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ginia creeper. Grapes are admirable, particularly some of the 

 wild ones. Japan honeysuckle is much used; and it has the 

 advantage of holding its foliage well, into the winter, or even 

 all winter southward. Actinidia, akebia, wistaria, roses, dutch- 

 man's pipe, and clematis are to be recommended; the large- 

 flowered clematises, however, are more valuable for their bloom 

 than for their foliage (C. paniculata, and the native species are 

 better for covering porches). 



The annual vines are mostly used as flower-garden subjects, 

 as the sweet pea, morning-glories, mina, moonflowers, cypress 

 vine, nasturtiums, cobea, scarlet runner. Several species of 

 convolvulus, closely allied to the common morning-glory, have 

 now enriched our lists. For baskets and vases the maurandia 

 and the different kinds of thunbergias are excellent. 



The moonflowers are very popular in the South, where the 

 seasons are long enough to allow them to develop to perfection. 

 In the North they must be started early (it is a good plan to 

 soak or notch the seeds) and be given a warm exposure and good 

 soil (see in Chap. VIII). 



In the following lists, the plants native to the United States 

 or Canada are marked by an asterisk (*) . 



Annual herbaceous climbers. 

 (Grown each year from seed.) 



a. Tendril-climbers 

 Adiumia (biennial).* 

 Balloon Vine (Cardiospermum) .* 

 Cobea. 

 Gourds. 



Nasturtiums {TropcBolum) . 

 Canary-bird Flower (TropcBolum peregrinum). 

 Sweet pea (Fig. 265). 

 Wild cucumber.* 

 Maurandia. 



