VINES 95 



and which the planter should carefully consider 

 when he is making his plans are the Trumpet 

 Creeper {Tecoma radicans), Actinidia arguta, 

 a strong-growing vine from Japan with large 

 leaves and white purple-centered flowers; 

 Akebia quinata, a rapid-growing vine bearing 

 five-fingered leaves and sweet-scented flowers 

 of a plum color, appearing near the end of 

 April; Celastrus scanden's, or the false bitter- 

 sweet, with scarlet fruit pods that are highly 

 ornamental; Wistaria multijuga, (known often- 

 times as W. Chinensis), and W. speciosa. All 

 these vines possess shrubby tops and do not 

 die back in the fall. A list of vines which 

 die back to the ground or nearly so in winter 

 but whose roots persist from year to year will 

 include many of the most decorative plants of 

 the sort for general use. Among these is the 

 cinnamon vine (Dioscorea divaricata). An- 

 other vine which should be more generally 

 planted is Euonymus radicans; it is a splen- 

 did evergreen creeping plant with small pretty 

 foliage and though it is rather slow growing, it 

 is exceedingly useful for covering low stone 

 walls or stumps. It has been said that it is not 

 reliably hardy but in many situations it has 

 endured a temperature as low as twenty de- 



