98 SUBURBAN GARDENS 
rial I would suggest the useful always in goodly 
proportion; yet there are a few that are purely 
ornamental which it seems quite impossible, 
and actually is unnecessary, to do without. One 
of these is the honeysuckle — Lonicera Halleana 
— with its ravishing odor that saturates the 
nights and days during its period of bloom, 
bathing the senses in delight. Another is the 
Wistaria — Wistaria Chinensis — that for pure 
beauty is unrivalled by any other climbing plant 
and by few indeed of any kind. And still an- 
other, for shade and sturdy, clean thrift, is the 
Kudzu vine — Pueraria Thunbergiana — a mar- 
vel of rapid growth and of loose and graceful 
yet overlapping green, that throws a perfect 
shade without being too dense and heavy in 
effect. Finally there is the Boston ivy — Ampe- 
lopsis tricuspidata or A. V eitchii — which is and 
always will be without a rival for covering 
walls, when a close and somewhat formal 
growth is desired. For this does no injury to 
the walls, its flat little disk-fingers simply stick- 
ing tight by some process peculiar to them- 
selves and never carrying it under nor around 
shingles or boards or bricks. I do not find, 
either, that this vine harbors dampness if 
planted on open walls as it likes to be, where 
there is a sweep of wind and sun. Which 
