HICKS NURSERIES, WESTBURY, L. I 



VINES 



CLEMATIS 



Jackmanni. Blue flowers 4]^ inches in diameter. 



Henryi. Pure white flowers like the above in size. 



Japanese. C. paniculata. One of the showiest of vines, 

 blooming late in August. It makes a great snow-drift of 

 white. It is a rampant grower, one vine covering a space 

 20 feet long and 10 to 20 feet high. It holds its fluffy, 

 downy seeds until midwinter. It is one of the vines that 

 has rapidly become popular because it advertises its own 

 merits and has no faults. 



EUONYMUS 



Radicans. Also described under Broad-leaved Ever- 

 greens, page 53. There is a wide opportunity for this 

 vine to make cheerful the winter landscape. It is per- 

 fectly hardy, appears to thrive both in the sun and in 

 the shade, in damp situations and in dry. 



The winter landscape can be made attractive by ever- 

 green trees and the broad- leaved evergreens. Under 

 deciduous trees and shrubs Rhododendrons and Laurel, 

 Euonymus and EngHsh Ivy may be planted. _ English 

 Ivy is not generally permanently successful in this section 

 of the country. 



Vines can be used in a thousand places not suitable for 

 trees and shrubs. Have you a stretch of woodland along 

 your entrance drive? Euonymus will clamber up the trunks 

 and branch out widely, adorning it with its rich shadows 

 and bright red berries. Have you a brick or cement 

 foundation that makes a harsh Hne? This will help cover 

 it and go up over the shingles as well. Have you a rough 

 stone wall? Euonymus will delight in finding out its 

 cracks and crannies. Have you a pergola interesting in 

 summer with flowering vines? Euonymus 

 will climb up underneath the Roses and 



Clematis paniculata. "We should like to suggest a new use 

 for this in clambering over shrubbery. It blooms in August 

 when the shrubbery looks uninteresting and this Clematis 

 can make it appear as showy as when the Spiraea Van Houttei 

 is in bloom. 



"Wistaria multijuga. A rare species with flower 

 clusters 2 to 3 feet long 



EUONYMUS, continued 



Clematis, and make it handsome in winter. Have you a 

 bed of shrubs showing bare ground underneath? Euony- 

 mus will clothe the ground. You can get this Euonymus 

 of us at very low rates and in large quantities, and now 

 is the time to make a winter plantation. 



Broad-leaved Euonymus. E. radicans, var. vegetus. 

 This has leaves about twice as large as the Radicans, 

 thick, solid and dark green. It is propagated only from 

 cuttings. It was from seeds of this that we raised the 

 Radicans variety, showing that the Vegetus is merely the 

 fruiting branches of the Radicans. 



LONICERA 



Climbing Honeysuckles 



Japanese. L. Japonica. A vine that has become 

 entirely at home here, frequently running wild along 

 hedge-rows. It is particularly attractive in winter with 

 its semi-evergreen foliage. We are often asked what vine 

 to plant for a quick screen, and we can recommend none 

 better than this, for density and all-the-year usefulness. 



There frequently is a steep bank or bluff to be covered. 

 The Honeysuckle will make a dense cover, preventing 

 washing and being beautiful all year. May be planted 

 about 3 feet apart. This is much cheaper than laying sod. 



In the suburbs of Philadelphia, Honeysuckle is fre- 

 quently used for hedges, being trained on a wire fence. 

 The flowers are very fragrant, and borne in great pro- 

 fusion in May; but they are especially welcome in late 

 autumn after the frosts have killed most other flowers. 

 It is excellent at the seaside. 



Coral Trumpet. L. sempervirens. Coral-red trumpets 

 all summer. It is not so rampant a grower as the Japa- 

 nese, but so distinct in its brilliant flowers that it is worth 

 planting among both vines and shrubs. 



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