Tecoma radicans (see page 101) 



Periploca - The Silk Vine 



A vigorous high-climbing vine with handsome 

 foliage and fragrant flowers, well adapted ior cover- 

 ing arbors or for training on trellis work. It thrives 

 in almost any well-drained fertile soil, preferring 

 sunny exposures. Hardy as far north as Missouii 

 and New York, and, with protection, may be grown 

 in colder climates. 



Periploca graeca. SILK VINE. Stems twining, 20 to 30 

 feet long, clothed with numerous dark green and 

 glossy leaves of broadly lanceolate outline. Flowers 

 brownish purple inside, the margins and reverse side 

 greenish, an inch or less across, borne in loose, long- 

 stemmed cymes. Native of Southern Europe. 



Pueraria The Kudzu Vine 



A hardy and remarkably vigorous vine, frequently 

 producing stems 40 to 60 feet long in a single sea- 

 son a veritable Jack-and-the-Bean-stalk. In the 

 North the plant dies down to or near the ground in 

 winter, but in the South the vines are woody and 

 often of considerable diameter. Well adapted for 

 covering arbors or verandas, especially where ram- 

 pant vines and large bold leaves are required. 

 Thrives in almost any well-drained soil, preferring 

 sunny situations. 



Pueraria thunbergiana (Dolichos ja.pon.icus). KUDZU 

 VINE. Stems twining, hairy when young, very long 

 and flexible. Leaves compound, consisting of three 

 bright green ovate leaflets. Flowers pea-shaped, pur- 

 ple, produced in axillary racemes from the older woody 

 stems in late summer. Native of China and Japan. 



Schizophragma The Climbing 

 Hydrangea 



A tall vine climbing by means of aerial rootlets, 

 with large handsome leaves and showy clusters of 

 white flowers. It is well adapted for covering walls 

 and trunks of trees and is hardy as far north as 

 Kentucky and Southern New York. It thrives best 

 in moist, rich loam, either in full sun or partial 

 shade. 



Schizophragma hydrangeoides. CLIMBING HYDRAN- 

 GEA. Sterns climbing to a height of 20 to 30 feet, or even 

 more. Leaves bright green, broadly ovate, or nearly 

 round, 2 to 4 inches long, with toothed borders. Flow- 

 ers produced in broad terminal flat-topped clusters, 

 with the marginal flowers radiate, very showy. Native 

 of Japan. 



Smilax -The Greenbriers 



Prickly vines with greenish flowers, climbing by 

 means of coiling appendages borne on the leaf- 

 stalks. They are hardy interesting subjects for 

 trellises or wild gardens, and thrive in almost any 

 kind of soil. 



Smilax bona-nox. BRISTLY GREENBRIER. A high- 

 climbing vine with angled branches. Grows naturally 

 from Massachusetts and Kansas, southward to Florida 

 and Texas. Leaves dark lustrous green, thick and 

 leathery, nearly evergreen. Berries black. 



S. glauca. GLAUCOUS-LEAVED GREENBRIER. A slen- 

 der, often high-climbing vine with spiny stems. Occurs 

 naturally from Massachusetts and Kansas to Florida 

 and Texas. Leaves broadly ovate, glaucous green, per- 

 sisting sometimes all winter, and often coloring deeply 

 with purple and crimson. Berries bluish black, lustrous 

 under the glaucous coating. 



S. hispida. HISPID GREENBRIER. A vigorous tall 

 climber with the stems thickly armed with dark-colored 

 bristle-like spines. Grows naturally from Ontario and 

 Minnesota, southward to North Carolina and Texas. 

 Leaves broadly ovate, thinnish, bright green, fading 

 with yellow tones in late autumn. Berries black or 

 bluish black. Remarkably vigorous and perhaps the 

 most responsive to cultivation of the species listed. 



S. rotundifolia. CATBRIER. A strong spiny vine with 

 green, usually angled stems 6 to 20 feet long. Grows 

 naturally from Ontario and Minnesota, southward to 

 Florida and Texas. Leaves ovate or nearly round, 

 bright green and leather}', persisting until early winter 

 Berries bluish black. 



Wistaria chinensis alba (see page 102) 



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