ORNAMENTAL DEPARTMENT. 
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HARDY CLIMBING VINES. 
Ornamentals of this class are so hardy, so easily grown, and so beautiful, that they 
deserve greater attention than they receive. No artist can produce pictures eiiual to 
the vpealth of beauty displayed by the elegant wistaria, the graceful honeysuckle, or 
the charming and magnificent clematis when in the glory of full bloom, and there is 
nothing in art that will in any degree compare with the gorgeous hues of the arapel- 
opsis after it assumes its brilliant autumnal tints. 
AlSlPELOPSIS. 
AMERICAN IVY, or VIRGINIA CREEPER (Quinquefolia). Also called wood- 
bine. A very rapid grower, having beautiful, dark green foliage, which 
assumes rich crimson hues in autumn. 
VEITCHII (Veitch's Ampelopsis). Leaves a little smaller and more ivy-like in 
form than the foregoing. Overlapping each other, they form a dense sheet of 
green. The plant requires a little protection the first winter until it is estab- 
lished, but after that it may be safely left to care for itself. It grows rapidly 
and clings to the surface of even a painted brick wall with great tenacity. 
The foliage changes to a crimson-scarlet in autumn. 
ARISTOLOCHIA, or DUTCHMAN'S PIPE. 
SYPHO. A rapid-glowing vine, with magnificent foliage, ten to twelve inches in 
diameter, and curious pipe-shaped, yellowish-brown flowers. 
AKEBIA. 
QUINATA. A rapid-growing climber, with dark green leaves and purple flowers. 
Blooms in early summer. 
HONEYSUCKLE (Lonicera). 
CHINESE TWINING (Japonica). A weU-known vine, holding its foliage nearly 
all winter. Blooms in July and September, and is very sweet. 
HALL'S JAPAN (Halliana). A strong, vigorous, evergreen variety, with pure 
white flowers changing to yellow. Very fragrant ; covered with flowers from 
June to November. 
JAPAN GOLD- LEAVED (Brachypoda aureo reticulata). Handsome and very 
desirable variety, the foliage beautifully netted or variegated with yellow. 
MONTHLY FRAGRANT (Belgica). Blooms all summer. Flowers red and yel- 
low. Very sweet. 
SCARLET TRUMPET (Sempervirens). A strong grower, and produces .scarlet, 
inodorous flowers all summer. 
IVY (Hodera). 
The evergreen ivies often sutt'er in winter if exposed to the sun, and should there- 
fore be planted on the north side of the wall or building. 
ENGLISH (Helix). A well-known, old, and popular sort. 
VARIEGATED-LEAVED (Fol. variegata). With smaller leaves than the pre- 
ceding, variegated with white. 
