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THE PRACTICAL GARDEN -BOOK 



PERENNIAL WOODT CLIMBERS FOR THE OPEN 



Tendril-climbers 

 Ampelopsis tricuspidata. 

 Clematis of many kinds. 

 Grape of various kinds. 

 Greenbrier. 

 Ivy (by roots). 

 Roses (scramblers). 



Twiners 



Actinidia polygama. 

 Akebia quinata. 

 Aristolochia, or Dutchman's 



Pipe. 



Bittersweet, or Celastrus. 

 Honeysuckles. 



Trumpet Creeper (by roots). Moonseed. 



Virginia Creeper. 



Wistaria. 



Violet. While the culture of Violets as house- 

 plants rarely proves successful, there is no reason why a 

 good supply may not be had elsewhere through the greater 

 part of the winter and the spring months. A sheltered lo- 

 cation being selected, young plants from runners 

 may be set in August or September. Have the 

 ground rich and well drained. These plants will 

 make fine crowns by December, and often will 

 bloom before weather sufficiently cold to freeze 

 them. In order to have flowers through the 

 winter, it will be necessary to afford some pro- 

 tection to the plants. This may best be done 

 by building a frame of boards large enough to 

 cover the plants, making the frame in the same 

 way as for a hotbed, four to six inches higher 

 at the back than the front. Cover the frame 

 with sash or boards, and as the weather be- 

 comes severe, mats or straw should be placed over 

 and around the frame to protect the plants from 

 freezing. Whenever the weather will permit, 

 the covering should be removed and air admitted, 

 but no harm will come if the frames are not dis- 

 turbed for several weeks. A large amount of sunlight and 

 a high temperature through the middle of winter are to 

 be avoided, for if the plants are stimulated a shorter 



