ACTINIDIA 
A. polygama. Japan. Strong climber of exceptional value where a quick- 
growing, clean-foliaged plant is desired. Foliage glossy green ; flowers white, 
with a purple center in July, followed by yellow fruits. 
AKEBIA 
A. quinata. Japan. A charming climber, with shining, almost evergreen 
foliage and clusters of chocolate-colored, fragrant flowers in June, followed by 
dark purple berries. Very desirable. 
AMPELOPSIS 
A. quinquefolia. Virginia Creeper. A native climber, very hardy, and of 
extremely rapid growth. The beautiful leaves are deeply cut and turn to rich 
crimson in the autumn. An excellent vine for covering trees, walls, rocky 
slopes and banks. (See plate on page 109.) 
A. quinquefolia, var. Englemanni. Similar to A. quinquefolia , but of 
somewhat more clinging habit, and with smaller, denser foliage. Colors beau¬ 
tifully in the fall. 
A. tricuspidata ; syn., Veitchii. Japan, or Boston Ivy. Possibly the best 
known of all-climbers. Suitable for planting on walls and about buildings, 
and when once established it grows with great rapidity and clings very closely 
to any surface. No plant surpasses it for covering buildings, and it thrives in 
the heart of the city as well as in the suburbs. The leaves are broad, dark 
green and glossy, and in the fall color rich crimson. 
ARISTOLOCHIA 
A. Sipho. Dutchman’s Pipe Vine. A strong grower, with huge thick 
and shining cordate leaves of a pretty light green, 6 to 12 inches across, and 
hanging so that they overlap each other. It bears curious purplish pipe¬ 
shaped flowers, but it is chiefly for its luxuriant foliage and rapid growth that 
the plant is valued. 
BIGNONIA. Trumpet Vine 
B. grandiflora. Trumpet Vine. A strong, rapid grower, of rather bushy 
habit, and bearing large flowers of brilliant orange-red. It blooms earlier than 
*Z?. radicans. 
B. radicans. Scarlet Trumpet Vine. One of the strongest and most 
ornamental climbing vines. Its foliage is a deep, rich green, and flowers dark, 
rich crimson. It is of much more rapid growth than r B. grandiflora , and 
clings much closer. Unsurpassed for covering trees, rough walls or rocky 
slopes. 
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