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Climbing hydrangea, Schizophragma hydrangeoides. 



Clings to walls by rootlets, producing white flowers in midsummer. 



Passion-flower, species of Passiflora and Tacsonia. 

 Used in the South and in California. 



h. Woody twiners 

 Actinidia, Actinidia arguta. 



Very strong grower, with beautiful thick foliage that is not attacked by 

 insects or fungi; one of the best vines for arbors. 



Akebia, Akebia quinata. 



Very handsome and odd Japanese vine; a strong grower, and worthy 

 general planting. 



Honeysuckles, woodbine, Lonicera of many kinds. 



Japanese honeysuckle, L. Halliana (a form of L. Japonica). 



10-20 ft. ; flowers, white and buff, fragrant mainly in spring and fall; 

 leaves small, evergreen; stems prostrate and rooting, or twining and climb- 

 ing. Trellises, or for covering rocks and bare places; extensively run wild in 

 the South. Var. aurea reticulata is similar to the type, but with handsome 

 golden appearance. 



Belgian Honeysuckle, L. Periclymenum var. Belgica. 



6-10 ft.; monthly; flowers in clusters, rosy red, buff within; makes a 

 large, rounded bush. 



Coral or trumpet honeysuckle, L. sempervirens.^ 



6-15 ft.; June; scattering scarlet flowers through the summer; with 

 no support makes a large rounded bush; for trellises, fences, or a hedge; it is 

 one of the list of hardy trees and shrubs recommended for Canada by the Ex- 

 periment Station at Ottawa. 



Honeysuckle, L. Caprifolium, with cup-like connate leaves. 



Good native climbing honeysuckles are L. flava* Sullivanti,* hirsuta* 

 dioica* and Douglasi* 



Wistaria, Wistaria Sinensis and W. speciosa.^ 



The Chinese species, Sinensis, is a superb plant; flowers blue-purple; there 

 is a white-flowered variety. 



Japanese wistaria, W. multijuga. 



Flowers smaller and later than the Chinese, in looser racemes. 



