GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



The Japanese honeysuckle, Lonicera Hallena, makes 

 an especially quick growth, soon becoming a delight 

 through the fragrance shed by its deep cream-colored 

 and yellow flowers. It holds its leaves until late in 

 the autumn, being almost evergreen. The rapid 

 growth of this vine and the endurance of its foliage 

 make it doubly desirable for covering fences, although 

 its most subtle charm lies undoubtedly in its perfume. 



Not far from New York City and near the Sound, 

 there is a fence that extends for a long distance so 

 completely covered with this vine that it appears like 

 a veritable hedge of honeysuckle. When in bloom, 

 it fills the air with its sweet scent. It entices thou- 

 sands of automobilists that pass by it each season 

 to stop and acknowledge its charming and inspiring 

 beauty. 



The Belgian honeysuckle, L. Belgica, is the popular 

 striped red-and-white variety which bears its fragrant 

 flowers throughout the greater part of the summer. 



The trumpet honeysuckle, or woodbine, L. semper- 

 virens, is an attractive native vine well known by its 

 long, trumpet-shaped scarlet flowers and later by its 

 scarlet fruit. Its fleshy leaves have the peculiarity 

 of uniting about the stem. The flowers, however, 

 are without fragrance, an attribute of much charm 

 in other members of the family. 



Akebia quinata, a Japanese vine of delicate, attract- 

 ive foliage and fragrant, odd-colored flowers occurring 

 early in the season, is also rapid in its growth and looks 

 especially well on rocks and on banks and trellises. 



The Virginia creeper, Ampelopsis quinquefolia, is 



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