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C.  viticella  rubra  may  be  added.  The  blooms  are  not  large,  but  they 
are  produced  with  great  freedom  from  about  June  to  October.  It  is  of 
very  vigorous  habit,  and  will  grow  in  shady  moist  places,  where  it 
would  be  too  cold  or  too  wet  for  more  delicate  forms  to  do  well. 
C.  icthussofolia  is  also  desirable.  The  stems  are  delicately  slender,  and 
the  plant  atfaitis  to  a  height  of  6  to  7  feet.  The  llowers  are  pro- 
duced  in  groat  abundance,  and  are  Campanula  shaped,  and  of  a  yellowish 
cream  colour.  Their  drooping  habit  has  a  very  pleasing  elToct  when 
the  plant  is  in  full  bloom,  which  is  during  August  and  September. 
Some  of  the  hybrids,  such  as  0.  Countess  of  Onslow  (tig.  9d)  may  bo 
advantageously  grown  in  the  garden  as  well  as  in  the  conservatory. 
While  speaking  of  flowering  climbers  we  must  not  lose  sight  of  the 
in  any  little  spell  of  mild  weather  which  may  occur  in  the  depth  of 
winter.  Of  climbers  which  spring  up  from  the  roots  annually,  the 
best  is  Tropaiolum  speciosum,  which  is  grand  when  seen  drooping 
over  a  bit  of  rockwork,  or  covoiing  a  shmb  or  tree.  It  does  well  on 
a  warm  wall  where  it  can  be  allowed  to  ramble  among  ordinary 
wall  climbers.  The  double  Convolvulus  (Calystegia  pubescens)  is  not 
grown  nearly  so  much  as  it  might  be,  for  it  is  an  excellent  climbing 
hardy  plant,  producing  in  summer  and  autumn  large  rose  coloured 
blossoms.  The  Everlasting  Pea  is  another  valuable  ornamental 
climbing  plant,  of  which  many  varieties  are  in  cultivation,  but  we 
consider  the  white  variety  Lathyrus  latifolius  albus  a  real  gem, 
although  it  has  been  much  neglected  by  gardeners;  its  pure  white 
Fig.  93.— clematis  COUNTESS  OF  ONSLOW. 
climbing  Roses,  which  are  the  joy  of  many  a  garden.  Rut  at  the  same 
time  we.cannot  find  space  in  our  present  article  to  enumerate  any  of 
sorts  which  have  come  under  our  notice.  We  will  pass  on  to"  that 
favourite  of  every  old-fashioned  garden,  the  common  Honeysuckle, 
with  its  sweetly  fragrant  flowers.  The  Honeysuckles  proper,  or 
Lonioera  oaprifolium,  prefer  a  rich,  moist,  but  well-drained  soil, 
while  the  Scarlet  Trumpet  (L.  sempervirens)  and  L.  reticulata,  require 
a  warmer,  lighter  soil,  and  more  sheltered  positions.  The  blue  Passion 
Flower,  and  its  white  variety,  Constance  Elliot,  flourish  in  well-drained 
light  soils,  but  they  require  to  be  planted  in  a  sunny  situation,  and  cut 
back  to  the  old  wood  when  the  leaves  fall. 
The  common  Jasmine  is  perhaps  the  best  climber  for  a  town 
garden,  and  does  equally  well  in  the  country.  The  winter-flowering 
yellow  Jasmine  should  find  a  place  in  every  garden,  flowering  as  it  does 
flowers,  produced  in  a  loose  raceme,  are  simply  lovely.  The  typo 
L.  latifolius  is  also  very  showy.  L.  sylvestris  is  similar,  but  the  plant 
is  smaller  in  all  its  parts.  L.  grandiflorus  is  not  so  rampant  in 
growth  as  L.  latifolius,  but  the  flowers  are  very  large  and  showy, 
having  the  keel  and  wings  dark  purple,  and  the  standard  large  and 
broad  of  a  lighter  shade. 
No  hard  and  fast  rules  can  be  laid  down  in  the  planting  of  climbers, 
for  no  two  gardens  are  alike.  Rut  here  we  have  an  infinite  variety 
of  plants  for  the  embellishment  of  the  garden.  If  possible  they 
should  bo  placed  where  they  can  have  suflicient  room  to  develop  their 
beauty.  Judicious  pruning  to  promote  vigour,  and  the  removal  of 
old  growth  will  be  needed.  Climbers  are  nearly  always  beautiful — 
beautiful  from  the  very  wealth  of  vegetation  that  too  often  is  allowed 
to  run  in  them. — T.  G. 
