NATIVE PLANTS 



two varieties in cultivation. One has little 

 sucker-like discs which attach themselves to 

 boards, brick, or stone, thus furnishing sup- 

 port for the branches which send them out. 

 This variety needs no assistance in climbing, 

 as it is fully able to take care of itself. The 

 other sort has tendrils like those of the grape. 

 These furnish support for the vines by twining 

 about something or by thrusting their fingers 

 into cracks and crevices. But as these cracks 

 and crevices are not always at hand, and there 

 is not always something in reach about which 

 the tendrils can twist themselves, it will be 

 necessary to assist the plant by stretching wires 

 from point to point or tacking the vines here 

 and there to the wall. This variety is most luxu- 

 riant in growth and is therefore most popular 

 among those who like a great show of foliage, 

 but the other variety is really the most satis- 

 factory in the end, as it makes a closer, shorter 

 covering for a wall, and is in this respect an 

 excellent substitute for the English Ivy. In 

 October both varieties take on a magnificent 

 color, in which crimson and maroon predom- 

 inate. No flowers were ever more vivid than 

 the foliage of these vines in mid-autumn. 

 English people are beginning to appreciate 



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