VINES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES 283 
Vines grown for their curious fruit: 
Dioscorea bulbifera Abrus precatorius 
Ecballium Elaterium Monstera deliciosa 
Cardiospermum Halicacabum 
Vines for their ornamental fruit : 
Ampelopsis quinquefolia (varieties) Momordica Charantia 
Celastrus scandens Lycium Chinensis 
Gourds Humulus lupulus 
Vines that make good specimens for a lawn: 
Wistaria brachybotrys Lonicera Heckrotti 
Tecoma radicans var. speciosa Clematis (large-flowered) 
Climbing roses 
Best vines for standing the hot, dry air of a 
dwelling-house: 
Hoya carnosa Hedera Helix 
Hoya globosa Jasminum officinale 
Asparagus Medeoloides Asparagus plumosus 
Vines that look well covering dead shrubs: 
Adlumia cirrhosa Clematis paniculata 
Coccinea cordifolia Lonicera reticulata var. aurea 
Eccremocarpus scaber Lathyrus latifolius (Perennial pea) 
Best vines for covering dead trees: 
Ampelopsis quinquefolia Actinidia arguta 
Wistaria Chinensis Vitis Labrusca 
Tecoma grandiflora Ampelopsis heterophylla 
Vines for covering telephone poles and such 
tall, thin objects: 
Ampelopsis (all varieties) Hedera Helix 
For covering the trunks of trees, vines that will 
confine themselves to the trunk are: 
Lonicera Japonica (all varieties) Euonymus radicans 
