Interesting hardy climbers.

Thou art as one Perched on some lofty steeple's dizzy height, Dazzled by the sun, inebriate by long draughts Of thinner air; too giddy to look down Where all his safety lies; too proud to dare The long descent to the low depths from whence The desperate climber rose.

Splendid evergreen climbers, suitable either for the greenhouse or in a sheltered position out of doors.

A charming half-hardy annual climber, bearing singularly shaped flowers, produced on long racemes.

What a pity it is that so ornamental a climber, whose big, dark-green leaves overlap each other as if intended for keeping a house cool in warm weather, is not more generally planted.

" It might be perfectly safe for a practised climber, but Juliet's heart was in her mouth when she reached the projecting corner of cliff where the ledge narrowed to a bare eighteen inches and the rock bulged outwards as if to push off all trespassers.

A rarely seen, deciduous climber, bearing rather inconspicuous greenish-yellow flowers, succeeded by attractive, violet-tinted berries.

A useful greenhouse climber, the flowers of which are valuable for cutting, as they last a long time in water.

Handsome and rapid climbers, with noble foliage, some changing to a deep crimson in autumn.

There was a ledge running round it about three-quarters of the way from the top, and for hours one could see the Turks lying flat on this rude path trying to pick off the intrepid climbers attempting a precarious ascent.

Very elegant half-hardy climbers.

Then she is taken out into the midst of her relations and friends, each of whom gives her four or five blows with pieces of sipo (an elastic climber), till she falls senseless or dead.

Besides several other exogenous woody climbers, of which a very remarkable one is a Bauhinia, with a compressed stem spirally twisted round its axisthe most interesting is Calamus australis, rising in a clump, then arching along the ground and from tree to tree in a similar manner to Flagellaria indica, here also abundant.

Gigantic climbers hung down in long festoons passing from branch to branch, and the more aged trunks supported clumps of ferns and parasitical plants.

As for the other plant, would that it could be introduced likewise, or rather that, if introduced, it would flower in a house; for it is a glorious climber, second only to that which poor Dr. Krueger calls 'the wonderful Norantea,' which shall be described in its place.

I see how plenty surfeits oft, And hasty climbers soonest fall; I see how those that sit aloft Mishap doth threaten most of all; These get with toil, and keep with fear: Such cares my mind could never bear.

Slay the mad climber!

The species of this genus are very pretty and free flowering, some being half-hardy climbers notable for their foliage.

These she sweetened with lime, mixed in her small pan, and applied judiciously to the peach-tree by the grape-arbour, to the thickets of pearl-gray iris, to the beloved roses, prairie climber, Baltimore bell, and General Jacqueminot.

pretty greenhouse climber, bearing cobalt-blue flowers.

The man who has hurried about all day with reputation to be sustained, even at the sacrifice of pride, has suffered more, dared more and knows more of life's terrors than any reckless mountain-climber or any veteran soldier in existence.

He was distinguished among many as a skilful and valiant climber; nor had his laurels been earned without perils and wounds.

Splendid evergreen climbers, suitable either for the greenhouse or in a sheltered position out of doors.

The sunburnt climber was my informant.

I've no doubt she faced a score of them, but, being a swift climber, with lots of rope in her pocket, was able to get away.