LIST OF HARDY CLIMBING VINES FOR 1914. 117 
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HARDY CLIMBING PLANTS. 
AMPELOPSIS. 
A. Veitchii (Boston Ivy)—This beautiful climbing plant of Japanese origin 
is a variety of the Virginia Creeper, but very slender and clings’ very 
closely to brick and stone work, rapidly attaining a height of even 50 feet. 
The leaves are small purplish green in summer, changing in fall to the 
most beautiful tints of.crimson and orange. In our northwestern climate 
the plant requires a slight protection during the first two or three 
winters, but subsequently it is perfectly hardy. Young plants, each 15c; 
per doz. $1.50. Large plants, each 25c; per doz. $2.50. Extra strong 
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A. Engelmanni—A very desirable, extremely hardy variety. The foliage 
resembles that of the Virginia~Creeper, although not quite so large, and 
is remarkable for the brilliancy of its colors in fall. Like the Boston Ivy 
the plant will cling without artificial support to brick or stone. Strong 
young plants, each 15c; per doz. $1.50. Large 2-year-old plants, each 40c; 
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A. Quinquefolia (Woodbine or Virginia Creeper)—-A well known very hardy 
vine of rapid growth. Very valuable as a screen for porches, a covering 
for fences, trellises, old stumps and the like. With the approach of 
autumn its five-clustered. leaves turn a brilliant scarlet. Strong plants, 
each 25c; per doz. $2.50. Extra large plants, each 40c; per doz..........$4.00 
ARISTOLOCHIA. 
A. Sipho (Dutchman’s Pipe)—A magnificent, rapid growing, hardy vine, with 
large, light green, heart-shaped foliage. Its flowers are of a brownish 
color, resembling a pipe in shape, hence its name. One of the best for 
verandas, archways, ete. Price each 50c; per doz........ ataleVelolevereratelolelelereris Oc 0.0) 
BIGNONIA. 
TECOMA—Trumpet Vine. 
B. Radicans—The well-known and very popular Scarlet Trumpet Flower. 
An excellent vine with long, handsome, dark-green foliage. The flowers 
are bright orange and scarlet, and are borne in great showy clusters in 
wonderful profusion all summer. Each 30c; per doz............. eee eee $3.00 
5 : = . A CINNAMON VINE, OR CHINESE YAM—Dioscorea Batatas. 
a tcrnmmannic rina comncit ba A rapid climber and very desirable vine; protect in winter. Tach 10c; per 
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CHINESE MATRIMONY VINE. KUDZU VINE—(JACK-AND-THE-BEAN-STALK.) 
| Lycium Chinense—A handsome hardy climbing plant of Pueraria Thunbergiana—The rapidity with which this vine 
vigorous habit and rapid growth, which succeeds well in will cover space has made it a favorite with all who 
have given it a trial. It is undoubtedly the most rapid 
| almost any situation, either in shade or sunlight. It growing vine in cultivation, established plants fre- 
blossoms very profusely, bearing bright purple flowers, quently producing a growth 50 feet in height in a 
succeeded by searlet berries, which remain on the vine single season. For covering arbors, porches, ete., it has 
. é Ph t See orm OT IE RTA tr oach no equal, Old plants bear small racemes of pea-shaped, 
until late in the autumn. rong 4-year-o plant, €¢ rosy purple flowers, which are, however, of secondary 
RE FOG COZ ang eos Ue Re Te CoM COCO oo SO eee $3.00 consideration. The leaves are large and abundant. 
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CLEMATIS PANICULATA 
Japanese Virgin’s Bower. 
This exceedingly attractive and 
| handsome variety has become so 
| popular during the past few 
! years that it is now seen every- 
where throughout our cities and 
towns, scarcely a residence not 
displaying somewhere its vigor- 
Ous, rich-green growth or cas- 
cades of bloom. It is perfectiy 
| hardy in any exposure, requiring 
| no protection in the most severe 
winters. The growth of the plant 
is rapid, quickly covering walls, 
| arbors, trellises or old tree 
| stumps. The leaves are small, 
dark green and glossy. The 
flowers are medium in size, pure 
white and most deliciously fra- 
| grant, and are produced in won- 
drous profusion in the early fall 
months. 
One year old plants, each 
ZUCBIPETE COZREBIE Siac. aries: $2.00 
| Two year old plants, each 
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Three year old plants, each 
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