Gardening in Californi 



CHAPTER VIII. 



CLIMBERS AND TWINERS. 

 AMPELOPSIS. 



AMPELOPSIS is a genus of about twenty species of hardy 

 deciduous ornamental climbers which grow freely in any 

 garden soil, all being rapid growers and thriving in any 

 position or aspect. They are excellent for training against the 

 walls of buildings, and, when they take on their Autumn tints of 

 bright red and yellow, present a striking appearance. 



Ampelopsis quinquefolia (the Virginia creeper) and Am- 

 pelopsis tricuspidata (the Boston Ivy) are the most useful. 



The Ampelopsis is easily propagated by seeds sown in 

 Spring one eighth of an inch deep in a cool frame, or by cuttings 

 of ripe wood placed in the open ground in sandy soil in 

 September. 



ARISTOLOCHIA. 



A genus of woody twiners with irregular and grotesque 

 flowers, one species being a native of California. Aristolochia 

 sipho, commonly called The Dutchman's Pipe, is a very rapid 

 grower, sometimes making over twenty feet in a single season. 



They like a warm sheltered situation and plenty of water at 

 the root during the growing season. 



Propagate by cuttings, in September, placed in pots filled 

 with sandy leaf-mold, in a cool frame, and shaded from the 

 sun until rooted; when they are rooted, pot them in three-inch 

 pots and plant them out the following Spring. 



