TREES FOR LONG ISLAND 



VINES 



IVY 



English. Hedera Helix. This is worthy of planting, 

 even if^ it^ does occasionally winter-kill. It thrives best 

 where it is partially shaded. It is especially rampant 

 near the sea and is often used with great success at New- 

 port for garden borders. 



The foliage is browned in winter by the sunshine. If 

 on the south side of a building, it may be protected by a 

 curtain of burlap. It is only at long intervals that the 

 winter is severe enough to kill the vine itself. The English 

 Ivy has associations that warrant its general use; but it 

 cannot become as important in the landscape here as in 

 England; that function can be performed by Euonymus 

 radicans. 



Japanese, or Boston. Ampelopsis tricuspidata; syn., 

 A. Veitchi. A rampant-growing, hardy vine, clinging 

 firmly to walls. Its rapid gain in popularity is the result 

 solely of its merits. It stands city conditions perfectly. 

 It needs only to be started in a crack in the pavement. 

 The only objection is that it may cover the finer details 

 of architecture, but semi-annual pruning will stop this. 



KUDZU VINE 



DoUchos Japonicus; syn., Pueraria Thunbergiana 



The most rapid-growing of all vines, and when once 

 established will grow 60 feet in a season, but dies back 

 to about 10 feet. It has coarse foliage of three leaflets, 

 like the lima bean, to which it is related. 



LYCIUM . Matrimony Vine 



This vine has foliage of a grayish green color and small, 

 red, tomato-like berries in the fall. It is useful for cover- 

 ing a wall or rough bank, or in large areas of shrubs. It is 

 a rather coarse vine, and is recommended for the more 

 distant portions of the grounds as an economical 

 filler. 



TECOMA • Trumpet Vine 



Radicans. A vine native to Maryland and southward, 

 with showy orange trumpets in July and August. The 

 foliage is always hardy. It clings closelj^ to a wall or 

 tree-trunk and will reach the tops of the tallest Locusts. 

 It blooms at a time when there are but few shrubs in 

 bloom. It may be introduced in shrub planting to clamber 

 over shrubs or rustic posts. 



VIRGINIA CREEPER 



Ampelopsis quinquefoUa 



A native vine, distinguished from Japanese Ivy by having 

 five leaflets, while the latter has three lobes or three leaf- 

 lets. Poison Vine, Rhus toxicodendron, has three leaflets 

 and white berries, and often grows with Virginia Creeper. 

 It grows well on a wire trellis, on tree-trunks and will 

 carpet sand-dunes. 



WISTARIA 



Chinese. W. CJiinensis. This is the variety which has- 

 such a great profusion of blue-purple flowers in early May, 

 before the leaves appear. It grows rampantly, and is 

 subject to no serious insects or fungous enemies. 



White Chinese. W. Chinensis, var. alba. Pure white 

 variety of the former. 



Double-flowering Chinese. W. Chinensis flore plena. 

 Instead of each flower being pea-shaped, it looks like a 

 double violet, the petals being so closely crowded. 



Japanese, or Loose- clustered. W. multijuga. This 

 has flower clusters, 2 to 3 feet long, which are produced 

 in May. It is yet rare in cultivation. Those possessing it 

 will be delighted to exhibit it. The Japanese train it over 

 bridges and tea-houses over the water. 



Late- flowering American. W, speciosa, var. magnifica. 

 This resembles the Chinese except that the flowers bloom 

 the latter part of May after the foliage has appeared. 



White Chinese Wistaria climbing over a rustic archway at a garden gate. Wistaria grows so rapidly that it is unsuited for 

 nouses unless frequently pruned. It can, however, be planted under trees along the borders of woodland and decorate them 

 narmoniously. 



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