DIFFERENT CHARACTERS OF CLIMBING PLANTS. 
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gardens. The greater part of them are, moreover, easily propa¬ 
gated, by seed, by layers, or by cuttings. 
The following are a few of the most showy tropical climbers :— 
Convolvulus verticillata. 
Thunbergia grandiflora. 
Heteropteris caerulea. 
Convolvulus maximus. 
Cryptostegia grandiflora. 
Pharbitis Learii. 
Teramnus volubilis. 
Galactia pendula. 
Dalbergia scandens. 
Ipomcea Roxburghia. 
-- involuerata. 
Thunbergia coccinea. 
Columnea scandens. 
Combretum purpureum. 
Corepegia elegans. 
Aristolochia adoratissima. 
Petrea volubilis. 
Bignonia floribunda. 
Combretum comosum. 
Ipomoea longiflora. 
Ipomcea speciosa. 
Quisqualis pubescens. 
Bignonea venusta. 
Ionesia scandens. 
Pterocarpus scandens. 
Nepenthes phyllamphora. 
-distillatoria. 
Clematis grandiflora. 
Bignonea grandiflora. 
Banisteria splendens. 
Thunbergia elata. 
Solandra grandiflora. 
Gonolobus grandiflora. 
Passiflora hirsuta. 
-edulis. 
Bauhinia scandens. 
Jasminum angustifolium. 
-scandens. 
Ipomcea grandiflora. 
Beaumontia grandiflora. 
The following climbers are suitable for either the greenhouse 
or conservatory :— 
Cobsea scandens. 
Clematis chinensis. 
Jasminum grandiflorum. 
Clematis Massoniana. 
Caparis spinosa. 
Aristolochia glauca. 
Kennedia monophylla. 
-coccinea. 
Lophospermum rodochiton. 
Passiflora caeruleo-ramosa. 
---incarnata. 
Caprifolium Japonicum. 
Caprifolium flexuosum. 
Tecoma grandiflora. 
- capensis. 
Billardiera fusiformis. 
Convolvulus pannifolius. 
Sollya heterophylla. 
Bignonia capreolata. 
Billardiera scandens. 
-longiflora. 
Wistaria consequana. 
Kennedia Comptoniana. 
Lophospermum erubescens. 
Hardy climbers being so common and well known, need scarcely 
be named ; but a few may be mentioned, especially as several of 
the new roses have acquired the character of climbers. Of these 
the principal are what are called Ayrshire roses, of which there 
