Vines 333 



ALLEGHANY VINE (Adlumia cirrbosa). Very quick-growing biennial. 

 Flowering first season. Delicately cut foliage like maidenhair fern. 

 Pinkish white flowers in profusion in summer. Give cool soil. 

 Transplant in fall. A weakling, requiring attention in training. 



AMPELOPSIS. See IVY, BOSTON, and VIRGINIA CREEPER. 



BITTERSWEET, FALSE (Celastrus scandens). Best for bright fruit effects 

 in winter, succeeding in shady or sunny position. Capsule bursts, 

 exposing crimson seeds. Attains a height of 20 feet. Propagates 



easily by seeds sown in fall. , JAPANESE (C. orbiculatus). 



More vigorous, but fruits are hidden by foliage till late. 



CANARY-BIRD VINE (Trop&olum peregrinum). Best annual yellow- 

 flowered vine. Attaining 20 feet in hot, sunny location, and 

 on dry ground. For bloom from July till frost sow indoors in March. 



CINNAMON VINE, YAM (Dioscorea divaricatd). Loose clusters of cinna- 

 mon-scented white flowers, borne profusely. July, August; 10 to 30 

 feet. Root a huge tuber, 2 to 3 feet long. Tubers produced in the 

 leaf axils, and sown like seeds, will make root tubers in two years. 



CLEMATIS, JAPANESE (C. paniculata). Best fall-blooming clematis for full 

 sun. Profusion of white, fragrant flowers in September. Visited by 



bees. Prune severely in winter. , JACKMAN'S (C. Jackmani). 



Best purple-flowered vine. Blooms 4 to 6 inches across. June, 

 July. Also numerous varieties, varying to white and red-purple. 



The best white form is C. Henryi. August, November. , 



RED (C. Viorna^ var. coccined). Carmine or scarlet sepals. 

 June, August. Flowers globular, about i inch long. All the clem- 

 atises need heavy feeding and abundant water and severe pruning. 

 See also VIRGIN'S BOWER. 



CREEPING SPINDLE (Euonymus radicans). Evergreen. Compact grow- 

 ing, self-supporting on walls, trees, etc. Resists smoke. Hardier 

 than English ivy, but slower growing. Very variable in size and 

 colouring. Grows to great heights. 



CRIMSON GLORY (Vitis Coignetia). One of the best strong-growing 

 vines, much like the fox grape, but becoming brilliant scarlet in 

 fall. Best raised from seeds. 



DUTCHMAN'S PIPE (Aristolochia macrophylla or Sipho). Best very large 

 leaved vine for dense shade. Use for screens or arbours. Almost 

 round leaves about a foot across. Flowers V-shaped, purplish- 



