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Rosa de Montana or Coral Vine (Antigonon leptopus) 



CHAPTER XVIII 



VINES— FOR COTTAGE AND FOR MANSION 



TT^ROM the multiplicity of vines that may be grown in the 

 ^ South, choice would seem to be unlimited, but in reality 

 there are not a great many on which one can depend for unfailing 

 beauty and grace. First among the evergreen vines for founda- 

 tion walls of buildings and terraces, and also for climbing on pil- 

 lars and pergolas, nothing is more desirable than the English Ivy, 

 Hede7'a helix. For the same purposes, of a lighter green in color, 

 with larger leaves and ranker growth, but much less hardy, is 

 the Hedera algeriensis^ which is a very beautiful vine coming 

 into more and more general use. Of slower growth and suited 

 more for covering walls and banks and carpeting the ground 

 than for climbing to heights is the climbing ^.uonymuSy Euonyjnus 

 radicans. For a close covering of stone or brick or wooden walls 

 the trailing Fig, Ficus repens, is a most beautiful vine. It clings 



