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The two most attractive evergreen vines with blossoms for 

 southern plantings, are Rhynchospermu?njasminoides, the Malayan 

 Jasmme, and Geisemimn sempervirens, the Carolina Yellow Jas- 

 mme, of course, not including the evergreen climbers among the 

 Roses, which are mentioned in a preceding chapter. The Rhvnchos- 

 permum is easily grown and blooms continuously from April to 

 July. It is of rather slow growth, but gains in beauty year by 

 year. Its fragrant clusters of starry white blossoms against the 

 background of rich, dark green leaves always create a most strik- 

 ing picture. 



The Yellow Jasmine is of daintier foliage than the Star Jasmine 

 and its blossoming period is shorter, but it is a mass of golden 

 yellow cups of amazing sweetness just about the time that the 

 purple tones of the fragrant Wistarias are flung out as heralds 

 of the Spring that is to be. These two vines are wonderfully 

 beautiful when planted in conjunction with the Wistarias, /F. 

 chinensis and W. chinensis alba. The Wistaria comes into flower 

 before it shows its leafage and needs an evergreen background 

 to bring out the full beauty of its racemes of purple and white 

 flowers that are usually borne in such rich luxuriance. A per- 

 gola planted with Rhynchospermum and either the white or the 

 purple Wistaria is a picture that never fails to delight. Masses 

 of the purple blossoms hanging from the top of a leafless, weather- 

 bleached grey tree trunk with a long reach of green turf in the 

 foreground and evergreen shrubbery in the background, was one 

 of the finest pictures caught by the camera artist this fleeting 

 Spring and cherished thus for a leaf in memory's garden book. 



The Boston Ivy, Ampelopsis Veitchii, and the Virginia Creeper, 

 Ampelopsis quinquefolia, are two of the hardy vines that are 

 used for covering walls and structures where it is not advisable 

 to use evergreen vines. For screening porches on the second 

 floor Ampelopsis arborea, the Pepper Vine, is a handsome climber 

 with compound leaves of a beautiful bluish green that climbs 

 quickly to great heights. The blossoms are insignificant, but 

 very fragrant, and the bees are very fond of them. The berries 

 are at first red and finally black, and borne in such quantities 



