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VINE 

 CLMBING 



ACTINIDIA 



A. polygama. Japan. Strong climber of exceptional value where a quick - 

 growing, clean-foliaged plant is desired. Foliage glossy green ; flowers white, 

 with a purple center in July, followed by yellow fruits. 



AKEBIA 



A. quinata. Japan. A charming climber, with shining, almost evergreen 

 foliage and clusters of chocolate-colored, fragrant flowers in June, followed by 

 dark purple berries. Very desirable. 



AMPELOPSIS 



A. quinquefolia. Virginia Creeper. A native climber, very hardy, and of 

 extremely rapid growth. The beautiful leaves are deeply cut and turn to rich 

 crimson in the autumn. An excellent vine for covering trees, walls, rocky 

 slopes and banks. (See plate on page 109.) 



A. quinquefolia, var. Englemanni. Similar to A. quinquefolia^ but of 

 somewhat more clinging habit, and with smaller, denser foliage. Colors beau- 

 tifully in the fall. 



A. tricuspidata ; syn., Veitchii. Japan, or Boston Ivy. Possibly the best 

 known of all climbers. Suitable for planting on walls and about buildings, 

 and when once established it grows with great rapidity and clings very closely 

 to any surface. No plant surpasses it for covering buildings, and it thrives in 

 the heart of the city as well as in the suburbs. The leaves are broad, dark 

 green and glossy, and in the fall color rich crimson. 



ARISTOLOCHIA 



A. Sipho. Dutchman's Pipe Vine. A strong grower, with huge thick 



and shining cordate leaves of a pretty light green, 6 to 12 inches across, and 

 hanging so that they overlap each other. It bears curious purplish pipe- 

 shaped flowers, but it is chiefly for its luxuriant foliage and rapid growth that 

 the plant is valued. 



BIGNONIA. Trumpet Vine 



B. grandiflora. Trumpet Vine. A strong, rapid grower, of rather bushy 



habit, and bearing large flowers of brilliant orange-red. It blooms earlier than 

 f B. radicans. 



B. radicans. Scarlet Trumpet Vine. One of the strongest and most 

 ornamental climbing vines. Its foliage is a deep, rich green, and flowers dark, 

 rich crimson. It is of much more rapid growth than <5. grandiflora, and 

 clings much closer. Unsurpassed for covering trees, rough walls or rocky 

 slopes. 



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