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older. The older stems of striped maple as well as the young ones are 

 attractive. 



Shrubs or small trees in which the young stems are brilliant in winter 

 should be cut back erery spring. 



There are many other interesting phases of bark, leaves, twigs, buds and 

 flowers, familiar to students of nature, but they cannot all be enumerated 

 here. 



NATIVE CLIMBING PLANTS. 



"The selection of plants to cover bowers, trellises, railings, old trees, 

 stumps, rootwork, etc., suitably, is an important matter, particularly as the 

 plants fitted for these purposes are equally useful for rough rockwork, 

 precipitous banks, flanks of rustic bridges, river-banks, ruins natural or 

 artificial, covering cottages or outhouses, and many other uses in garden, 

 pleasure-ground, or wilderness." W. Robinson, in " The Wild Garden." 



These may be divided into five sections according to their method of 

 getting themselves up in the world. 



SECTION 1. Root Climbers. 



Ampelopsis quinquefolia, Michx. Virginian Creeper. American Ivy. Sometimes 



by roots; but mostly by tendrils. 

 Rhus Toccicodendron, L. Poison Ivy. 



SECTION 2. Twiners. 



a. Woody Twiners. 



Oelastrus scandens, L. Climbing Bitter-sweet. Wax-work. 

 Lonicera glauca, Hill. Small Glaucous Honeysuckle. 



" hirsuta, Eaton. Hairy Honeysuckle. 

 Menispermum Canadense, L. Moonseed. 



b. Herbaceous Twiners. 



Apios tuberosa, Moench. Ground-nut. 

 Convolvulus sepium, L. Hedge Bindweed. 

 ' Dioscorea villosa, L. Wild Yam. 

 Humulus Lupulus, L. Hop. 

 Ipomcea pandurata, Meyer. Wild Potato-Vine. 

 Polygonum cilinode, Michx. Fringe-jointed Polygonum. 



dumetorum, L., var. scandens, Gray. Climbing Buckwheat. 



SECTION 3. Leaf Climbers. 



Adlumia cirrhosa, Raf. Climbing Fumitory or Mountain Fringe. 

 Clematis Virginiana, L. Virgin's-Bower. 



SECTION 4. Tendril Climbers. 



Ampelopsis quinquefolia, Michx. Virginian Creeper. Five-leaved Ivy. 

 Echinocystis lobata, Torr. & Gray* Wild Cucumber. 

 Smilax hispida, Muhl. Greenbrier. 



SECTION 5. Climbing by recurved Prickles. 



Oalium asprellum, Michx. Rough Bedstraw. 



Rosa setigera, Michx. Prairie Rose. Climbing Rose. 



NATIVE PLANTS WHICH ABE VERY LIGHT .COLORED. 



<a. Glaucous. 



Alopecurus geniculatus, L., var. aristulatus, Torr. Fox-tail Grass. 



Andromeda polifolia, L, 



Baptista tinctoria, R. Br. Wild Indigo. 



Corydalis glauca, Pursh. Pale Corydalis. 



