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SELECT LIST OF ORNAMENTAL CREEPERS, 
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 
flowers 
Atragene Sibirica . 
Cydonia Sinensis . 
Corchorus Japonicus 
Lonicera caprifolia 
— — flore rubro 
— flexuosa 
*Magnolia conspicua 
Rosa Boursoulti 
— Indica 
— — centifolia 
— — purpurea 
— — sub-alba 
— - — media 
— — fragrans 
— — alba . 
— odorata 
— — flavesceus 
— semperflorens 
— Barclayana . 
scarlet 
yellow red — 
yellow red — 
Coming into bloom 
white flowers, 
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 — 
4 ft. A spreading shrub, handsome. 
6 ft. A spreading shrub, very beautiful. 
8 ft. A spreading shrub, very beautiful. 
in March and April, 
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 flowers. 
8 ft. 
— Americana . . 
purple 
15 ft. 
Clematis viornia . . . 
purple 
12 ft. 
— — purpurea . 
deep purple 
12 ft. 
*Cobcea scandens . . . 
blue 
20 ft. 
Colutea frutescens . . 
orange 
3 ft. 
Jasminum fruticans 
yellow 
3 ft. 
Lathyrus grandiflorus 
red and purple 
10 ft. 
Lonicera flava . . . 
yellow 
10 ft. 
*Lophospermum erubescens 
rosy purple 
10 ft. 
Passiflora lutea . . . 
yellow 
4 ft. 
— Colvillii . . 
violet red 
12 ft. 
Rosa Banksige 
white 
20 ft. 
— — lutea 
yellow 
20 ft. 
— ruga . . . 
black 
20 ft. 
— sempervirens 
white 
20 ft 
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Deciduous twiner, suitable for arbours, &c. 
Deciduous twiner, suitable for rustic work. 
An evergreen twiner, should be planted in a 
warm sitnation. 
Evergreen, shrubby kind, requires a warm 
situation. 
Deciduous, shrub, will bear exposure. 
Perennial deciduous twiner, very hardy. 
A good climber, deciduous, suitable for trellis. 
Evergreen twiner, does best in a warm situa- 
tion, but will flower in one very exposed. 
Evergreen, does well against the front of a 
stove or greenhouse. 
Deciduous, very hardy. 
Evergreen twiners, they both require a south 
wall to grow them to perfection. They do 
well on trellis, mixed with decid. clematis. 
Deciduous climber. 
An evergreen trailer, good in rustic work. 
