ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS 



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Boston Ivy 



Dutchman's Pipe 



Wistaria 



AMPELOPSIS 



American Ivy or Virginia Creeper — The 

 well-known native vine with five-parted 

 leaves that change to rich crimson in au- 

 tumn; berries are blue black. Very rapid 

 grower and entirely hardy. One of the 

 finest for covering walls, verandas or 

 trunks of trees. 



Boston Ivy (A. Yeitchii) — A beautiful 

 hardy Japanese species. Leaves overlap 

 one another, forming a dense sheet of green. 

 It grows rapidly and clings firmly to the 

 smoothest surface with the tenacity of Ivy; 

 the foliage is very handsome in summer 

 and changes to scarlet in autumn. The 

 most popular climbing- plant for covering 

 brick, stone or wooden walls, trees, etc. 



ARISTOLOCHIA 



Dutchman's Pipe 

 (A. Sipho) — A mag- 

 nificent native vine 

 of climbing habit 

 and rapid growth, 

 with magnificent 

 light green foliage 

 10 to 12 inches in 

 diameter and cur- 

 ious pipe shaped, 

 yellowish b ro wn 

 flowers; grows well 

 in shade. 



CLEMATIS 



Sweet Scented 

 Japan Clematis (C. 



Paniculata) — Flow- 

 ers are pure white, 

 medium size, fra- 

 grant and borne in 

 immense sheets in 

 September. Foliage 

 is clean and glossy 

 of from 25 to 30 

 feet in a single sea- 

 son and should be 

 cut back to the 

 ground each spring - . 



Virgin's Bower 



(C. Virginiana) — A 

 remarkably rapid 

 climbing plant, 

 growing to the 

 height of 20 feet, 

 producing an im- 

 mense profusion of 

 flowers in August. 



Ulematis Paniculata 



Henryi — Very large creamy white, pro- 

 fuse bloomer. 



C. Jackmanni — ■ Intense violet-purple 

 flowers are 4 to 6 inches in diameter when 

 fully expanded; remarkable for its rich 

 velvety appearance; an abundant and suc- 

 cessive bloomer. 



C. Madame Edouard Andre — Color a dis- 

 tinct crimson-red. flowers very large and 

 velvety; has been called the crimson Jack- 

 manni. 



EUONYMUS 



Evergreen Vine (E. Radicans)— One of 

 the finest evergreen vines with small 

 rich green foliage and pink fruits in cells 

 which separate and expose the scarlet 

 arils covering the seeds, making a most 

 attractive feature. It is a treasure. Used 

 for vases, baskets 

 and borders of beds. 



LONICERA 



Honeysuckle, 

 Hall's (Lonicera 

 Halliana) ■ — 'Blooms 

 all summer, flowers 

 yellow and white 

 almost evergreen. 



Japan Golden 

 Leaved Honey- 

 suckle — A hand- 

 some and desirable 

 variety. Flowers 

 are creamy white 

 and form festoons 

 and masses. 



WISTARIA 



Chinese Wistaria 



("W. Sinensis) — One 

 of the most elegant 

 and rapid growing 

 of all climbing 

 plants; attains an 

 immense size grow- 

 ing at the rate of 15 

 to 20 feet in a sea- 

 son. Has long pen- 

 dnilous clusters of 

 pale blue flowers in 

 May and June, and 

 in autumn. 



Japanese Wistar- 

 ia (W. Multijuga) — ■ 

 A Japanese species 

 with dark blue flow- 

 ers. 



