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Ivy, English, continued 
trunks. It can be used as a border to garden 
paths, being trained along the ground. In such 
situations it is hardy. It prefers a humid and 
equable climate near the sea, and will grow best 
where not subject to severe summer drought. 
Japanese, or Boston. Ampelopsis tricuspidata; 
syn., A. Veitchii. This clings closely to any 
structure and grows rapidly and to a great height. 
The autumn colors are brilliant shades of crimson, 
dark red and yellow. It will grow freely on tree 
trunks and is suitable to clothe unsightly clothes 
poles. Sometimes an objection is made to it that 
it covers up the ornamental features of brick 
and stone buildings. This ought not to be charged 
against the plant. Its vigorous growth can be 
easily cut back from windows and portions that 
it is not desirable to cover. 
Kudsu Vine 
(Dolichos Japonicus; syn., Pueraria Thunbergiana) 
We are frequently asked for the quickest-growing 
vine for immediate effect. We have seen this make 
5 feet in a week, but the leaves are not especially 
ornamental, being of rather coarse texture and 
resembling its relative, the lima bean. The long, 
starchy roots are used as food by the Japanese. 
The vine dies back each winter to the larger stems. 
ROSES, CLIMBING. See under Roses 
Flowers of this Wistaria are the most dense in the bunch 
and, therefore, the most showy. The rare Wistaria multi- 
Juga which we offer has flower-stems 3 feet long with the 
flowers wide apart and of deeper blue. 
Trumpet Creeper • Tecoma 
We occasionally see big, red flowers from the top 
of a tall Locust, and find that they come from this 
plant which sends up its large stem, as in the tropics. 
It is native from Virginia southward, where it 
makes a bad weed in the fields. It has left that 
habit behind and, therefore, may be extensively 
used on fences, pergolas, and to decorate woodland 
borders. 
Virginia Creeper 
(Ampelopsis Quinquefolia) 
On Long Island there are sometimes open forests, 
especially of Locust trees along the north shore, 
which look as if their trunks were ablaze. This is 
the Virginia Creeper, which, with the Sumachs, is 
first to turn in the autumn. Many people are 
afraid of this vine because of its resemblance to 
poison vine, which has three leaflets, while the 
Virginia Creeper has five. 
Virginia Creeper grows rapidly and makes an 
excellent shade for porches because it is open in 
growth and permits the breeze to blow through, 
especially if annually pruned. Mosquitoes are not 
so liable to remain as where a thick mass of foliage 
checks the breeze. It is found growing over the 
sand-dunes, holding them from blowing and wash- 
ing, for it will thrive even where occasionally washed 
over by high tides. 
Wistaria 
This genus is a native of China and eastern 
United States. They are all rapid-growing vines, 
with clusters of pea-shaped blossoms. They are 
always healthy and, like other members of the 
Pea family, are able to get nitrogen from the air 
and, therefore, grow on poor soil. 
Chinese. Kraunhia; syn., Wistaria Chinensis. 
Just before the leaves appear in May, this will 
cover the side of a house with porcelain-blue 
flowers. A unique ornament for the formal gar- 
den or lawn is a tree-formed Wistaria. It takes 
several years to train it to a straight stem. We 
have a number of plants so trained, with heads at 
5 to 7 feet. When trained this way, the plant 
cannot spend its energies in making long, rope- 
like branches, and it produces flowers very abun- 
dantly, sometimes having a second crop after 
midsummer. 
White. W. Chinensis, var. alba. A pure white 
variety particularly appropriate for pergolas, 
and planting along woodland drives and on old 
tree trunks. A planting of this kind adds beauty 
and interest, and only costs the price of the plant, 
and the trouble of ordering and putting it in. 
Wistaria multijuga. Japanese, or Loose-clustered 
Wistaria. Very few opportunities exist for pur- 
chasing this beautiful plant. You may recall a 
picture of a Japanese tea garden, with the bridge 
festooned with a blue fringe 3 feet long. This 
species grows vigorously here and no vine could 
attract more admiration when in bloom. It can 
be planted on pergolas and beside forest trees. 
The flower buds occasionally winter-kill. 
It is the enthusiasm to search for the beautiful 
and good plants that characterizes this Nursery. 
They are propagated and grown without previous 
demand, even if it takes ten years, in the assurance 
that if the plant fits and its merits and deficien- 
cies be told, it will be used. Therefore, this is a safe 
place to buy plants. It is not our policy to import 
and recommend unless plants are permanently 
good. 
