OF POT-GROIVN ST RA IV BERRIES. 



JAPANESE IVY 



{Ampetopsis Veitchii* ) 



FOR UNSIGHTLY BUILDINGS 



A Timely and Valuable Suggestion 



Unsightly Buildings and Glaring Walls Covered and Ornamented. Bare 

 wall=spaces made a charm instead of an eyesore to all beholders. 



A CHANGING PICTURE OF BEAUTIFUL GREEN. 



[From the New York Evening Post.]. 



" The criticism is sometimes made that the Ampelopsis or Japanese Ivy is a 

 detriment to the house over which it climbs. This is disputed by authorities, who 

 say that on the contrary it is of actual value to the building, and adds to its health- 

 fulness, because it attracts moisture which would otherwise be absorbed by the brick 

 or stone to which it clings. As it requires practically no care after it is once started, 

 the question arises why it would not be possible to transform with it some of the 

 ugly business buildings in the city. Over in Brooklyn, the courtyard of a bank is 

 covered with a velvet turf. The yard is shut in on one side by the solid brick wall 

 of the uext building, which is of a common, ugly architecture. This blank wall 

 was first painted white, but its glare was unpleasant to the bank people, who had to 

 look out at it, and a few years ago ivy was planted at its base. To-day it is a 

 changing picture of beautiful green, from the tender tint, of the first awakened shoots 

 in early April to the glossy richness of the dark shade of late autumn. On a breezy 

 day, the fluttering of its leaves shows rhythmic waves of verdure ; the sunlight 

 glances through it in artistic silhouette ; the rain plays upon it, brightening and 

 freshening it, and working out odd designs. There is no moment of any day that 

 this great green screen is not offering some attraction to the eyes lifted from rows of 

 figures. Many of the factory buildings along the water front might well take on 

 such easily acquired beauty, and make their bare wall-spaces a charm instead of an 

 eyesore to all beholders." 



We have strong plants from pots of this beautiful vine which can be shipped 

 at any time during the summer. Price, 35 cents each. 



