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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1916 



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to rust near the base. It tangles in well with the 

 Woodbine and produces a very pleasing effect when 

 so used, the foliage being fully two shades lighter 

 than that of the latter. 



The Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) is reliably- 

 hardy and a vigorous grower. Unlike the vines al- 

 ready discussed, the Bittersweet can be grown to 

 bush form two or three feet high when pruned se- 

 verely. Only after being established several years 

 does a Bittersweet fruit abundantly. 



The Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle (Lonicera. 

 sempervirens) flowers profusely all summer. The- 

 lighter undersides of its leaves give this vine three 

 color values, the joyous color of its bloom and the 

 two distinct shades of foliage. The vine amply 

 repays the layering and covering of leaves and 

 manure that it requires each autumn. The native 

 Honeysuckle (Lonicera Sullivanti) needs no pro- 

 tection whatsoever; it blooms before the Scarlet 

 Trumpet Honeysuckle, though its period of floral 



A grape vine clothes gracefully almost any place where it is- 

 allowed to ramble 



display is very much shorter, being but three weeks 

 at the most. However, it has a decorative value as 

 the warm orange-red berries stand out against the 

 dark green foliage, each cluster of berries held, as it 

 were, in a green saucer, for the two leaves below the 

 berries are as one round leaf with the stem piercing 

 the centre. The growing shoots of both vines are 

 best pinched back occasionally, as there is a tend- 

 ency to become bare from the base upward with the 

 foliage bunched at the top. 



The Matrimony Vine (Lycium chinensis) is hardy 

 save that in very severe winters the canes will die 

 down to the ground. It can be readily grown to' 

 shrub form. Its pendant, straggling habit fits it 

 well against a fence, porch or side of house where 

 shrubs form part of the planting scheme. Also it 

 will bring the foliage of the taller shrubs down to the 

 ground. 



The Japanese Clematis (Clematis paniculata) is 

 rugged, vigorous and artistic. It is for autumn. 

 The deep green leathery foliage overlaid with a lacy 



The Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle flowers freely alt 

 summer and its foliage has a cool feeling. Needs slight 

 protection in extreme situations 



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