KELSEY^S HARDY AMERICAN PLANT|^ 
Grolvn in the CaroJina jyTountains at 3800 Jeet elel'ati^^^ 
HARDY CREEPERS AND GROUND-COVERING PLANTS, continued 
RUBUS deliciosus. Canon Bi-ArhHKituv. 1 to :! ft. Beautiful lolicd leaves anil in June covered with clouds 
of siioH -while llowers almost as larf;e as single roses. Very llardv. 
hispidus. Ki NNiN(f Hi.Ai-KBKKRV. (i to 12 in. White. Leaves color brilliant shades of crimson in autumn. 
Nearly ever;:reen. 
laciniatus. Ci t Leaved Blackberry. 6 to 8 in. yot nalivtt. White. Strong grower, elegant cut leaves. 
VACCINIUM crassifolium. CKEEriNO Hi-cklererkv. :! to 8 in. White or reddish. Doubtfully hardy but 
an elej^aut everi^rccn for danii* [)laces. 
VERONICA officinalis. .Speedwell. It to 10 in. Light 
blue. A prostrate creeper with pubescent leaves and 
pale blue flowers in summer. 
serpylllfolia. Tiiy.me-1 ^eaved Speedwell. 2 to 10 in. 
I'alc lihii'; makes a pretty carpet of f;reen in July. 
VINCA MINOR. Periwinkle. 4 to 6 in. Not 
native. Blue. An evergreen ground-covering 
plant, and particularly under trees and on banks. 
The blue flowers are showy and appear in May. 
Of greatest value and beauty. 
MINOR ALBA. WHITE PERIWINKLE. 4 to 6 in. 
Not native. White variety of above. 
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HARDY NATIVE VINES AND 
CLIMBERS 
AMPELOPSIS. Si .. Parthenocissus. 
BIGNONIA crucigera. ( kossVine. 20 to CO ft. Orange. 
Compounil eveiKri'cn leaves. A showy vine. 
CEBATHA Carolina. Carolina Mocnseeu. 5 to 12 ft. 
Greenish; cliui|ts to smooth surfaces. Fruit red and 
very showy. Leaves variable in shape. A good climber. 
CELASTRUS scandens. Bittersweet. 12 to 25 ft. 
(Iraiifje. Fi uii very showy, l.riirlit scarlet, hanging till 
late. Fine for stone walls and banks. 
CLEMATIS coccinea. Scarlet Clematis. 5 to 10 ft. 
Scarlet hell-shaped llowers. June to July, 
crispa. I'lRFLE Clematis. 4 to 12 ft. Bluish purple. 
One of the best. Flowers from May till August, 
scottii. Mot'NTAiN Leather Flower, rare, y to 12 ft. 
One of the finest spring .sorts. Flowers deep blue, 
foliage silky gray and seed-heads very conspicuous, 
ligusticifolia. Western Vihcin s Bower. 5 to 15 ft. 
White. Fine sort, miK'h like rin/iitiava. 
virginiana. Virgin's Bower. 10 to 35 ft. White. One 
of the fastest growers and line for covering walls, 
trellises and in shrubbery. Flowers July to AiigiKst. 
followed by remarkable plumed seed-lieails. 
paniculata. 10 to :!0 ft. Xal iiitlire. White. Very fra 
tTMiil showy sort, no less in fruit than in flow( i-. 
„Ua| id ;:ruwer. 
DIOSCOREA villosa. Wild Ya.m. (i to 15 ft. Pah 
greenish yellow. Showy clusters of three-wingi <1 
fruit in fall. Its large leaves turn yellow in autumn. 
GELSEMIUM sempervirens. Carolina Yellow 
Jasmine. Delighi fully fragrant Hi>wers, bright yellow 
aiiil very showy in March and April. Quite hardy if 
atVorded winter protection and well worth any care 
given it. 
HUMULUS lupulus. Hop Vine. 10 to 20 ft. Not native. 
Yellow. For outbuildings, and an indispensable, 
very rapid-growing vine, 
IPOMOEA pandurata. Moonku)Wek. > 2 to 12 ft. 
Wliiii- and luirple. A good vine for stone walls and 
for ground work. i 
LONICERA dioica. Smooth-Leaved HONEYStiCKLE. 6 to 
50 ft. Pnridish. Flowers June to August. Large. 
connate leaves. Makes a good stainlard we(-per. 
Qava. Yellow Honeysuckle. 10 to :in ft. Yellow. 
Fine for ground cover ami banks. Very fragrant. 
Flowers ,lune to August. 
]aponica, var. halliana. Hall's Honeysickle. 10 to 
;iOfi. ,V<>^ utifin-. Whitfr or pink. Very much like 
preceding. An elegant Vine. 
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most graceful White (Jlematis ( C. i hijiniana) 
Photographed by H. P. K. at Hishlaiid^ Nursery 
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