agricultural bulletin 
OF THK 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED iUALAy STATES. 
APRIL, 1911. L VoL ' x 
ORNAMENTAL CUMBERS. 
Many are the uses to which plants coming under this heading 
may be put to, and indeed no garden or house seems complete without 
them. To appreciate them fully it is only necessary to think for a 
moment afid imagine what like our gardens would be without the 
gorgeous display given by such plants. 
So many varieties are now obtainable, that with a little care and 
forethought, plants may be had which will adapt themselves to almost 
any situation be it in shade or sunshine. Nothing can be more pleas- 
ing to the nature-loving eye than to see a few of those plants rambl- 
ing over ugly walls, concealing outhouses and other unsightly places. 
For fences round tennis courts too, no more effective method could be 
obtained for concealing the unsightly, rusty wire netting. 
In England, no garden of any pretensions whatever, would be 
considered complete without its arbours, pergolas and wild garden 
covered with creeping or climbing plants. Here, however, arbours 
and pergolas are almost out of the question, unless, of course, expense 
were no deterrent. Were they made of wood, white ants would soon 
play havoc with them, and perhaps iron uprights would prove too 
expensive for many, these also soon succumbing to the in uences 
of our weather. However, by a few simple devices, these may oe 
dispensed with and a delightful result obtained. 
Trees may be utilized for many of these plants, but care must be 
taken to select such climbers or creepers as will not u tinia e ^ 
the death of the tree itself. Mention may be made of t ie *>v > T 
expensive climbers in this respect Passiflora laurifo ul ^ . >ntn , , 
lauri folia, which are of such luxuriant growth that they m y 
strangle any tree on which they become establishe u 
