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blossoms, some of the latter being as much as ten 

 inches in diameter. In color they range from white 

 to deepest purple, with every possible intervening 

 shade. 



Decumaria is a little known climber, clinging by 

 aerial rootlets, hardy, fragrant in blossom and 

 known as the climbing snowball. 



Humulus, the hop vine, is a splendid plant for 

 quick summer covering and provides a dense shade. 

 Although normally green there is a handsome varie- 

 gated variety. Both send forth each spring from 

 perennial roots. 



Mandevilla is known as the Chilean jasmine for 

 the reason that the flowers are quite similar to those 

 of the jasmines, but are larger and more fragrant. 



Pueraria Thunbergiana is the Japanese kuzu vine 

 (erroneously spelled kudzu), remarkable for the 

 vigor of its growth, often attaining 50 or more feet 

 in length each season and bearing immense leaves. 



Tecoma radicans and its varieties are hardy de- 

 ciduous trumpet vines, native to the eastern part of 

 the United States and popular everywhere. 



All are familiar with the Chinese wistaria 

 (named for Dr. Wistar, an American), which is pop- 

 ular the world over. It may be had with white, lilac, 

 or purple flowers, and one variety has double flowers. 



Heat-resistant vines are : Virginia creeper, Am- 

 pelopsis quinquef olia ; Boston or Japan ivy, A. tri- 

 cuspidata; and the Japanese honeysuckle, Lonicera 

 Japonica. The plumbago may be used for either 

 climber or shrub according to the way it is trained. 



PRODUCTIVE SUMMER ARBORS 



There are many gardens where vines of pumpkins, 

 squashes, gourds, etc., have been used to good effect 

 for summer arbors. In one yard, without a tree, 



