THE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS — CLIMBERS 317 



Dutchman's pipe, Aristolochia rnacrophylla {A. Sipho)."^ 



A robust grower, possessing enormous leaves. Useful for covering verandas 

 and arbors. 



Wax-work or false bitter-sweet, Celastrus scamdens* 

 Very ornamental in fruit; flowers imperfect. 



Japanese celastrus, C. orbiculatus {C. articulatus of the trade). 



C. articulatus and C. scandens are in the list of 100 trees and shrubs recom- 

 mended by the Experiment Station at Ottawa for Canada. 



Moonseed, Menispennum Canadense.* 



A small but very attractive twiner, useful for thickets and small arbors. 



Bokhara climbing polygonum, Polygonum Baldschuanicum. 



Hardy North, although the j^oung growth may be killed ; flowers numerous, 

 minute, whitish; interesting, but does not make a heavy cover. 



Kudzu vine, Pueraria Thunbergiana {Dolichos Japonicus) . 



Makes very long growths from a tuberous root; shrubby South, but dies 

 to the ground in the North. 



Silk vine, Periploca Grceca. 



Purplish flowers in axillary clusters; long, narrow, shining leaves; rapid 

 growing. 



Potato vine, Solanum jasminoides. 



A good evergreen vine South, particularly the var. grandiflorum. 



Yellow jasmine, Gelsemium sempervirens.* 



A good native evergreen vine for the South, with fragrant yellow flowers. 



Malayan jasmine, Trachelospermum (or Rhynchospermum) jasminoides. 

 A good evergreen vine for the South and in California. 



Climbing asparagus, Asparagus plumosus. 



Popular as an outdoor vine far South and in California. 



Jasmines, Jasminum of several species. 



The best known in gardens are J. nudiflorum, yellow in earliest spring, 

 J. officinale, the jessamine of poetry, with white flowers, and J. Sambac, the 

 Arabian jasmine (and related species) with white flowers and unbranched 

 leaves; these are not hardy without much protection north of Washington 

 or Philadelphia, and J. Sambac only far South. 



