|:elsey'5 hardy American plants 
%rohn in the Carolina jyfountains at sSoofietelet^ation 
HARDY NATIVE VINES AND CLIMBERS, continued 
LONICERA sempervirens. Coral HoNEYsrcKi.E. 10 to :iO ft. Scarlet or yellow. Dark everKreeu lenves 
aiicl truni|.i t tlowi-rs. yellow within. May to October. 
MENISPERMUM canadense. C.\nai>a Mooxskkd. 0 to 12 ft. White. Flowers in June to .Inly. Showy 
hhick tniit, like frost Krapes. Valualile climber. 
PARTHENOCISSUS (Ampelopsis) ENGELMANNI. SCARLET VIRGINIA CREEPER. 15 to 50 ft. 
This is the clinging form of the well-known Virginia Creeper, and was introduced by us several 
seasons ago. The leaves are much 
thinner and smaller than in the ordinary 
variety, the whole plant lacking the 
coarseness that characterizes P. quin- 
quefolia, and it clings to walls like the 
ivy. The fall coloring is exceedingly 
brilliant and vastly superior to the com- 
mon form, which is not used where the 
new variety is known and can be had. 
quinquetolia. Vikimnia Ckeepek. Io to .50 
ft. Larger leaves than the preceiiing and n 
rank, rapid jjrower. 
PASSIFLORA incarnata. Passion Fix)wkk. 
3to(!fl. Nearly while llowers with purple 
crown and very showy. Ai>ril and May. 
POLYGONUM cUinode. Fuinoed Black 
Bindweed. Keinarknbly rapid - growiiiR 
irrounil (»r stone wall cover. Elejufaiit vine. 
TECOMA grandiflora. Great Trumpet 
Vine. 20 to 40 fl. ,\ beautiful species bear- 
\ns lar^e yellowish scarlet flowers, 
radlcans. Scarlet Trusipet Creeper. 20 to 
40 ft. Scarlet. .June. Fine large leaves. 
Kapid grower. 
VITIS • GRAPE 
All the Grapes are indispensable vines 
of many uses. Their large-cut, 
handsome leaves and showy fruit, 
as well as very fragrant flower" 
which come early, 
combine to give them 
a place filled by no 
Flowers and seed-lica.ls <il Clematis ligusticifolia 
other vines. Of great hardiness and usually high climb- 
ers, they can be used for arbors, walls and trellises, and 
particularly for covering dead or growing trees, where they 
produce a beautiful effect by their graceful festooned 
growth. They stand the smoke and soot of cities well. 
VITIS aestivalis. Si mmer (iR ape. 15 to 40 ft. Grapes black ; leaves 
large, entire or deeply lobed. 
cordifolia. Fhost Grape. 20 to (iO ft. Grapes are small and black. 
Showy. I)e4'ply cut fidiage. 
indivisa. Ci t-Leaveu Grape. 10 to 20 ft. Very ornamental rapid 
growth. 
labrusca. Fox Grape. 20 to 60 ft. Very ornamental. Large grapes and 
great lobed leaves. One of the best, 
vulpina. Sweet-Scented Grape. 15 to 30 ft. Bluish black fruit. 
HETEROPHYUiA. We could not leave out this graceful vine, 
which is of Japanese origin and of the greatest value for arbors, 
walls, trellises or woodland. The long clusters of white or blue- 
tinged fruit hang through the winter, but its especial charm is the 
foliage of light green, each leaf being delicately incised, or cut. 
Vl^ISTARIA frutescens. Lilao-I'urple. Large racemes of very showy 
llowers in 3lay or .lune. Very rapi<l grower, 
chinensis. 1 have added the Wistarias to my list, for they are vigorous 
hardy vines of greatest valne. This species has pale purple flowers and is 
the common one usually seen, 
multijuga. Japane.se Wistaria. The white variety with clusters sometimes 
2 ft. long. A remarkably fine species. 
M'e do not appreciate the wealth of our American flora, and hare .shut 
oar €>jes to the richneas U'hich lien around us. In Kugland, a crowning 'jlori/ 
of horticullurat exhibitions is the show of ' A ntcrlcan Plants,^ and we in America 
do not liHow what they are."— E. S. Kand, iu 1871. 
Scolopendrium scolopendrium. 
The curious Hart's Tongue. (See pane 24) 
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