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Akebia 
Quinata. Has dark green leaves and purple 
flowers, blooming in early summer. Grows best 
in sunny places and is seldom attacked by 
insects. 
Honeysuckle • Lonicera 
Chinese Twining {L. Japonica). This vine 
holds its foliage nearly all winter. It blooms in 
July and September, with a profusion of 
buds delicately tinted wdth pink and 
opening into fragrant pink and white 
flowers. Very sweet. 
Hall's Japan (L. Halliana). An ever- 
green variety. Peculiar white flowers 
changing into yellow; very fragrant. 
Covered with flowers from June to 
November; glossy light green leaves. 
Japan Golden-leaved (L. Bnichypoda 
aurca reticulata). Foliage beautifully 
tinted with yellow; valuable for color 
contrast with other kinds; flowers cream- 
colored and fragrant. 
Monthly Fragrant {L. Bclgica). In 
bloom almost all summer; flowers red and 
yellow; foliage attractive. 
Scarlet Trumpet {L. sempervireiis). A 
strong grower, producing scarlet flowers 
that continue all summer; leaves bluish 
green. A very pretty and desirable sort. 
Siberian (L. Alberti). Narrow leaves 
of bluish color, on slender, drooping 
branches. The plant is a very pretty 
little bush with wonderfully attractive 
blossoms. They are thickly set on the 
branches, unusually large, of porcelain- 
blue color, with a very sweet fragrance. 
Ivy • Hedera 
English (H. Helix). Evergreen vine. 
Thick, green leaves; very popular for an 
evergreen carpet beneath trees where 
grass will not grow, to cover buildings, 
trunks of trees, etc. It grows in almost 
any soil and is fond of shady places; in 
northern localities, sometimes winter- 
kills if exposed to the sun. Should be 
planted in a northern exposure. 
Variegated-leaved. Has smaller leaves than 
the preceding; variegated with white. 
Silk Vine • Periploca 
Graeca. A vigorous high-climbing vine; 
handsome foliage and fragrant flowers; thrives 
in almost any well-drained soil; hardy as far 
north as New York, and may be grown with 
protection in colder climate; flowers bluish 
purple; leaves dark green and glossy. 
Trumpet Vine • Bignonia 
Bignonia, or Scarlet (5. radicans). A splen- 
did climber, vigorous and hardy, with clusters 
of trumpet-shaped flowers. It clings tenaciously 
ly and grows rapidly; blooms in August. The 
only thoroughly hardy variety of this vine. 
Chinese {B. grandiflora). The orange-red 
flowers are larger and earlier than those of the 
other kind, and it is a more bushy grower. 
Chinese Wistaria 
Wistaria • Glycine 
Chinese Purple (IC. Cliincusis purpurea). 
A very rapid grower, sometimes making 20 
feet of wood in a single season; bears long 
clusters of pale blue flowers in late spring and 
early fall; unusually hardy. 
Chinese White {W. Chinensis alba). Simi- 
lar in form to the above, except in the color of 
the flowers, which in this case are pure white. 
Very effective when planted with the Purple 
varietv. 
