VINES 



HE wonderful grace and beauty of well-placed vines add untold value and 

 charm to the home and garden. The enchanting pergola, shady arbor and 

 veranda, or clinging wall-cover gives that soft artistic effect that no other 

 treatment can produce. We offer a comprehensive collection of the 

 hardiest and best vines those that have real merit and sterling worth. 

 All vines delight in a deep, fertile soil with ample moisture, and the 

 ground for them should be thoroughly prepared and trenched. Too often 

 this is neglected and the plants set out in a mixture of subsoil and brick- 

 bats from the foundation excavations and building refuse. In general, 

 evergreen vines prefer shade and cool exposures, and should be planted 

 on the northerly sides of buildings or trellis structures. Deciduous vines, 

 on the other hand, thrive best in sunny positions. It is a good plan to 

 carefully work into the surface soil at the base of the vines a quantity of 

 well-rotted compost in late autumn or early spring, thereby supplying an 



ample amount of fertility and insuring a strong, vigorous growth, without which these charming plants 



are both disappointing and commonplace. 



Actinidia The Silver Vines 



Vigorous climbing vines with handsome foliage, 

 well adapted for training against pillars or for cov- 

 ering arbors or trellises. They are hardy and thrive 

 best in moist loamy soils. 



Actinidia arguta (A. polygama). DARK-LEAVED SIL- 

 VER VINE. A strong-growing vine with dark green 

 and lustrous heart-shaped leaves. Native of Japan. 

 Flowers white, with dark purple anthers, produced in 

 nodding clusters in early summer. Berries yellow. A 

 distinct and handsome climber, and one that we confi- 

 dently recommend. 



A. kolomikta. BRIGHT - LEAVED SILVER VINE. A 

 hardy climber with bright green, heart-shaped leaves 

 4 to 5 inches long. Native of Japan. Flowers white, 

 very fragrant, blossoming in summer. Berries yellow. 

 The leaves are often beautifully marked on the upper 

 surface. 



Akebia The Akebia 



A graceful hardy climber with twining stems, es- 

 pecially recommended for places where very dense 

 shade is not required. It thrives best in moist, 

 loamy soil with sunny exposure. 



Akebia quinata. FIVE-LEAVED AKEBIA. A very orna- 

 mental vine of Japanese origin. The leaves are com- 

 pound, consisting of five dark green, almost evergreen, 

 leaflets. Flowers rosy purple, produced in axillary 

 racemes in late spring or early summer. Fruit very 

 showy, but unfortunately rarely produced, 3 to 5 inches 

 long, dark purple. Very dainty and desirable. 



Ampelopsis The Deciduous 

 Creepers 



Hardy ornamental vines, climbing by tendrils. 

 They are well adapted for arbors and trellises, and 

 thrive in almost any moist, fertile soil. 



Ampelopsis arborea ( Vitis bipinnata and Cisstts 

 slans). PEPPER VINE. A stout climber with handsome 

 foliage, growing naturally from Virginia and Missouri 

 to Florida and Texas. Leaves compound, with several 

 bluish green, incisely lobed leaflets. Berries dark pur- 

 ple, ripening in the fall. 



A. cordata. SIMPLE -LEAVED AMPELOPSIS. A high- 

 climbing vine with warty bark. Widely distributed 

 from Virginia and Illinois southward to Florida and 

 Texas. Leaves heart - shaped, with serrate borders, 

 bright green, usually unchanged in color until killed 

 by frost. Berries blue or bluish, very showy. 



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