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If further variety be required amongst climbing 

 Roses, a selection may be made from the following 

 good sorts: — Amadis, brilliant purplish-crimson; 

 Gracilis, bright rosy-red; Dundee Rambler, white, 

 edged with pink ; Ruga, pale flesh, very fragrant ; 

 Madame d' 'Arblay, flowering in large clusters of 

 cupped, white flowers; Fortune's Yellow, orange-yel- 

 low; The Garland, nankeen and pink, changing to 

 white. The Yellow, White, and Fortune's Banksian 

 Roses are also admirable on warm walls. 



Honeysuckles. — The wild Honeysuckle, or Wood- 

 bine, Caprifolium Periclymenum, is a capital plant for 

 training up the walls of a house. By planting it on 

 south and north walls a long succession of its 

 flowers may be enjoyed. There are several varieties 

 of it — the Dutch Honeysuckle being one of the best. 

 There are also early and late-blooming species and 

 varieties. A Japanese species, with long, slender 

 branches, and pink and yellow flowers of great 

 sweetness, has been common in gardens for sixty or 

 seventy years under the erroneous name of Lonicera 

 flexuosa ; this has the advantage of being evergreen. 

 So also is the yellow-leaved variety of Lonicera 

 brachypoda, commonly called L. aureo-reticulata, 

 which is another excellent climber from Japan ; 

 it does not, however, produce flowers until it has 

 got thoroughly established, or perhaps we should 

 rather say until it has robbed the soil in which it 

 was planted of most of its nutritive properties, after 

 which it blooms freely, producing yellowish- white, 

 sweet-scented flowers in pairs. The Trumpet Honey- 

 suckle, L. sempervirens, differs from most species in 

 its flowers being without scent ; but the brilliancy 

 of its scarlet blossoms amply makes up for this 

 deficiency. 



Jasmines. — Numerous as are the species of Jas- 

 minum, there are only a few which can be recom- 

 mended for walls out of doors. One of these, 

 revolutum, is a very desirable evergreen, with a 

 profusion of rich yellow flowers in large clusters, 

 the perf ume of which is delicious ; it prefers a warm 

 aspect. The other two species may be said to girdle 

 the year with their blossoms, since the white flowers 

 of J. officinale may be had from May to October, 

 while the yellow blooms of J. nudicaule begin in 

 November, and go on all through the winter, if it 

 be mild, up to April. They grow well in any 

 common garden soil. /. fruticans is another yellow- 

 flowering kind, which blossoms all through the 

 summer, but does not grow more than five or six 

 feet high, whereas the three preceding sorts are 

 often trained from twelve to twenty feet. 



If further variety in climbing plants be wished 

 for, it may be found among the following, most of 

 which, however, require a warm sheltered posi- 

 tion : — 



Alrebia quinata. 

 Berberidopsis corallina. 

 Bridgesia spicata. 

 Euonynius radicans. 

 Lapagena rosea. 



These are all evergreens. 



Lardizabala biteniata. 

 Smilax aspera. 

 Stauntonia latifolia. 

 Trachelosperinuiii jasrain- 

 oides. 



Amongst deciduous climbers the following may be 

 mentioned : — 



Actinidia polygama. 

 CJiauthus pmiiceus. 

 Humulus lupulus. 

 Lycmin barbaruni. 



Physianthus albicans. 

 Sulanum crispum. 

 Tweedia coerulea. 



Some of these, though not strictly climbing plants, 

 lend themselves readily for training against walls. 



There are also some strong- growing annuals and 

 herbaceous plants which may be usefully grown in 

 sunny areas ; for descriptions of which we must 

 refer our readers to our remarks upon balcony and 

 window plants. 



The plants hitherto mentioned for covering walls 

 all partake more or less of the character of climbers. 

 There are, however, many trees and shrubs which 

 have a very ornamental effect if trained against 

 a wall. Several kinds of fruit-trees may be used in 

 this way, particularly Pears, Cherries, and Plums ; 

 and if the wall is well exposed to the sun, a good 

 crop of fruit may be expected to follow in due 

 course. 



Laburnum vulgare. — The common Laburnum may 

 occasionally be seen trained as a wall-tree, with its 

 branches tied to a balcony. 



Laburnum alpinum, or the Scotch Laburnum, is a 

 better kind. It flowers after the common Laburnum. 

 Its blossoms are longer, larger, and more elegant; 

 and they have the additional recommendation of 

 being sweet-scented. 



Pyrus aucuparia. — The Mountain Ash, or Rowan- 

 tree, will grow in almost any soil ; it is found wild 

 in England, in exposed situations, in limestone dis- 

 tricts, and will, therefore, grow in the chalky rubbish 

 that often gets mixed with soil in areas. Its leaves 

 are elegantly pinnate, and its bunches of bright red 

 berries are very showy in the autumn. 



Amongst trees allied to those bearing edible 

 fruits, but grown for the sake of their blossoms, 

 there are many very beautiful kinds which are 

 suitable for ornamenting walls, such as the Japanese 

 Quince (Cydonia Japonica), the Almond, the Double 

 Cherry, the Double Peach, the Flowering Currant, 

 and the Crimson Crab {Pyrus Malus floribunda). 



Among evergreens the following are most useful : 

 — Magnolia grandiflora ; Cotoneaster microphylla, and 

 Crataegus pyracantha, both having white flowers 

 followed by red berries ; Ceanothus azurcus, with 

 bluish-lavender flowers ; Escallonia macrantha, having 

 clusters of little crimson bells ; Illicium religiosum, 

 with bunches of greenish-yellow flowers, and dark 



