THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
459 
...JoTment of every waj-farer ; while in the 
wi^er its yellow-tfowered relative, J- 
lights the dim landscape with lU 
!Sden bltssoms, bnt never seen to such 
anoH effect as when associated iMth the 
ortason berries of Ootoneaster niicro- 
'’’’^l^passion flower, and its white variety 
Constance Elliot, are naturally 
their flowering season being succeeds by 
,n almost equally attractive one of fruit- 
bearing, when the orange globes hang like 
schiianicum is quite hardy and a plant of 
great decorative merit, making rapid 
growth, and being admirably adapted for 
covering rough trellis-work, which it 
clothes "with abundant leafage that for 
many weeks is shrouded with a wealth of 
delicate, milk-white flower clusters. Akebia 
quinata is a perennial-flowering climber, 
bearing sweetly-scented flowers of maroon 
hue. . 
Actinidia chinensis, a recent introduc¬ 
tion, is a hardy plant, with large, rounded, 
leaves. The flowers, w^hich are vyhite, are 
not particularly conspicuous, being gene¬ 
rally hidden by the leaves, which also con- 
ceal the black, grape-like fruit, which 
ripens in September. Periploca grseca can 
scarcely be termed showy, yet when pro¬ 
fusely laden with (bloom it is very pretty. 
It is a free-growing, deciduous climber wnth 
firm leav’es four inches in length. The 
flowers are a>bout an inch across and of a 
purplish-crimson colour. Tliey are borne 
in clusters of about a dozen, and are often 
CLIMBING PLANTS ON THE HOUSE FRONT AT DOWN SIDE, 
iry lanterns amid the dark foliage, 
is ana, with its long lavender floi 
iige and delicious scent, is deserv( 
climbers can excel it 
^ pergola. The large-flow< 
ar!3h are valuable for training ^ 
/p seldom-seen scarlet clem 
1 * makes a pretty picture c 
(Tecoma) radicans 
climber,- with flowers < 
orange-scarlet. Polygonum b 
corrugated leaves, a'bout six inches acTOSS, 
and yellow flowers. Another species (A 
arguta) is a very handsome climber, covered 
in the summer with countless clusters of 
white flowers with black-tipped stamens 
It is a rare climber, and is not mentionejl 
in Nicholson’s “ Dictionary of Gardening. 
Menispermum canadense, called the Aloon- 
seed in its native land, is seldom met with, 
but is a very graceful climiber, with long, 
slender, twining steins and delicately thin 
so numerous that the entire plant is a 
mass of blossoms. 
Wyndham Fitzherbert. 
Littonia modest a. —This South 
African member of the lily family is nearly 
related to the gloriosas, and, like them, it 
supports its slender climbing stems by means 
of tendrils at the ends of the leaves. The 
flowers are drooping, bell-sha^d, and of a 
bright orange-yellow colour.—K. 
