Japanese Honeysuckle hanging over the top of a stone wall, blossoming in May and again in October. Sometimes this 

 is used to climb over a wire fence where it can either tumble naturally or it can be trimmed to resemble the Privet Hedge shown 

 in the upper part of the picture. 



Vines 



Bittersweet 



llNES were formerly used almost exclusively for planting about porches. 

 ■ Through lack of sufficient pruning, they grew too thick, checked the breeze, 

 ' and mosquitos lingered where the breeze was not strong enough to blow them 

 away. Vines on a porch should be severely pruned, and single canes only 

 allowed to grow, trained at intervals of a foot or foot and a half. In the sum- 

 mer, the same idea is to be carried out, cutting away the foliage before it gets 

 too thick. Then the vines will act as a shade and screen without stopping the 

 breeze. 



The uses of vines in the landscape are as varied as of any other class of 

 plants. They quickly cover buildings, trellises, fences, pergolas, walls, stumps 

 and bare banks of sand or clay. The laundry-yard and tennis-court may be 

 screened by vines on a wire trellis. Many of them are attractive for fiov/ers, 

 foliage and fruit. They may be used to vary the occasional monotony of long 

 stretches of shrubbery, when few shrubs are in bloom, by clambering over 

 them, arranging themselves, in picturesque tumbling masses of brilliant 

 foUage, flower, or berry effects. 



Another use is for covering the ground under trees and shrubs. They 

 are mutually helpful. 



ACTINIDIA 



Arguta. This Asiatic vine is as vigorous as a Wis- 

 taria, and similar in habit of growth. It has elliptical 

 leaves about 5 inches long. The large, white flowers are 

 like flowers of the Orange tree, Storax or Philadelphus. 

 It has double fruit like the Gooseberry. 



AKEBIA 



Quinata. Another Asiatic vine, growing 40 feet high. 

 It has dark foliage and inconspicuous brown flowers. 

 The fruit is a big, lead-blue cucumber which splits open, 

 showing a roll of tapioca-like, sweet, edible jelly. 



BITTERSWEET • Celastrus 



Oelastrus articulata. The Bittersweet is the most 

 conspicuous vine. The outside of the berry is orange, 

 splitting open to show the scarlet seed. Showy all winter. 

 Its frequent occurrence on tree trunks and thickets sug- 

 gests its landscape use. 



ARISTOLOCHIA 



The Dutchman's Pipe 



Sipho. Heart-shaped leaves 10 inches in diameter. 

 The inconspicuous green flowers have a curious shape 

 which gives it its name. A hardy vine with healthy foliage. 



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