The trumpet honeysuckle, inodorous, but with orange-scarlet flowers two inches long. 
brightest colored flowers among honeysuckles and is hardy. 
winter. The leaf is composed of eleven to 
fifteen leaflets, while the Cherokee has only 
three. 
The brighest color among honeysuckles is 
found in Lonicera sempervirens, the trumpet 
honeysuckle, which atones for its want of 
fragrance by its orange-scarlet color. It 
yields an abundance of flowers during the 
whole summer. 
Bignonias have even larger trumpets than 
the trumpet honeysuckle. The foliage of 
our native Bignonia capreolata or cross vine, 
is not very dense, but its yellow and orange 
flowers, produced in the spring, are very 
handsome, and the vine will climb fifty feet 
high. Bignonia speciosa, with dark lilac 
flowers, is not hardy north of Savannah. 
The gem of this group is Bignonia venusta, 
which yields a profusion of bright orange 
flowers in drooping racemes. This is one 
of the most brilliant bloomers for Florida. 
Further north it can be grown only as a 
conservatory plant. 
VALUED CHIEFLY FOR FRAGRANCE 
The evergreen vines most valued in the 
South for fragrance are roses and jasmines. 
The climbing Clothilde Soupert is a most 
valuable addition to the list of evergreen 
climbing roses. It will stand the winters of 
New England, but is not evergreen there. 
It is a perpetual bloomer. The flowers are 
of medium size, white with flesh centre, very 
double and beautiful in shape. This form 
originated in a nursery block of mine some 
ten years ago. It is considered by all the 
northern and western commercial growers 
as among the most valuable hardy, perpetual 
blooming, climbing roses. 
The white and buff-colored Banksia roses 
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It has the 
In the South it is evergreen 
have clusters of small but highly fragrant 
flowers in spring. The growth is rapid and 
a trellis is soon covered with a luxuriant mass 
of green foliage. 
The best white-flowered jasmine for the 
South is the Chinese jasmine (Jasminum 
nudiflorum), which blooms in midwinter. 
It is frequently trained upon a wire and used 
as a low hedge. It is covered with a 
profusion of yellow flowers in the South as 
early as January, and the display lasts several 
weeks. Itis hardy as far north as Baltimore, 
and with some protection during winter can 
stand the latitude of New York. 
In the Middle States it is possible to grow 
the Catalonian or Italian jasmine (J. grandt- 
florum), a white flower which is really native 
to India. It is rather a low climber with 
pinnate foliage and pure white, delicately 
fragrant flowers which are produced al- 
most constantly farther south. This is the 
plant grown extensively in Europe for 
perfumery. 
It is to be regretted that the star, or prop- 
erly the Malayan jasmine (Trachelospermum 
jasminoides, but known to catalogues as 
Rhynochospermum jasminoides) is too tender 
to stand the winters above the latitude of © 
Middle Georgia, because of its wonderful 
profusion of white, fragrant flowers and 
its bright, shining green foliage. It blooms 
from April until July in the South. It is 
well worthy of being grown in tubs in a 
northern greenhouse and bedded in the open 
ground during the summer. Its variegated- 
leaved form is less rampant in growth, but 
the foliage assumes a bright silvery and red 
color in the fall, and when trained on a trellis 
makes a very attractive plant. 
Although not classed botanically as a 
JANUARY, 1909 
Jasminum, the southern yellow jasmine 
(Gelsemium sempervirens) is well known, and 
the favorite early spring flower of northern 
tourists, who value this bright, golden-yellow 
flower for its exquisite violet-like fragrance. 
It is found all through the Southern States 
beginning in Middle Georgia. A double- 
flowering form was found several years ago 
near Columbus, Georgia, and disseminated 
by the writer. If grown in a conservatory 
North this form frequently yields several 
crops of flowers during winter. 
VALUED FOR ORNAMENTAL FRUIT 
The Carolina moonseed is sometimes called 
“coral berry”’ because of its showy red berries. 
It is a graceful native climber which grows 
only five to twelve feet high. During fall 
and winter it is covered with coral-red 
clusters of berries. While only a semi- 
evergreen it retains its foliage quite late. 
Planted in a conservatory, nothing is more 
attractive than its festoons of bright berries 
which remain until spring. Itis hardy in the 
Middle States, and (with slight protection) as 
far north as Baltimore. Its name is Cocculus 
Carolinus. 
We must not overlook our native species 
of smilax, especially S. laurifolia, which is 
hardy as far north as New York, but becomes 
deciduous there. If grown in rich, moist 
soil the stems will climb to a great height. 
The vivid green leaves are long and broad. 
The berries are black and remain on the 
vine during winter. 
VALUED FOR DECORATIVE EFFECT 
The five-leaved akebia (A. quinata) is a 
very rapid climber with bright green leaves 
and dark purple flowers borne in early spring, 
under the foliage. It is an excellent plant to 
train either upon a trellis or stake, and it is 
hardy North and free from insect pests. 
For the formation of a rustic arbor the 
Japan oleaster (Eleagnus reflexa) will be 
found excellent material. The bright green 
and silvery reflexed foliage contrasts with the 
downy brown bark of the young shoots and 
its clove-scented flowers are very fragrant 
when they appear in the spring. If this vine 
is planted on good soil the branches often 
attain a length of fifteen feet in’ one year. 
The golden-leaved form is beyond question 
the best of the golden-leaved climbing shrubs, 
as its color is constant — never reverting 
to the green. While of less climbing habit 
than the green form it is sufficiently vigorous 
to make a satisfactory growth. Both are 
hardy in the Middle States and can withstand 
the winters as far north as Washington, D.C. 
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Although the following vines are not green 
in winter, they have abundant attractions 
during the growing season. 
Deciduous Vines 
VALUED FOR SHOWY FLOWERS 
The showiest spring-blooming vines at 
the North are the wistarias, all of which are 
of rapid growth. Usually we find these 
plants covering the walls of buildings, but 
they are very much more attractive if trained 
