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JAPANESE HONEYSUCKLE (Lonicera Japonica Halliana), 

 Fig. 120. This vine has the advantage that it will 

 ' ' grow ' ' under almost any condition. The flowers are 

 yellow, changing to a pure white, and are fragrant and 

 abundant from June to September. It should be trained 

 to wire netting or some other support, for if allowed to lie 

 on the ground every branch will take root and it becomes 

 difficult to eradicate it, except by constant pulling and 

 hoeing up of all suckers not desired. With a slight protec- 

 tion of leaves, straw, or pine boughs, or by the vines lying 

 on the ground, the leaves remain perfectly green all winter, 

 but in full exposure they turn brown during the latter part 

 of winter and are anything but ornamental. This is a 

 valuable shrub for covering dry or steep embankments 

 which are difficult to cover with grass. 



FIG. 121. CHINESE WISTARIA ( Wistaria sinensis). 



CHINESE WISTARIA ( Wistaria sinensis), Fig. 121. 

 One of the most rapid growing vines, producing large 

 pendent panicles of light blue flowers in great profusion. 

 It is one of the few vines that will twine around large sup- 

 ports, pillars of verandas, or arbors. 



