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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



VINES. 



Umler llic titli- "Mvc Covers for Coun- 

 try Homes" the Kxperiiueiit Station at 

 New Brunswick, .\. J., rccentlv issued 

 in its bulletin Xo. 141 ii <^ie:ii deal of 

 useful iiiformaticin lejrurdiiig vines, 

 prepared by Prof. Uynm D. JIalsted' 

 the botanist and horticulturist of the 

 station. The matter was ver\- freely 

 illustrated and we are pleased to be 

 able to reproduce in the Review some of 

 the illustrations and a jortion of the 

 printed jnatter. 



List of Vines. 

 From a somewhat e.\tended corre- 

 spondence with the various experiment 

 station botanists and iK'vt irnlturi'ts 

 upon the subject in han.l. ;iihl \.. :J| „f 

 whom my thanks are i^c nn .n-U , \i,.||i|- 

 ed, the following list" ..t pljni- ijunvn 

 as house covers has been divfloped. The 

 number of times a plant has been favor- 

 ably mentioned is shown by the figure 

 following the same: 



1. American ivy (Parthcnoeissus quin- 

 quefolia L.), 20. 



2. Climbing roses (Rosa sp.), 14. 



3. Trumpet creeper (Tecoma radi- 

 eans Juss.), 13. 



4. Honeysuckles (Lonicera sp.), 13. 



5. Chinese wistaria (Wistaria Chinen- 

 sis DC), 12. 



6. Japanese ivy (Parthenocissus tri- 

 euspidata Seib. & Zucc), 10. 



7. Virgin's bower (Clematis Virgini- 

 anaL.), 1). 



S. False Bitter-sweet (Celastrus 

 scandens L. ), 8. 



9. Jackman"s clematis (Clematis Jack- 

 mani Jack,), 7. 



10. Clematis paniculata 'J'liunb.. (>. 



11. Clematis, 5. 



12. Dutchman's pipe ( Aristolochia 

 maerophylla Lam.), 5. 



13. English ivy (Hedera Helix L.), 4. 



14. Wild grape (Vitis sp.), 4. 



15. Aristolochia, 4. 



16. Akebia (Akebia quinita Decne. ), 4. 



17. Passiflora, 3. 



18. Hop (Humulus Lupuhis L.), 3. 



19. Bignonia, 3. 



20. Matrimony vine (Lyeium barba- 

 rum L.), 2. 



21. Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt.. 2. 



22. Moonseed (Menispermum Cana- 

 dense L.), 2. 



23. Silk vine (Periploca grneoa L.). 2. 



24. Solanum iasminoides Paxt., 2. 



25. Ipomoea, 2. 



26. Jessamine, 2. 



27. Chili jessamine, 2. 



The Setting of Vines. 



In the first place, no luatlcr what 

 plants are to he grown, thev demand a 

 good i.ri-],aration of the soil. Many 

 think it is only a small matter to "stick 

 out a \iiie," and it can be done at any 

 odd lime and in any sort of a wav, and 

 here is where the greatest number of 

 failures occur. If the same vine with 

 the same care (or lack of it i liml Ijeen 



set : 



have b<M II ni.iir .i|,i i,, ^ i i,,. .,,\,. 



of the Willi 1- ihr |,I:m,. .., ,,M , ih, ,. II, at 



is not alir:oK jii r|Mi .J I ,,i\r ihi- 



plant that is" to climl,, and this is em- 

 phatically true with new walls where the 

 material, instead of being earth, is a 

 mixture of mortar and brick, ashes, lath 

 and plaster, in short, the refuse of the 

 building not yet subdued by lime and 

 enriched by the overgrowth of <nas3. 



as carefully as one w<nil(i set a young 

 orchard or vineyard plant. The writer 

 has done all this ami then forgotten one 

 reiiui^ilr ;iih| i.iiluie resulted. The plant 

 is 1". iili,iil\ . \|M,-.cil and needs a guard 



plai"! ihl II. or it will get pulled 



up, lruilili:n duuu ur otherwise destroyed. 

 Water is occasionally needed, and the 

 stems sometimes require aid in getting 

 hold of the wall, if an ivy, or the sup- 

 port that must be provided for it. Re- 

 member that as yet the vine is small, 

 weak and tender. 



The Japanese Ivy. 



For strictly ornamental purposes up- 

 on stone or brick there is perhaps noth- 

 ing in our state that surpasses or even 

 equals the Japanese ivy or Boston ivy 

 (Parthenocissus tricuspidata Sieb. and 

 Zucc), the Ampelopsis Veitchii of the 

 gardeners. It is a native of China and 

 Japan and was introduced into this 

 country in the latter half of the cen- 

 tury, and particularly, in and around 

 Boston, Mass., where the writer first be- 

 came familiar with it, nearly thirty 

 years ago. It is a rapid grower and a 

 remarkably close dinger by means of 

 its many discs, and, with its handsome, 

 deeply-angled, rich green leaves, it quick- 

 ly covers a wall with an attractive man- 

 tle of foliage. The young stems, closely 

 applied to the brick or stone with their 

 nearly sessile leaves, regularly and al- 

 ternately disposed, is perhaps more at- 

 tractive than the older stems with their 

 large leaves hanging out with glossy 

 blades tipped downward as so many 

 loose, live shingles to shed the water and 

 catch the sun. As the season advances 

 the foliage catches the tints of the au- 

 rora and sometimes producing a wealth 

 of purple and gold that is charming to 

 see. Individual plants differ materially 

 in this respect, and some will hold to 

 green and the dark-wood tints until the 

 leaves fall-, while others get the bright- 

 ness of the oriole quite early in theau- 

 tunin. It is likely that soil and situa- 

 tion may have much to do with this, for 

 when the ground is poor or dry and the 

 vine is growing upon a fully sun-exposed 

 wall the richest tints are often realized. 

 This feature of rich , .ilm :, (i,,,, I,;,- l„,ii 

 dwelled upon; but it i- "\\]\ i1m> iimi 



ing charm of a choii limlMirj .InMii 



five plant that merit- :i |.l,i.r <>n ini, 

 or brick wlincvn- ,i ,.,,i u,,i,, ;. ,,,ot. 



and I know of only a few specimens in 

 this section that are successfully grown." 

 When the Pacific coast is reached, the 

 Japanese ivy is again' the favorite, and 

 leads all others in some localities, ai - 

 lording to Professors Shinn and Davy. 



It lias been shown that the best ot 

 vines for one locality is not the favorite 

 evel•}'^vhere. The Japanese ivy is highly 

 c-fl'cetive for a considerable area from 

 M.i--;i liii-.ii- to Florida, but north of 



''"" 'iii'l I": 1 the Missisippi river, 



1 I- I'lnlri. ,111,1 does not appear again 

 i!i 11- liiiniiy until the moist, even, soft 

 rliiiiate of the Pacific coast is reached. 



Tie American Ivy. 



'I'll'' Aiiiri j.-.iii i\\, |,:,,|„ih- so-called 

 I'.iiili.ii" i--ii. . ,11111, ,11, hdia L.), and 

 I" ili;i| - ;i- ■ II. 11 k!i-»ii .1- ihe Virginia 

 iM'd"''- '""I ' i I en, ■ii-l\ ■•Woodbine," is 

 very elo>. I\ i, l.n, .1 lu ihe .species of the 

 same genu- I1..111 .i:i|i,iii and China above 

 considered. Ihi- hull climbing vine of 

 the grape laiiiily 1., native in the wood- 

 lands from "Quebec to Manitoba, Flo- 

 rida, Texas and Mexico," and therefore 

 has accommodated itself to a Ivide range 

 of climate from the cold northern re- 

 gions to those of great heat. 



The American ivy and the Japanese 



i\.\ siaihl ai tlic head of the list of live 

 c'l'i- 1-1 isilN of brick or stone, in 

 I I'', iii.i iiiiiiiial other than wood. 

 I"" h ha- II- ,i\Mi peculiarities; the Jap- 

 anese i\y I- I he , l,,.;er dinger, and 

 makes a c.n.r m ^^llhl, the three-point- 

 ed leaves haiiL: cl,,-cly .me over the other 

 like shingles. To .-onie it is so uniform 

 that it is tiresome, and preference is 

 given to the American ivy with its more 

 irregular growth and festoons and ;jar- 



and there no choice remains between 

 the two. This condition of things sug- 

 gests the superior value that may reside 



.|U.-n..ii. nil. I til.' |.i..,luction of a form 

 Hull will Ih.I.I IliiMly t.i walls and with 

 i.ili.iui' iliiii iiiiiy In' a happy combina- 

 11. '11 .d' I li.- < .iiii| .iiiihl ■Tive-finger" of the 

 \ni.'ii,iin I. Mil, iiii.l the deeply three- 

 l..li..l li'iil ..t 111.' .I.i|iiincse species. At- 

 tempts arc ii.iw iiinl.r way to obtain 

 such a ii-iiH nil. I -..lire a' form that 

 has the lini.liii. -s i|,,ii will permit its 

 being grown in ic^ions where the Japa- 

 nese ivy is now excluded. 



The Wistarias. 



lat differ 

 that hav( 



The Wi-li,ii,i- 111,' 



ent in tv),.' 1 iiii\ . 1 



thus far I.. .11 . .m-id. 1 

 place they ,.:. l. iiiiin. umimi-;, that is, 

 they turn 111. .1111. 1 Hi, .li.j.ct of support. 

 Unlike th,' .kipmi, -, uy. they do not 

 make a sm h. -i,, n. leafy surface up- 

 on the wall, as il cliijped even with a 

 lawn mower, but have the opposite habit 

 of exceedingly loose growth, and are 

 at their best when producing great fcs- 

 Uu,u< nV.ug the ...iiii.e of the high 

 li.'ii','. «illi il- -I. Ml. Ilk,' a great sinu- 

 • u- i.ij,.'. .1.'. ,11, 111, 'J 1,1 ih,' ground along 

 ilic xiati'i pill,'. I h, Wistaria is noth- 

 ing if it is not lofly and is scarcely 

 beautiful until it can overflow the roo'f 

 of house or piazza, or both, with its 

 huekels full of pendulous lilac blooms 

 III -pi ing. f.ilhiw.'.l h\ the great sprays 

 Mid -|.l;i.h,'- .d- L'l.'.'ii liiler in the sca- 

 "11 -\- if led -,iii-li..| with one bold 

 .iii,iii|.t to suipri-c it -elf and all the 



