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is tried, to treat it as a creeper, and nail it 
to a wall. It will not reach very high, so 
there would be room for some bright flower 
above it, which would look well in contrast to 
the soft gray leaves and mauve flowers of the 
rosemary. Sweet-scented verbena, which is 
so delicious from early summer until the frost 
have told you of already, but another leafy 
thing is the Cotoneaster, with little white 
flowers, followed by red berries, and brighter 
still in winter is the Pyracantha, which has 
large bunches of scarlet berries. In the colder 
parts of England it is a good plan, if rosemary 
MATS PROTECTING VERBENA ON CONSERVATORY 
