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covering the side of a house near Plymouth, and it is said to succeed 

 at Hunstanton, on the Norfolk coast, and in the Isle of Man. The 

 Cambridge plant above referred to is covered with sacks during severe 

 weather in winter. One of the finest climbers that can be grown. 



Convolvulus Scammonia, Scammony, Asia Minor. — I have known 

 this succeed well on a south wall. The name is more common than 

 the plant. It has creamy-white flowers and glaucous foUage. A 

 beautiful plant. 



Ficus stipulata, China and Japan. — This and its small form known 

 as F. minima, is much hardier than is usually supposed, and should be 

 tried out of doors in mild districts. 



Lapageria rosea, Chile. — In Ireland I have seen this doing well, and 

 no doubt it succeeds in Devon and Cornwall, but often it exists only 

 where it is tried out of doors, and does not flourish. In a greenhouse 

 it is sometimes difficult and capricious. The white variety, like the 

 type, is exceedingly beautiful. 



Mandevilla suaveolens, Buenos Ayres. — Was grown by the late 

 Mr. EwBANK on the walls of St. John's Church, at Eyde, in the Isle 

 of Wight. A very beautiful white-flowered climber. 



Trachelosfermum jasminoides, Shanghai. — With dark evergreen 

 leaves, it bears a profusion of white flowers. It succeeds on a south 

 wall. At Kew it once happened to be in stove greenhouse, and on 

 wall of " New Eange," and seemed to flourish equally well in each 

 position. 



Tropaeolum pentaphyllum, Buenos Ayres.— A graceful species, 

 with digitate leaves, dull purple calyx, and bright vermilion petals. Is 

 said to be half-hardy. I have known it grown in a recess outside a 

 greenhouse in Cambridge. — T. tuberosum, Peru. — Has tuberous roots, 

 which are edible when boiled. It is a handsome species, with peltate 

 leaves and yellow and red flowers. Succeeds well against the corridor 

 , if the roots are taken up and stored during the winter. 



- Solanum jasminoides, Brazil. — A beautiful climber in Devon and 

 Cornwall, but capable of flourishing further north, since at Kew I 

 have known dense masses on a south wall. 



Flowering Shrubs. 



Acacia.— In Scilly I remember a fine tree of the beautiful 

 i A. dealhata. In Irish Gardening it is stated to have grown 50 feet 

 high in three years near Bray. Ne,ar Plymouth various kinds have 

 ■ ibeen grown on walls, among them being A. armata and A. verticillata. 

 \ In the warmer parts of .Ireland A. armata can be grown in the open. 

 A. Riceana is grown on a wall near Exeter, ,and produces very fin,e 

 sprays. Is shghtly protected. 



, Ahutilon vitifolium (Bot. Mag. t. 4227), Chile.— I have failed 

 ■with this on the side of my house, but in Cheshire the white variety 

 ^'overing the side of a house a few years ago was one of the most 

 beautiful sights I have seen. At Mount Edgcumbe, near Plymouth, 



