338 SMALL TREES AND SHRUBS. 



Periploca Graeca (Virginian silk), a rapid grower, with 

 curious brown flowers. 



Trumpet Flower (Bignonia radicans), producing dull, 

 crimson flowers in August. 



Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia siplio\ a fine climber, 

 with large leaves and curious flowers. 



Virginia Creeper (Ampelopsis Virginica) ; very useful 

 for covering walls and fences. A rapid grower, and very 

 beautiful in autumn. 



The different species of Clematis are very ornamental. 

 C. flammula, Viticella, Virginica, and Azurea grandiflora, 

 are the best. 



Honeysuckles are favorites with all, and our selec- 

 tion from the many varieties would be Scarlet and Yel- 

 low Trumpet (Lonicera Periclymenum and aurea), Dutch 

 Monthly (Belgica), Japan Twining (Japonica). 



And, lastly, the Chinese and our native Wistaria (W. 

 sinensis and frutescens), which are always favorites from 

 their clusters of purple flowers. 



We must have some climbing roses. Let us, then, 

 choose the pink and red Bousault for early bloom, and 

 from the prairies, Queen of the Prairie, Baltimore Belle, 

 Superba, Milledgeville, and Perpetual Pink. If we can 



