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and perhaps cut away a bit here and there. The new varieties of 
Clematis recently raised by Jackman, Noble, and Cripps, are of course 
capital for the trellis ; but they must not be associated with such 
things as montana or flammula, which would run over them ; but, 
on the other hand, be reserved for the smaller and more select kind 
of trellis. On such they will prove very beautiful. The following 
is a list of kinds to be obtained in British nurseries, most of them 
worthy of a trial. Wirings of some kind are so often desirable in 
gardens nowadays, that they will be found most acceptable to many. 
If instead of employing hedges, which require clipping often, we em- 
ployed a covered trellis, how much more tasteful it would look, at 
least for the minor divisions of a garden ! 
Clematis azurea grancliflora, C. Standishii, C. Fortunii, C. Uen- 
dersonii, C. Jacktnami, C. lanuginosa, C. montana, C. nivea, 0. patens 
Amelia, C. p. Helena, O. rubro-violacea, 0. Sieboldii, C. tululosa, G. 
viiieella, C. v. fl. alba, C. v. venosa. 
In covering bowers, it should be considered whether we wish 
them to be deciduous or not. Possibly, if they be near the house, 
it may be disagreeable to have them covered in winter. By using 
herbaceous plants which grow strongly in summer, and entirely sink 
under ground in winter, we may have pleasant shade and flowers in 
the summer, and not a vestige of naked or ragged vegetation in the 
winter ; in fact, none at all. One of the best plants in existence for 
bowers of this class is Convolvulus daliuricus, a pink species, some- 
thing like the common convolvulus — so much so, that many say it is 
the same — but it is larger and finer. There is also a white form of 
the same plant. They run up houses when trellised or trained, up 
railings, etc., beautifully. It is much better to put this plant in a 
position where it cannot ramble about, and become a weed. Calys- 
tegia pubescens fl. pi. may also be used in the same way. We know 
of nothing prettier on a railing than Convolvulus dahuricus. Wis- 
taria Sinensis is not so often seen as a bower as a wall plant ; 
but it may be used in almost any way. We have seen it trained to 
run from the ground up to trees on strong wires, but perhaps a more 
graceful use could not be made of it than to train it over a slender 
arch over a garden wall. It may in many cases be desirable to have 
a trellis-work covered way in a garden, this trellis-work to be covered 
with plants, and shady in summer, and quite bare and clear in winter. 
The Common Hop or the Virginian Creeper are most valuable for 
this purpose, as also is the annual Convolvuhcs major. 
Again we may have Jasminum ravolutum, Lonicera eonfusa, L. 
flava, L. aureo-reticulata, and L. periclymenum ; warm wall for most 
of these. The Common Honeysiiekle, one of the best plants in exis- 
tence, Boses of many kinds, Lgcium Europceum. 
Several annual plants are valuable for trellis-work, and the best 
are Abronia umbellata, Cobea scandens. Sweet Peas, Tropceolum of 
kinds, Maurandias in varieties, Loasa in varieties, Lophospermum, 
Scyplianthus elegans, Thunbergias in warm parts only. Gourds and 
Scarlet Bunners, and lastly, much the best of all, the beautiful 
varieties of Convolvulus major. 
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