VINES 



VINES 



1939 



chal Niel rose, the Cherokee rose (B. Sinica) and the 

 Banksian rose, R. Banks ice, are all excellent as con- 

 servatory and cool greenhouse climbers. 



The following are among the choicest for warm house 

 culture: Allamauda Schottii and A. Hendersoni are 

 perhaps the best of the allamandas. They have no in- 

 sect enemies and are of easy culture. Among aristo- 

 lochias, A. elegans is the choicest, though A. ornitho- 

 cephalus and A. labiosa are curious. Bougainvillaea 

 speciosa and glabra are handsome stove climbers, and 

 should be included in every collection. They are of 

 easy culture and will flower profusely if given a light. 



i perhaps too 

 uld be in 

 le of the 



warm position. Cle rod en droit Thou 

 well known to require any comnn 

 every collection. Thuribergia ion, 

 handsomest of the thunbergias. It should be grown 

 where it will be somewhat shaded during the warmer 

 parts of the day, as the petals are so delicate that they 

 fade quickly. Among passitloras the scarlet-flowered 

 P. racemosa is excellent; also P. alato-ccsrulea. Their 

 worst enemy is mealy bug. Hoyas, Stephanotis and 

 Plumbago Capensis are all good. Pothos celatocaulis , 

 sometimes catalogued as Marcgravia paradoxa, is a 

 good plant for climbing trunks of palms or tree ferns 

 or damp walls. Cissus discolor and Asparagus pin- 

 mosus are both excellent for training up the supports 

 of plant houses. Solarium Wendlandii is one of the 

 best and showiest vines. Edward J. Canning. 



Vines for Southern California. The following list of 

 vines for this section places them very nearly in their 

 proper order as far as popular demand is concerned. 

 One much -used vine, the ivy geranium, is purposely 

 omitted for lack of knowledge as to its proper place in 

 the list, the demand for this vine being somewhat 

 spasmodic. The ivy geranium, being hardy here, is 

 used for a great variety of purposes, as hanging bas- 

 kets, hedges, and for climbing up the sides and on 

 the roof of a house. Passitloras are unpopular here by 

 reason of the numerous caterpillars that infest them at 

 certain times of the year. Of this list Solarium Wend- 

 landii is probably the most tender, with the bougain- 

 villeas a close second. For the covering of unsightly 

 objects in the least possible time, Ipomcea Leari (Fig. 

 2678) easily takes first place and the loniceras will rank 

 next. Several species of jasmines are worthy of men- 

 tion, but space forbids, as the list could easily be ex- 

 tended to 109 or more. Vines occupy an important 

 place in the horticulture of southern California, as in 

 other warm and sunny countries. 



Bougainvillea, all species; Bignonia venusta; Sola- 

 num Wendlandii ; Lonicera, several species; Ipomcea 

 Leari, Fig. 2678; Tevoma Bicasoliana; Jasminum gran- 

 diflorum; Bignonia Tweed/ ana; Sola num Seaforthia- 

 num, var. azareum; Wistaria Sinensis; Wistaria Si- 

 nensis, var. alba; Solanum jasminoides; Tevoma gran- 

 di flora; Tecoma jasminoides ; Phaseolus Caracalla; 

 Tecoma filiei folia; Harden be rgia monophylla; Hard- 

 enbergia Comptoniana ; Mandevilla suaveolens, Fig. 

 2679; Hoya carnosa ; Clianthus puniceus ; Akebia 

 quinata ; Kennedy a nigricans ; Muehleiibevkia com- 

 plexes; Physianthus albens; Various tacsonias; Figs. 

 2457, 2458, 2680. Ernest Braunton. 



Vines for Middle California. — The number of species 

 of climbing plants cultivated in California for orna- 

 menting town and country homes is large, but on ac- 

 count of the newness of the country and the recentness 

 of introduction of many of them, few species are com- 

 monly seen. In middle California (taking the San Fran- 

 cisco neighborhood as a center) the following are most 

 extensively grown as a covering for porches, arbors and 

 houses: (1) Ampelopsis tricuspidata,(2) Rosa Banksio? 

 and other species, (3) Clematis Jackmani and other 

 varieties, (4) wistarias, (5) tacsonias and passifloras, 

 (6) Lonicera Japonica, var. Hal liana. 



For house adornment the tacsonias are not to be rec- 

 ommended, on account of their rampant and dense 

 growth, which tends to keep the building damp and cold 

 in winter. The Lady Banks rose is a general favorite 

 on account of its evergreen habit and the abundance of 

 blossoms which it produces in spring. Wistaria Chi- 

 nensis is an old and well-tried friend. In spite of a' 



somewhat untidy habit of growth and need of yearly 

 training and trimming, it is probably as much loved in 

 California as in its native land, Japan, on account of 

 the exuberant, lavish freedom with which it showers its 

 wealth upon us in the form of immense trusses of fra- 

 grant flowers. Hall's Honeysuckle has such fragrant 

 blossoms, is so easily reproduced by cuttings and 

 blooms so freely and for such a long period, that it is 

 more commonly grown in country places than perhaps 

 any other vine. 



The following lists are not intended to be complete, 

 but rather suggestive; they are believed to include all 

 the species generally grown in middle California. They 

 are thrown into special-purpose groups. 



Si ction 1. — For houses and places where dense growth 

 would be objectionable. This list does not include all 

 the species at present grown in such places, as several 

 that are frequently so grown have proved unsatisfac- 

 tory. 



2679. Mandevilla suaveolens. 



Tall, , 



•overing the 

 Hardy. 



side of a house. 



Akebia quinata. Figs. 56, 57. 

 Ampelopsis heterophylla, 

 Ampelopsis quinauefolia. 



Fig. 80. 

 Ampelopsis quinquefolia, var. 



Engelmanni. 

 Ampelopsis t ricuspidata. 



Figs. 81, 82. 

 Araujia sericofera (consult 



Physianthus), 

 Bignonia Tweediana, 

 Roussingaultia baselloides. 



Fig. 250. 

 Clematis Henryi. Fig. 488. 

 Clematis Jackmani. Fig. 



489. 

 Clematis kermesina, 

 Clematis moutana. 

 Clematis pauiculata. Figs. 



485, 486. 

 Dolichos Hgnosus, 

 Gelsemium sempervirens, 

 Holbcellia latifolia, 

 Ipomcea Bona-nox. Fig. 1170. 

 Iponicea Mexican a, 



Jasminum grandiflorum, 



Jasminum humile, 



Jasminum miditforum, 



Jasminum officinale, 



Kennedya rubieunda, 



Lantana Camara. Fig. 1239. 



Lonicera Caprifolium. Fig. 

 1316. 



Lonicera Japonica, var. Hal- 

 liana. Fig. 1314. 



Lonicera Japonica, var. 

 aureo-reticulata. 



LoniceraPericlymenum. Fig. 

 1315. 



Mandevilla suaveolens. Fig. 

 2679. 



Ma 



ndia Barclai 



ubescens. 

 Maurandia scandens. Fig. 



1378. 

 Melothria punctata, 

 Periploca Grseca, 



Plumbago Capensis. tig. 



1860. 

 Rosa Banksise, 



