THE ORNAMENTAL PLANTS — 



CLIMBERS 



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Dutchman's pipe, Aristolochia inacrophylla {A. Sipho).'^ 



A robust grower, possessing enormous leaves. Useful for covering verandas 

 and arbors. 



Wax-work or false bitter-sweet, Celastrus scandens.^ 

 Very ornamenta,! in fruit; flowers imperfect. 



Japanese celastrus, C. orhiculatus {C. articulatus of the trade). 



C. articulatus and C. scandens are in the list of 100 trees and shrubs recom- 

 mended by the Experiment Station at Ottawa for Canada. 



Moonseed, Menispermum Canadense.^ 



A small but very attractive twiner, useful for thickets and small arbors. 



Bokhara climbing polygonum, Polygonum Baldschuanicum. 



Hardy North, although the young growth may be killed ; flowers numerous, 

 minute, whitish; interesting, but does not make a heavy cover. 



Kudzu vine, Pueraria Thunbergiana {Dolichos Japonicus) . 



Makes very long growths from a tuberous root; shrubby South, but dies 

 to the ground in the North. 



Silk vine, Periploca Groeca. 



Purplish flowers in axillary clusters; long, narrow, shining leaves; rapid 

 growing. 



Potato vine, Solanum jasminoides. 



A good evergreen vine South, particularly the var. grandiflorum. 



Yellow jasmine, Gelsemium sempervirens.'^ 



A good native evergreen vine for the South, with fragrant yellow flowers. 



Malayan jasmine, Trachelospermum (or Rhynchospermum) jasminoides. 

 A good evergreen vine for the South and in California. 



Climh'mg Sisp&rsigus, Asparagus plumosus. 



Popular as an outdoor vine far South and in California. 



Jasmines, Jasminum of several species. 



The best known , in gardens are /. nudifloriim, yellow in earliest spring, 

 J. officinale, the jessamine of poetry, with white flowers, and J. Sambac, the 

 Arabian jasmine (and related species) with white flowers and unbranched 

 leaves; these are not hardy without much protection north of Washington 

 or Philadelphia, and /. Sambac only far South. 



