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bloomers. Clematis Heiiryi is another good 

 variety, a free grower and bloomer, bearing 

 cream-white blossoms. A red variety of the 

 large flowering Clematis can be had under va- 

 rious trade names. 



The Honeysuckle is valuable for many pur- 

 poses and particularly for its sweet-scented 

 flowers. Lonkera sempervirens, L. Japonica 

 and L. TIalliuna, which is half evergreen in 

 the north, are the best for general uses. 



A vine which is especially valuable for cling- 

 ing to walls is Ampelopsis Veitchi, or Boston 

 ivy, as it is popularly known. Its leaves are 

 small and overlap one another, forming a sheet 

 of green. It is somewhat tender in its early 

 years and. requires, for the first winter at least, 

 ample protection; once established, however, 

 there is small danger of its suffering from low 

 temperature. It grows rapidly and its foliage 

 is extraordinarily handsome in summer and as- 

 sumes a crimson hue in autumn. It requires 

 no support but clings to brick and stone struc- 

 tures readily and, while it encounters some dif- 

 ficulty in gaining a firm hold on wooden build- 

 ings, it seldom fails to succeed in supporting 

 itself. 



Other vines which will thrive in the city yard 



