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VINES AND CREEPERS. 
The Pepper-vine. Ampeiopsis bipinnati. — A variety with 
compound pinnate leaves, of lesser growth than the preceding, and 
not so close a creeper. 
The Akebia. Akebia quinata. — A vine of delicate appearance, 
recently introduced, which has proved thrifty and hardy; and 
covers whatever it climbs upon so well with foliage that it is already 
quite a favorite. Flowers in clusters, bluish-violet, sweet-scented; 
in May and June. 
The Birthwort. Aristolochia. —This is a twiner and climber. 
It is therefore unsuited for walls ; but its great heart-shaped leaves, 
from seven to twelve inches in diameter, borne with tropical lux¬ 
uriance, make the finest exhibition of massy foliage for covering 
isolated artificial constructions of anything we know of. It is 
found wild in the middle States, and climbs to the tops of lofty 
trees. The flowers are the shape of a syphon or hook, of a yel¬ 
lowish-brown color, borne in May and June. It requires a deep 
rich dry soil. 
The Common Trumpet Creeper. Bignonia (Tecoma) radi- 
cans. —This is a true creeper, with long pinnate leaves composed of 
seven to eleven leaflets. It adheres to the bark of trees and to 
walls with the same tenacity as the Virginia creeper, and its growth 
is equally vigorous, but its vigor tends more to the top, so that the 
trunk and large branches become bare as it grows old. The leaves 
appear late in the spring, and are not brilliant in autumn. Its 
magnificent trumpet-shaped flowers are from three to four inches in 
length, borne in clusters in August and September, and of a brilliant 
orange color. It is a superb vine to grow on old evergreen trees 
that are not in themselves pleasing. 
The Large-flowered Trumpet Creeper. Bignonia (Tecoma) 
grandifiora .—This is a Chinese variety with much larger, more 
open, and equally brilliant flowers of similar color, and with 
similar foliage to the trumpet creeper, but not quite so vigorous and 
hardy. Flowers pendant, in large clusters, in July and August. 
The Dark Red Trumpet Creeper, B. (T.) atrosanguinea , is 
