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PITTOSPORUMS are plants of many sorts. They are easily grown and 

 several of them produce very fragrant blossoms. Some are adapted to 

 hedge planting, others form shrubs, still others become large trees. 



PRIVET is a tall, very hardy shrub with small white flowers in fra- 

 grant clusters, but most prized for the beauty and persistence of its 

 foliage. The so-called California Privet is capital for trimmed hedges. 



PHOTINIA is a large, rounded shrub with large, glossy leaves, some of 

 which assume beautiful shades of pink and red, very conspicuous in the 

 mass of green foliage. Unusual, but one of the best. 



VINES 



AUSTRALIAN PEA VINE. A rapidly growing vine particularly suitable 

 for covering outbuildings and for screens. The small leaves persist 

 throughout the winter. Flowers showy, pea-like in shape, magenta. 



IVY of several sorts is grown with great success in California. The 

 English Ivy, which is the most easily grown, requires no care, is splen- 

 did for covering old stumps or outbuildings and as a substitute for 

 lawns on embankments. The evergreen leaf is broad and angular, 

 thick and of a dark green color. The Boston Ivy is more dainty, of a 

 light green color, passing through all shades of pink to scarlet as win- 

 ter advances. It is capital for brick or concrete walls and chimneys, 

 but also climbs over frame buildings. The Virginia Creeper is some- 

 times confused with Boston Ivy, but differs in having compound leaves. 

 It may be used the same as Boston Ivy. The German Ivy is the most 

 rapidly growing of all, and is particularly suitable for screens. It does 

 not cling to walls as do the other sorts. 



KUDZU-VINE. Suitable for large arbors or screens where foliage is 

 desired only from spring to late summer. Very rapid grower, a single 

 plant covering a trellis twelve feet high and twice as long within a few 

 months. Leaves large, flowers inconspicuous. The immense root yields 

 well. 



PASSION VINES are perhaps the most rapidly growing of all except 

 Kudzu, but their foliage is so heavy and dense that wooden buildings 

 covered by them are subject to decay in rainy portions of the State. 



"POTATO VINE" is a misleading name for Solanum jasminoides a 

 common white-flowered vine. It is a very fast grower, free bloomer, 

 and easily obtained, but the stems are inclined to become straggly. 

 Solanum ranlonetix, a recent introduction, now offered by a few nursery- 

 men, is much superior. It is blue-flowered. 



TRUMPET CREEPER may be trained either as a bush or as a vine. Its 

 rapid growth, pleasing foliage (of a clean, lively green color) and 

 brilliant orange colored blossoms make it a favorite for exposed places, 

 particularly on walls and pergolas. 



