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Homer N. Chase & Co., Geneva, New York 
Honeysuckle 
Hardy Climbing Vines 
The comfort and beauty of the home grounds is enhanced fully as much by vines as by 
shrubs and trees. Vines over the veranda give a welcome shade on a liot day, and, when permitted 
to clamber at will over the buildings, tone down many abrupt angles. When in bloom the clematis, 
honeysuckle and wistaria are beautiful, while the foliage is clean and attractive at all times. 
All vines in the list are strong, robust growers, requiring little attention other than occasion- 
ally to trim them. The ground where they are planted should be deeply spaded; fertilizers should 
not come in contact with the roots, but a top dressing of well-decayed manure is advisable. 
The first summer a mulch of clippings or leaves will keep the roots moist and cool, enabling the 
plants to make a rapid growth. 
Ampelopsis 
American Ivy, or Virginia Creeper (A. qiiin- 
(juefolia). A rapid grower, with beautiful dark 
green foliage, turning to rich crimson in the 
fall. The conspicuous blooms are succeeded by 
handsome dark blue berries. 
Japanese, or Boston Ivy (.1. Vcilchii). 
Leaves slightly smaller and more ivy-like than 
those of the American Ivy; overlapping each 
other, they form a dense sheet of green. The 
plant should have slight protection the first 
winter but after that will take care of itself. 
The roots find nourishment in poor soil and it 
is a rapid grower. The most popular Ivy for 
covering buildings and walls. 
Dutchman's Pipe • Aristolochia 
Sipho. A strong and rapid-growing tropical 
vine, with magnificent light green foliage; 
curious pipe-shaped yellowish brown flowers. 
It will give a quick and dense shade and is 
Dutchman's Pipe splendidly adapted for arbors and trellises. 
