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I have raised thousands of seedlings of both 

 species of Ampelopsis just named, and many 

 specimens of other species known respectively as 

 A. heterophyla and A. arbor ea, and have crossed 

 some of them. 



The Japanese Ivy and the Virginia Creeper 

 have now been crossed, and it is expected that the 

 combination will produce varieties of value, giv- 

 ing opportunity for the development of new 

 races or ornamental vines to add to the compara- 

 tively limited immber now available. The work 

 is being carried forward on a large scale, and it 

 is probable that the Ampelopsis and the grape 

 may be brought into combination. 



Meantime, I have more lately developed a new 

 variety of Virginia Creeper through selection 

 that has much larger foliage than the ordinary 

 varieties, and that is also a much more rapid 

 grower, with the habit of holding the foliage to 

 a late period in the autumn. As the plant is 

 readily propagated by cuttings, such a new race 

 as this may be distributed indefinitely. 



These vines are grown chiefly for their beauty 

 of foliage alone, although the grapelike berries 

 of the Virginia Creeper are not without some 

 decorative value. 



There are other vines that in some respects 

 rival the Ampelopsis as climbers for the covering 



