A rare and very 

 beautiful flowering shrub now seldom seen in even 



