GARDEN FEATURES 



structures is our native Ampelopsis, better 

 known as American Ivy, or Virginia Creeper. 

 This vine is of exceedingly rapid growth, and will 

 accomplish more in one season than most other 

 vines do in two or three years. Its foliage is 

 beautiful at aU times, but especially so in late 

 autumn when it takes on a brilliance that makes 

 it a rival of the flower. In fact, every leaf of it 

 seems all at once to become a flower, glowing 

 with scarlet and maroon of varying shades, with 

 here and there a touch of bronze to aff'ord con- 

 trast and heighten the intensity of the other 

 colors. This vine is perhaps the best of all vines 

 for use on rustic structures, because it takes hold 

 of rough poles and posts with stout little tendrils 

 or sucker-like discs which ask for no assistance 

 from us in the way of support. 



Another most charming vine is Clematis 

 panicidata. This is a variety of the Clematis 

 family of comparatively recent introduction, 

 quite unlike the large-flowering class. It has 

 white flowers, small individually, but produced 

 in such enormous quantities that the upper por- 

 tions of the vine seem to be covered with foam, or 

 a light fall of snow. They will entirely hide 

 the foliage with their dainty, airy grace, and you 

 iwill declare, when you first see the plant in full 



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