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the North, a sorry appearance when winter has browned the 

 foliage. It is pretty in pots as a house plant. 



5. IVY, AMERICAN, or Virginian Creeper, Ampehpsis quin- 

 quefolia. A very fine ornamental rooting climber, growing 

 wild over a wide region. It is often found in company with 

 the Poison Vine, Rhus Toxicodendron, and not unfrequently 

 mistaken for it, yet is easily distinguishable, each leaf having 

 Jive leaflets, rather narrow and toothed, while the Poison Vine 

 has but three, which are broader and smooth-edged. 



6. JASMINE, White, Sweet, &c., Jasminum officinale, &c. A 

 simple, fragrant, and pretty runner, but requires training, hav- 

 ing neither tendrils nor other effective means of self-support. 

 At the North it is only half hardy ; it may be laid down, and 

 either covered with straw or banked with earth. 



7. MILK VINE, Virginia Silk, Periploca Grceca. A wild 

 climber, with rather pretty, clean foliage and purple blossoms, 

 abounding south of New Jersey. 



8. PASSION FLOWER, Blue Hardy, Passiflora cerulea. A 

 free-growing slender tendril climber, called hardy, requiring 

 protection from the severity of winter north of Philadelphia, 

 but springing up from the root annually, and blooming freely. 

 Its flowers, like all of its class, are peculiar and striking. 



9. ROSES, Running, Rosa. Belmont (see page 480) ; Prai- 

 rie Queen, bright rose-color ; Laura Davoust, white, becoming 

 pink ; Baltimore Belle, delicate blush, large clusters, not fra- 

 grant ; Garland, white the well-known old white trellis Rose ; 

 Rampant, pure white ; blooms late. 



There are many other fine varieties, tender at the North, 

 which, however, may be successfully grown if laid down for 

 winter like tender grape-vines, and covered thoroughly with 

 earth. 



10. TRUMPET CREEPER, Common, Chinese Great Flowering, 

 &c., Bignonia radicans, grandiflora, &c. Very strong, luxu- 

 riant-growing rooting climbers. The last is somewhat new, 

 having large dull orange-colored blossoms. The flowers of the 

 Common are scarlet, and more compact. 



11. VINE, Grape, Vitis. The value of the grape as a fruit 

 is perhaps leading us to overlook the beauty of the vine as a 



