VINES 



ACTINIDIA arguta. A vine as vigorous and as beautiful as the Wistaria. Big, white, 

 fragrant flowers like orange blossoms; edible, gooseberry-like fruits. Use Actinidia 

 at the edge of the woods to cover a fence or a bank or to clamber among the shrubs. 

 In the old Parsons' Nursery, Flushing, the boys had paths all through it like a Black- 

 berry patch, so the fruit must be acceptable. It is a rare plant that you will enjoy. 



4 ft. high $1.25 each, $10.00 per 10 



A. polygama. Silver Vine. A handsome climber, having silvery-white colored leaves. 

 \y 2 ft. high 50c. each, $4.00 per 10 



AKEBIA quinata. Tall climbing vine, dark green, wheel-shaped leaves; little flowers 

 that look like brown rubber and occasionally blue fruits like the Cucumber, with 

 edible sweet paste. 



2-4 ft. high $1.00 each, $7.50 per 10 



AMEPLOPSIS (Vitis) heterophylla. Turquoise Blue Vine. A rare color, welcome 

 food for the starlings. 



iy 2 ft. high 50c. each, $4.50 per 10 



A. quinquefolia. Virginia Creeper. With five-fingered leaflets. The poison vine has 

 three leaflets. Sets our woods aflame, the first reminder of Autumn. Let it run up 

 tree trunks, hold the sand dunes, flame out from the tops of Pines and Cedars, ramble 

 over the shrubs. Plant 20 or 100. 



4 ft. high 40c. each, $3.50 per 10 



A. tricuspidata Veitchii. Boston Ivy, or Japanese Ivy. Popular vine for climbing 

 and clinging to bricks; three-pointed leaves and three leaflets. 



2 yr. plants 75c each, $6.00 per 10 



GELASTRUS scandens. Bittersweet. You will see a flash of orange and a vine climb- 

 ing high up a Locust or Dogwood and wish you could have it on your own place. 

 Plant it at the edge of the woods or let it tangle together the shrubbery. 



2 ft. high 40c. each, $3.50 per 10 



C. orbiculatus. Japanese Bittersweet. This species is a stronger grower than the 

 American Bittersweet, fruit very showy after the leaves fall. 



\y 2 ft. high . . . .40c. each, $3.50 per 10 



CLEMATIS paniculata. Japanese Clematis. A snowdrift of white in August and 

 September when flowers are welcome. You can use it and make shrubs look like 

 Spiraea Van Houttei. 



1-3 ft. high 50c. each, $4.00 per 10 



C. virginiana. Earlier and less rampant than the Clematis paniculata. Native on 

 Long Island, therefore, thoroughly appropriate to touch up your natural landscape. 

 Add it to Cedars, Alders or Dogwood. As vines, plant them through the woods, on 

 the walls of your house or garage or stone walls and in the rock garden. 



3 ft. high 50c. each, $4.00 per 10 



EUONYMUS. See description under broad-leaved evergreens. 



HEDERA helix. English Ivy. 



1-2 ft. high., . . 75c. each, $6.00 per 10 



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