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SELECT LIST OF ORNAMENTAL CREEPERS, 
WITH 
REMARKS ON THE SITUATIONS MOST PROPER FOR THEM TO BE PLANTED IN, 
MANAGEMENT, AND HEIGHT OF GROWTH. 
Cydonia (Pyrus) Japonica 
Chimonanthus fragrans 
Chimonanthus grandiflorus 
Coming Into bloom in January and February. 
. scarlet flowers. 4 ft. A spreading shrub, handsome 
. yellow red — 
. yellow red — 
6 ft. 
8 ft. 
A spreading shrub, very beautiful. 
A spreading shrub, very beautiful. 
Atragene Sibirica . 
Cydonia Sinensis . 
Corchorus Japonicus 
Lonicera caprifolia 
— — flore rubro 
— flexuosa 
*Magnolia conspicua 
Rosa Boursoulti . 
— Indica 
— — centifolia 
— — purpurea 
— — sub-alba 
— — media 
— — fragrans 
— — alba . 
— odorata 
— — flavescens 
— semperflorens 
— Barclayana . 
Coming into bloom in March and April 
flowers 
white 
white 
yellow 
white 
red 
light red 
white 
pink 
light red 
purple 
dark purple 
purple white 
light purple 
light purple 
white 
purple white 
light yellow 
red 
purple red 
12 ft. 
4 ft. 
3 ft. 
10 ft. 
10 ft. 
15 ft. 
30 ft. 
13 ft. 
20 ft. 
8 ft. 
6 ft. 
10 ft. 
6 ft. 
Deciduous twiner, suitable for arbours, &c. 
A spreading shrub, handsome. 
Deciduous, suitable for trellis, to be trained 
amongst roses. 
A good climber for wood scenery. 
May be nailed against a wall. 
Evergreen shrubby kind, trains well to trellis. 
Deciduous tree, requiring a south wall. 
Evergreen twiner, for a south wall. 
All evergreen shrubby kinds ; they make a 
fine show when well mixed, and trained 
against a south or south-east wall, where 
they are rather sheltered. The first will 
thrive in the most exposed situations, but 
it flowers finer if the place of growth is 
sheltered from cutting winds. 
Coming into bloom in May and June. 
Atragene Austriaca . . 
blue fl 
owers. 
8 ft. 
Deciduous twiner, suitable for arbours, &c. 
— Americana 
purple 
15 ft. 
Clematis viornia . 
purple 
12 ft. 
Deciduous twiner, suitable for rustic work. 
— — purpurea . 
deep purple 
12 ft. 
•Coboea scandens . . . 
blue 
20 ft. 
An evergreen twiner, should be planted in a 
warm situation. 
Colutea frutescens . . 
orange 
3 ft. 
Evergreen, shrubby kind, requires a warm 
situation. 
Jasminum fruticans . . 
yellow 
3 ft. 
Deciduous shrub, will bear exposure. 
Lathyrus grandiflorus . . 
red and purple 
10 ft. 
Perennial deciduous twiner, very hardy. 
Lonicera flava . . . 
yellow 
10 ft. 
A good climber, deciduous, suitable for trellis. 
*Lophospermum erubescens 
rosy purple 
10 ft. 
Evergreen twiner, does best in a warm situa- 
tion, but will flower in one very exposed. 
Passiflora lutea . . . 
yellow 
4 ft. 
Evergreen, does well against the front of a 
stove or greenhouse. 
— Colvillu . . 
violet red 
12 ft. 
Deciduous, very hardy. 
Rosa Banksia) 
white 
20 ft. 1 
Evergreen twiners, they both require a south 
— — lutea 
yellow 
20ft. \ 
wall to grow them to perfection. They do 
well on trellis, mixed with decid. clematis. 
— ruga . . . 
black 
20 ft. 
Deciduous climber. 
• — sempervirens 
white 
20 ft. 
An evergreen trailer, good in rustic work. 
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