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much taller than ten feet high, and though its growth is very- 

 thick and glossy, it cannot do the same service as the ivy. 

 The remaining vines all lose their leaves in winter. 

 Boston ivy, or Japanese ampelopsis, is used to take the 

 place of the English ivy north of New York City. It is 

 very hardy, will climb quite as high as the other, and has 



beautiful close 

 leafage, which is 

 attractively col- 

 ored in the fall. 



Of the same 

 family, and climb- 

 ing by the same 

 method, by ten- 

 drils and suckers, 

 is the Virginia 

 creeper. It grows 

 rapidly, trains 

 well, but does not 

 cover so much 

 space. Neither of 

 these vines bears 

 flowers. 



A fine-flowering vine is the trumpet creeper, tecoma radi- 

 cans, which bears orange flowers in summer, often flowering 

 from July to September. It grows about thirty feet high, by 

 means of rootlets. In some localities it becomes a trouble- 

 some weed. The Chinese variety, tecoma grandiflora, has 

 larger flowers. Both are hardy. 



The clematis is an easily grown vine, climbing by means 

 of its petioles or leafstalks, and therefore needing a support. 

 It grows to the height of twenty feet. Easiest to grow is the 

 Japanese clematis paniculata, which in late August forms 



Fig. 119. 



-The Virginia creeper is a useful hardy 

 vine. 



