PLANTS FOR ODD PURPOSES 
BANK PLANTINGS TO PREVENT SOIL WASHING 
The following sorts on account of the way their lower branches mat down, 
and their roots spread, prevent soil from washing even on steep banks. 
Shrubs 
Drooplnc Golden Bell 
Fortpthia tutpenia 
(Plant every 3Q or 36 inches) 
Coral Barry 
Symphoricarpot vulgaria 
Vines 
(Plant every 18 or 24 Inches) 
Gold-leaved Honeysuckle Hall's Honeysuckle 
Lonicera braehppoda aurea Lonicera brach. halleana 
A retaining Wall planted on outside with Large-Leaved Evergreen Bittersweet, 
with deciduous shrubbery (Forsythia Fortuna) on inside. Note the luxuriant mass 
effect where otherwise the vista would be harsh and unattractive 
FOR COVERING MASONRY OR BRICK WALLS 
Deciduous Vines Evergreen Vines 
Clinging Virginia Creeper Evergreen Bittersweet 
Ampelopsis QUing. engelmanni Euonymus radicans 
Boston Ivy This plant and all its varieties are very 
versatile_ and have many uses. They bear 
Ampelopsis veitchU 
Manchurian Grape 
Vitis het. amurensis 
orange fruits similar to the common Bit- 
tersweet. 
GROUND COVERS FOR SHADY PLACES 
(These sorts will thrive in shade so deep as to kill out f 
Bear Berry Japanese Spurge 
Paclnjsandra terminalis 
rass) 
Arotoataphplloa urva^urst 
(For very sandy soil) 
Broad-leaved Evergreen Bittersweet 
Huonymua radicana vegeta 
(Grows 18 to 24 Inches tall) 
(Plant as close at 12 Inches) 
Trailing Myrtle 
Vinca minor 
(Blue flowers summer ami fall) 
