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trunks. It can be used as a border to garden 

 paths, being trained along the ground. In such 

 situations it is hardy. It prefers a humid and 

 equable climate near the sea, and will grow best 

 where not subject to severe summer drought. 



Japanese, or Boston. Ampelopsis tricuspidata; 

 syn., A. Veitchii. This clings closely to any 

 structure and grows rapidly and to a great height. 

 The autumn colors are brilliant shades of crimson, 

 dark red and yellow. It will grow freely on tree 

 trunks and is suitable to clothe unsightly clothes 

 poles. Sometimes an objection is made to it that 

 it covers up the ornamental features of brick 

 and stone buildings. This ought not to be charged 

 against the plant. Its vigorous growth can be 

 easily cut back from windows and portions that 

 it is not desirable to cover. 



Kudsu Vine 



(Dolichos Japonicus; syn., Pueraria Thunbergiana) 

 We are frequently asked for the quickest-growing 

 vine for immediate effect. We have seen this make 

 5 feet in a week, but the leaves are not especially 

 ornamental, being of rather coarse texture and 

 resembling its relative, the lima bean. The long, 

 starchy roots are used as food by the Japanese. 

 The vine dies back each winter to the larger stems. 



ROSES, CLIMBING. See under Roses 



Flowers of this Wistaria are the most dense in the bunch 

 and, therefore, the most showy. The rare Wistaria multi- 

 Juga which we offer has flower-stems 3 feet long with the 

 flowers wide apart and of deeper blue. 



Trumpet Creeper Tecoma 



We occasionally see big, red flowers from the top 

 of a tall Locust, and find that they come from this 

 plant which sends up its large stem, as in the tropics. 

 It is native from Virginia southward, where it 

 makes a bad weed in the fields. It has left that 

 habit behind and, therefore, may be extensively 

 used on fences, pergolas, and to decorate woodland 

 borders. 



Virginia Creeper 



(Ampelopsis Quinquefolia) 



On Long Island there are sometimes open forests, 

 especially of Locust trees along the north shore, 

 which look as if their trunks were ablaze. This is 

 the Virginia Creeper, which, with the Sumachs, is 

 first to turn in the autumn. Many people are 

 afraid of this vine because of its resemblance to 

 poison vine, which has three leaflets, while the 

 Virginia Creeper has five. 



Virginia Creeper grows rapidly and makes an 

 excellent shade for porches because it is open in 

 growth and permits the breeze to blow through, 

 especially if annually pruned. Mosquitoes are not 

 so liable to remain as where a thick mass of foliage 

 checks the breeze. It is found growing over the 

 sand-dunes, holding them from blowing and wash- 

 ing, for it will thrive even where occasionally washed 

 over by high tides. 



Wistaria 



This genus is a native of China and eastern 

 United States. They are all rapid-growing vines, 

 with clusters of pea-shaped blossoms. They are 

 always healthy and, like other members of the 

 Pea family, are able to get nitrogen from the air 

 and, therefore, grow on poor soil. 

 Chinese. Kraunhia; syn., Wistaria Chinensis. 

 Just before the leaves appear in May, this will 

 cover the side of a house with porcelain-blue 

 flowers. A unique ornament for the formal gar- 

 den or lawn is a tree-formed Wistaria. It takes 

 several years to train it to a straight stem. We 

 have a number of plants so trained, with heads at 

 5 to 7 feet. When trained this way, the plant 

 cannot spend its energies in making long, rope- 

 like branches, and it produces flowers very abun- 

 dantly, sometimes having a second crop after 

 midsummer. 



White. W. Chinensis, var. alba. A pure white 

 variety particularly appropriate for pergolas, 

 and planting along woodland drives and on old 

 tree trunks. A planting of this kind adds beauty 

 and interest, and only costs the price of the plant, 

 and the trouble of ordering and putting it in. 

 Wistaria multijuga. Japanese, or Loose-clustered 

 Wistaria. Very few opportunities exist for pur- 

 chasing this beautiful plant. You may recall a 

 picture of a Japanese tea garden, with the bridge 

 festooned with a blue fringe 3 feet long. This 

 species grows vigorously here and no vine could 

 attract more admiration when in bloom. It can 

 be planted on pergolas and beside forest trees. 

 The flower buds occasionally winter-kill. 



It is the enthusiasm to search for the beautiful 

 and good plants that characterizes this Nursery. 

 They are propagated and grown without previous 

 demand, even if it takes ten years, in the assurance 

 that'if the plant fits and its merits and deficien- 

 cies be told, it will be used. Therefore, this is a safe 

 place to buy plants. It is not our policy to import 

 and recommend unless plants are permanently 

 good. 



