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not be neglected ; it will look so much prettier 
with a climbing plant on it than if it is left bare. 
In a warm part of England the choice of plants 
that will thrive is almost unlimited, and even in 
the North some which would die in the open will 
stand the cold winters against a wall. Once the 
climber is planted, the work does not end, as 
it will require training and nailing up every 
year, unless the small Virginian creeper is 
selected, which requires no tying up. Ampe- 
lopsis Veitchi is its Latin name. It will cover 
the wall with green leaves in the summer, and 
red in the autumn. If the wall is to look its 
brightest during the winter months, I should 
advise the planting of the bright yellow-flowered 
jasmine called Jasminum nudiflorum, because 
the flowers appear in the winter on the bare 
twigs before any leaves have come. A charm¬ 
ing sweet-scented plant, which will flower on a 
wall in the winter or very early spring, is 
Chimonanthus fragrans. The flowers, like 
those of the jasmine, come out before the 
leaves as a surprise on a cold January day, 
and scent the air with the perfume of summer, 
but the flowers are a pale yellow and not very 
showy. A brighter yellow flower, which comes 
out later in the spring, is Forsythia suspensa (or 
else Forsythia viridissima, another kind), which 
is extremely pretty. Another brilliant spring 
