594 VINES AND CREEPERS. 



THE PEPPER-VINE. Ampelcpsis bipinnati. A variety with 

 compound pinnate leaves, of lesser growth than the preceding, and 

 not so close a creeper. 



THE AKEBIA. Akebia quinata. A vine of delicate appearance, 

 recently introduced, which has proved thrifty and hardy; and 

 covers whatever it climbs upon so well with foliage that it is already 

 quite a favorite. Flowers in clusters, bluish-violet, sweet-scented ; 

 in May and June. 



THE BIRTHWORT. Aristolochia. This is a twiner and climber. 

 It is therefore unsuited for walls ; but its great heart-shaped leaves, 

 from seven to twelve inches in diameter, borne with tropical lux- 

 uriance, make the finest exhibition of massy foliage for covering 

 isolated artificial constructions of anything we know of. It is 

 found wild in the middle States, and climbs to the tops of lofty 

 trees. The flowers are the shape of a syphon or hook, of a yel- 

 lowish-brown color, borne in May and June. It requires a deep 

 rich dry soil. 



THE COMMON TRUMPET CREEPER. Bignonia (Tecoma) radi- 

 cans. This is a true creeper, with long pinnate leaves composed of 

 seven to eleven leaflets. It adheres to the bark of trees and to 

 walls with the same tenacity as the Virginia creeper, and its growth 

 is equally vigorous, but its vigor tends more to the top, so that the 

 trunk and large branches become bare as it grows old. The leaves 

 appear late in the spring, and are not brilliant in autumn. Its 

 magnificent trumpet-shaped flowers are from three to four inches in 

 length, borne in clusters in August and September, and of a brilliant 

 orange color. It is a superb vine to grow on old evergreen trees 

 that are not in themselves pleasing. 



THE LARGE-FLOWERED TRUMPET CREEPER. Bignonia (Tecoma) 

 grandiflora. This is a Chinese variety with much larger, more 

 open, and equally brilliant flowers of similar color, and with 

 similar foliage to the trumpet creeper, but not quite so vigorous and 

 hardy. Flowers pendant, in large clusters, in July and August. 



THE DARK RED TRUMPET CREEPER, B. (T.) atrosanguinea, is 



