122 VINES 
and worth a trial; the others are not, excepting 
to the lover of variety. 
OTHER VINES 
For a piazza vine, in abundant sunlight, you 
cannot find one more attractive than the white 
jasmine (Jasminum officinale). It blooms all 
summer and its fragrance is delightful, especially 
onastill evening, when its sweetness will penetrate 
to the innermost rooms of the house. Like all 
other plants of exceptional beauty, it requires a 
little extra attention. The plant is a twiner, 
but must be assisted, and if sprayed occasionally 
during the summer it will grow much better. 
In a good, hot, sunny location it will climb to a 
height of twenty feet. 
The nurserymen have frightened people away 
from growing the white jasmine, as they fix the 
latitude of Philadelphia as its northern limit. 
Even our nurserymen have hallucinations. The 
plant can be grown in the latitude of New York, 
if the directions for protecting tender vines 
given in the chapter on winter-killing are carefully 
followed. 
For a combination of foliage and flowers, and 
also for making a heavy screen, which is there to 
stay when the vine is established, the actinidias 
