Climbing and Trailing Vines 
Glorious Wisterias in bloom. The flowers at the left are Wisteria 
floribunda; at right center, Wisteria sinensis. 
Vines provide the needed finish 
to the garden picture, serving to 
soften sharp angles and lines of 
buildings and making a tracery of 
green and color upon blank spaces. 
They become identified with the 
architecture itself, making it a more 
beautiful and intimate feature of 
the landscape. 
In Southern California, perhaps 
as in no other locality, vines find the 
most diverse uses. Here can be 
grown vines from both temperate 
and tropic climates, vines with 
handsome foliage, and vines with 
masses of brilliant, often fragrant 
blossoms. Many serve to provide 
needed shade in the shortest possi¬ 
ble time; and here the types of arch¬ 
itecture seem to be designed for the 
employment of all types of climb¬ 
ing plants. 
Ampeiopsis 
Very hardy ornamental vines, thriving 
anywhere, but growing best on the sun¬ 
ny side. As they climb by tendrils they will 
adhere to stone, brick or cement work. 
AMPELOPSIS HENRYANA. A handsome creeper 
with leaves five parted, opening bright red, and 
changing to purplish red with silvery markings 
along the veins. Beautiful used in pots, like 
English Ivy, in window boxes, and for training 
upon trellises in partial shade where the color 
of the leaves will be most pronounced. 1-gal., 
4- 5 ft., 75c; 5-gal., $1.75. 
AMPELOPSIS HETEROPHYLLA ELEGANS. A 
little vine of many colors, with handsome lobed 
leaves, light green marked with white and rose. 
This charming vine for small trellises, low walls 
and rocks is strikingly beautiful in late summer 
and fall with clusters of glossy berries variously 
colored pale lilac, green and metallic blue. 1-gal. 
containers, 2-3 ft., 75c; 5-gal. $2.00 
AMPELOPSIS QUINQUEFOLIA. Virginia Creep¬ 
er. Luxuriant large leaves which are a most in¬ 
tense scarlet early in the fall. A rapid climber. 
5- gal., 6 ft., $1.50. 
AMPELOPSIS SEMPERVIRENS. (Cissus striata) 
Evergreen Ampeiopsis. Very handsome vine of 
much more dainty appearance than the deciduous 
kinds. Leaves small, palmate, with five dark 
green leaflets. Adheres by tendrils to walls or 
trellises. 1-gal. containers, 75c; 5-gal., $1.75. 
AMPELOPSIS VEITCHI. Boston Ivy. A beau¬ 
tiful hardy vine clinging closely to wall by means 
of small disk-bearing tendrils. Glossy green 
leaves which color brilliantly in autumn. 1-gal. 
containers, 50c; 5-gal. $1.50. 
Antigonon 
ROSA DE MONTANA 
ANTIGONON LEPTOPUS. Rosa de Montana or 
Queen's Wreath. A beautiful rapid climber for 
warm locations, covering a trellis in one season. 
Has rather large leaves, and is covered in Spring 
and Summer with panicles of exquisite rose-pink 
blossoms. 1-gal. containers, 75e; 5-gal. $2.00. 
Bougainvillea 
See Color Plate and Description of our New 
Golden-Bronze Bougainvillea on page 36. 
Of all the flowering vines, none makes 
such a lavish display of color, or creates a 
more vivid impression upon visitors to Cal¬ 
ifornia as this group of strong climbers. 
Color is a dominant feature of California 
gardens, and the glorious Bougainvillea, 
vigorously climbing over fences, buildings, 
walls, pergolas and trellises, covered most 
of the year with its brilliant colored blos¬ 
soms is a pleasing sight never to be forgot¬ 
ten. Each variety covers a long blooming 
season and by planting several, masses of 
bloom will be had the year around. 
We have a wonderful collection of rare- 
colored varieties. 
BOUGAINVILLEA BRAZILIENSIS. A fine vari¬ 
ety, flowering almost the entire year, especially 
heavily in winter and spring. The flowers are 
large, showy rosy-purple, a pleasing tone, not to 
be compared with the old dull magenta colored 
variety which has much smaller flowers. 1-gal. 
containers, $1.00; 5-gal. $2.00. 
BOUGAINVILLEA CRIMSON LAKE. This has 
become the most popular of all of the Bougain¬ 
villeas because of the richness and brilliancy of 
its coloring; on opening it is deep crimson-lake, 
retaining this color for three or four weeks, the 
older flowers then passing to lovely crimson-car¬ 
mine. A prolific bloomer, covered with flowers 
throughout the year, and a very strong-growing 
vine. 1-gal. containers, lVi-2 ft., 75c; 2-3 ft., 
$1.00; 5-gal., 4-5 ft., $2.00; 5-8 ft., heavy, $3.00. 
BOUGAINVILLEA MRS. PRAETORIUS. See page 
36. 
BOUGAINVILLEA LATERITIA. Brick Red Bou¬ 
gainvillea. This is a most unusual color in flowers, 
often described as Brick Red, a hue that immedi¬ 
ately attracts attention, even from a great dis¬ 
tance. A rampant climber making a beautiful 
display of its lively color, especially in winter, 
spring and summer. It is a little more suscepti¬ 
ble to frost injury than the others, and is best 
adapted to the coastal and warmer foothill re¬ 
gions from Santa Barbara to San Diego. 1-gal. 
containers $1.25; 5-gal. containers $3.50. 
BOUGAINVILLEA ROSEA. A rare and 
beautiful color entirely distinct from any 
other. Under glass, and in some weather 
conditions it is a lovely rosy pink. In full 
open sun the color is deep rosy carmine, 
rich and beautiful. The flowers are larger 
than other varieties, produced in profusion 
in early spring and summer. 1-gal. con¬ 
tainers $1.50; 5-gal. containers $3.50 to 
$5.00. 
Bougainvilleas are sun-loving subjects, and re¬ 
quire warm situations, although they are often 
grotvn in partial shade. After they become es¬ 
tablished for one season they are very vigorous 
and even if the tops are damaged by heavy frost 
will usually recover immediately. In planting re¬ 
move them carefully from the containers, being 
careful not to break the soil from the roots, as 
this will often cause them to die. Paul J. 
Howard’s plants are grown more slowly, there¬ 
fore, are hardier and will become much more 
quickly established in the garden than forced 
plants of like size, developed in shorter time by 
heavy feeding. 
We have large specimens of Bougainvilleas in 
flower at "Flowerland", making a Beautiful Dis¬ 
play, and desirable for immediate effect. 
Bougainvilleas are much prized greenhouse and 
conservatory plants in localities where they will 
not succeed out of doors. 
Clematis 
CLEMATIS HYBRIDS. Choice large flowered 
varieties in colors of pink, blue, purple or white. 
They flower the first year, and in California 
should be cut back to the ground in winter to 
obtain flowering wood each season. Strong plants, 
potted $1.25. 
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