MATRIMONY VINE (LYC1UM) 
Ornamental Vines 
LIMBING VINES are as necessary to the comfort and beauty of a home as the trees and 
shrubs we plant about it. They mature quickly and tone down the stiff bold angles of 
new buildings and give shade and flowers over porches and trellises. They are cheerful 
and cooling in climbing over bowers and summer-houses, and wild and natural in 
running over trees and stumps. In shaded places and beneath old trees where grass 
will not grow, they are often used as a ground cover. On steep slopes and banks they 
prevent erosion. They ramble over unsightly neglected places and make them beau¬ 
tiful with fragrant and brilliant flowers. Vines are strong, robust growers that require little 
attention other than to occasionally train them. 
ACTINIDIA arguta. A vigorous, rapid-growing 
Japanese vine, with glossy leathery leaves 
and greenish white flowers, succeeded by 
greenish yellow fruits. Fine for covering 
arbors, trellises, walls, and to produce 
wild effects. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per doz. 
AKEBIA quinata. It is a hardy, quick-growing 
vine that is graceful and handsome. Has 
small, five-lobed half evergreen leaves and 
fragrant purplish brown or chocolate- 
colored flowers. 25 cts. each, $2.50 per 12. 
AMPELOPSIS quinquefolia. (Virginia Creep¬ 
er). A hardy native vine of strong, rapid 
growth. The large handsome leaves are 
deeply cut into five lobes, hence the name 
“Five Finger” is often given to it. In au¬ 
tumn, the foliage turns a beautiful rich 
crimson. Berries blue, produced in ample 
panicles. An excellent vine for arbors, 
fences, trellises, walls and for running up 
trees and over stumps. A handsome and 
graceful species. 25 cts. each, $2.25 per doz. 
A. Veitchii; syn., tricuspidata. (Japanese, or 
Boston Ivy). The tendrils hold tenaciously 
to any support and the roots find nourish¬ 
ment in the poorest soils. It is a quite 
hardy rapid grower. The leaves are 
strung thickly and overlap one another in 
a mat of fresh shining green that turns a 
brilliant red in autumn. It is the most 
popular Ivy for covering buildings and 
walls, and grows well in the smoky atmos¬ 
phere of cities. Each 25 cts, $2.00 doz. 
ARISTOLOCHIA sipho. (Dutchman’s Pipe). 
A strong, hardy-growing tropical-looking 
vine with handsome light green leaves 8 to 
12 inches across. It will give a quick 
dense shade, and is much used on arbors 
and trellises. The corolla of the brown 
flowers is shaped like the bowl of a pipe. 
Strong plants, 75 cts. each, $7.50 doz. 
BIGNONIA. (Trumpet Vine). These arc famil¬ 
iar strong-growing vines, with deep, rich 
green foliage and large trumpet-shaped 
flowers in early summer. They are very 
desirable for covering summer houses, 
training over arbors and to climb over 
trees, rocks and rustic bridges. Bignonias 
will grow in almost any soil and are 
hardy, except in the coldest climates. We 
offer the two varieties that follow. 
B. grandiflora. (Trumpet Vine). July. The 
orange-red flowers are larger and earlier 
than B. radicans, and it is a more bushy 
grower. 3-yr. 50 cts. each, $4.00 doz. 
B. radicans. (Scarlet Trumpet Vine.) July 
to September. Our native species with 
deep scarlet flowers. It is a familiar old- 
fashioned vine that clings tenaciously and 
grows rapidly to tall heights. 2-yr. and 
3-yr. 25 cts. each, $2.50 doz. 
CELASTRUS articulatus. (Japanese Bitter¬ 
sweet.) 2 to 3 ft. 25 cts. each, $2.50 doz. 
C. scandens. (Bittersweet.) A native vine 
that is especially ornamental in fall and 
winter, with brilliant orange and scarlet 
fruits. 2 to 3 ft. 25 cts. each, $2.50 doz. 
POLYGONUM Baldschuanicum. One of the 
most useful climbing plants of recent in¬ 
troduction, being perfectly hardy; a strong 
grower, covering itself with a sheet of 
snowy white flowers, delicately suffused 
with pink, which are borne in long ra¬ 
cemes. It blooms in such profusion that 
the flowers form a perfect cloud of mist. 
When well known it will be equally as 
popular as Clematis Paniculata. $1.50. 
Clematis 
Familiar vines that flower profusely and are 
in demand for covering porches, trellises and 
arbors, and to climb over posts and fences. 
From a long list of varieties we have selected 
the following as the most desirable. 
SMALL FLOWER VARIETIES. 
Clematis coccinea. Distinct from other vari¬ 
eties; bright coral-scarlet flowers. July to 
October. 
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