CHAPTER XII 



SELECTIONS OF CLIMBING PLANTS AND WALL SHRUBS 



Annual Climbers — Hardy Deciduous and Herbaceous Climbers — Hardy 

 Evergreen Climbers — Hardy Wall Shrubs — Climbers for Growing 

 under Glass — Roses — Clematises. 



Annual Climbing Plants 



(With some Perennials which may be flowered the same 

 year as sown.) 



Hardy. 



Amphicarpea monoica, violet and white. 



Convolvulus major, in variety (syn. Ipomaea purpurea). 



Echinocystis lobata, white, fruit spiny. 



Ipomoea purpurea, in variety. 



Lathyrus odoratus, Sweet Pea, in variety. 



sativus azureus, blue. 



tingitanus, red-purple. 



Maurandya barclayana, violet-purple, etc 

 Tropaeolum lobbianum, in variety. 



majus, Nasturtium, in variety. 



— peregrinum, Canary Creeper, yellow. 



Half-hardy. 



Adlumia cirrhosa, pink, biennial. 

 Cobaea scandens, violet. 



macrostemma, yellowish. 



Cucumis acutangulus, curious fruit. 

 Dudaim, melon-like fruit. 



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