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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



February, 1907 



Crimson Rambler roses on an arch over steps, a blaze of color foiled by Boston ivy and shrubbery 



producing more flowers than any other that 

 I know, in August. It is best adapted for 

 trellis work, and if planted against a wall 

 must have a piece of large-mesh wire netting 

 to cling to. It supports itself by its leaves, 

 which twine around any such medium, and 

 it requires no further training. It is best to 

 cut it back almost to the ground every spring 

 before growth starts. As the flowers are 

 produced upon the current season's growth, 



it may be stated broadly that the harder it 

 is cut back the greater the profusion of bloom. 



The wild clematis {Clematis Virginiana), 

 the traveler's joy (Clematis vitalba), the 

 scarlet-flowered clematis (Clematis coccinea), 

 and Clematis flammula, are all suitable for 

 growing in similar situations and serve to 

 extend the season and character of bloom. 



There are many beautiful flowered hybrid 

 varieties of clematis of the Jackmani type, 



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A combination of honeysuckle and Boston ivy on a Pittsburg garden-wall, a charming gaiety of color 



and they are worth growing for the size of the 

 flowers, four to six inches across, whereas 

 in the others named a diameter of about one 

 inch is extreme. But the growth of the large- 

 flowered kinds is not nearly so robust, nor do 

 they produce flowers in such lavish quantities. 

 They are to be regarded strictly as gems and 

 should be planted in the most prominent 

 places. They are at home on the lattice or 

 trellis work of a piazza, or for covering 

 pillars or posts in prominent places; they do 

 well also when planted with Crimson Rambler 

 and other climbing roses. Their growth is thin, 

 and no harm is done. 



For fences and low walls and for the 

 rougher portions of the garden the honey- 

 suckles are superior to all else. They grow 

 quickly, and are not over-particular as to 

 soil; they produce an abundance of fragrant 

 flowers the whole season (which compensates 

 for their comparatively small size) ; they are 

 not subject to disease, or bugs of any kind. 

 In fact, when once planted, they seem to 

 thrive indefinitely, requiring no attention 

 whatever. It would be hard to find another 

 lot of plants at once so useful and so pretty 

 that will also stand so much abuse and neg- 

 lect. Honeysuckles are very easily estab- 

 lished, and can be planted in either spring 

 or fall, although early spring is preferred. 

 Nursery grown plants can be procured from 

 thirty-five cents upward. Though not par- 

 ticular as to soil or situation, they do, like 

 any other plant, respond readily to good 

 treatment. If the soil of the place where 

 planting is to be done be naturally poor, dig 

 out a place big enough to hold a large wheel- 

 barrowful of rich soil and they will soon 

 establish themselves. When once agrowing, 

 they will find enough sustenance in the poor- 

 est locality. The best climbing kinds are: 

 golden Japanese (Lonicera Japonica, var. 

 aureo '-reticulata), with variegated foliage; 

 monthly fragrant (L. Periclymenum, var. 

 Belgica), with reddish flowers, extremely 

 fragrant and in bloom all summer; Hall's 

 evergreen (L. Japonica, var. Halliana) , flower- 

 ing in the fall; red trumpet (L. semper- 

 virens), evergreen in the South, flowering 

 all summer; and Heckrott's (L. Heckrolli), 

 the freest bloomer of all. 



While the climbing roses are not vines in 

 the strict sense of the word they can with so 

 little trouble be tied and trained to so good 

 an effect that we may take some of them into 

 consideration. The easiest method is to have 

 a lattice-work frame or cedar posts, about 

 four feet apart, on which they may be tied. 

 Planted at that distance the roses will com- 

 fortably fill the intervening spaces. 



In the vicinity of a wall or dwelling an 

 amount of subsoil usually gets incorporated 

 with the overlying earth which makes poor 

 conditions for plants. If such be the case, 

 dig out the poor, gravelly, or sandy material, 

 and put in fresh, rich matter. While a 

 trench two feet wide and eighteen inches deep 

 will suffice, more will be better. Breadth 

 is preferable to depth, however, at all times. 

 Where large-growing specimens, such as wis- 

 taria, or trumpet vines, are to be planted, a 

 square hole that will take two or three cubic 

 yards of good soil will be sufficient. 



