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fruits large and very like the common grape in looks but 

 falling when ripe ; musky and sweet ; this lifts by tendrils and 

 must be provided with tendril supports. 



3 — Clematis lanuginosa, Henryi: large-flowering clematis; 

 climbing to fifteen feet; deep loamy soil in full sim; cream 

 white flowers, four inches across; blossoms in August and 

 September ; lifts by coiling leaf stalks ; give strong and rigid 

 support from the groimd some distance up, so that the 

 plants will not whip in the wind ; an iron rod or a light wood 

 trellis is the best thing. 



4 — Tecoma radicans (or Bignonia r.): trumpet creeper; strong 

 iiigh chmber; any soil; scarlet trumpet-shaped flowers; 

 blossoms in July and through August ; lifts by aerial rootlets 

 which clings to surfaces as persistently as the disks of disk- 

 climbers. 



5 — Ampelopsis quinquefolia, Engelmanni: variety of Virginia 

 creeper ; high-climbing ; any soil ; colors brilliantly in autumn ; 

 varies in habit so that it may require tying up or it may lift 

 by disks. 



6 — Lonicera Periclymenum, Belgica: Dutch honeysuckle; climb- 

 ing to twelve or fifteen feet; any soil; flowers red outside; 

 blossoms all summer; climbs by twining. 



LOW SHRUBS SUITABLE FOR BASE OF BUILDINGS 



1-^Berberis Thunbergii: Japanese barberry; two to four feet 

 high; any soil and in sun or shade; small pendant yellow 

 flowers in April or May; bright scarlet berries persisting 

 all winter; fine foliage, very brilliant in autumn color. 



2 — Forsythia suspensa, Fortunei: pendulous golden bells; eight 

 feet high; any soil; yellow flowers Uke bells the length of 

 the branches before the leaves appear in spring ; the branches 



