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CLIMBING 
PLANTS 
CLIMBING AND TRAILING PLANTS 
Well placed and carefully selected climbing vines add untold beauty to the house 
and garden. Their artistic appearance on the arbor, the veranda, the fence, or 
climbing the side of the house is such that no other treatment can produce. 
Ampelopsis quinquefolia. (Virginia Creeper.) 
A vigorous native climbing variety; leaves 
divided into five bright green toothed leaf¬ 
lets, in- autumn changing to gorgeous 
shades of red and scarlet. 
Ampelopsis Veltchil (A. Japonica, or tricus- 
pidata); (Japan, or Boston Ivy.) A beau¬ 
tiful deciduous climber of very rapid 
growth; eminently suitable for covering 
brick walls, stumps, etc. One of the most 
beautiful and popular hardy climbers. 
Chinese Wistaria. 
Bignonia grandiflora. Tecoma; Japan Trum¬ 
pet Vine.) A medium-growing climber, 
with large, deep orange flowers. When 
in full flower, very conspicuous; blooms 
nearly all summer. Beautiful plant when 
grown in clumps. 
Clematis Jackmani. Large and intense vio¬ 
let-purple; free and abundant bloomer. 
This is the best and most popular of the 
large-flowering Clematis. 
Honeysuckle Heckrotti. (Heckrott’s Honey¬ 
suckle.) Flowers rose-colored on the out¬ 
side, yellow in the center. A most ex¬ 
cellent variety. Blooms continually from 
early spring until winter. 
Honeysuckle Japonica. (L. Halleana; Jap¬ 
anese Honeysuckle.) A very vigorous ev¬ 
ergreen climber; flowers white, changing 
to yellow, are borne in great profusion in 
summer, and sparingly in the autumn. 
Naturalized in many sections of the coun¬ 
try. Good for trellises and ground covers. 
Lonicera Chinensis. (Chinese Honey¬ 
suckle.) A showy variety, with purplish 
evergreen foliage, changing to greener 
shade at maturity. Flowers white, tinged 
with purple on outside. 
L. Heckrotti. (Heckrott’s Honeysuckle.) 
Flowers rose-colored on the outside, yel¬ 
low in the center. A most excellent va¬ 
riety. Blooms continually from early spring 
until winter. 
L. Japonica. (L. Halleana; Japanese Hon¬ 
eysuckle.) A very vigorous evergreen 
climber; flowers white, changing to yel¬ 
low, are borne in great profusion in sum¬ 
mer, and sparingly in the autumn. Nat¬ 
uralized in many sections of the country. 
IVY, English. Large thick, shiny leathery 
leaves. 
Giant. Large, roundish leaves; bright yel¬ 
lowish green; sometimes 8 inches broad. 
Variegated. Form of “Common English 
Ivy.’’ Bright green leaves, margined 
and blotched creamy shades. 
JASMINE. (Jasminum.) Assorted varieties. 
Graclllimum. New evergreen Jasmine; 
clustered flowers pure white. 
Grand Duke. Flowers large, double white, 
fragrant. 
Grandiflorum. (Catalonian Jasmine.) Free- 
blooming flowers, pure white, star¬ 
shaped, fragrant; foliage delicate; ever¬ 
green. 
Nudiflorum. (Naked-flowered Jasmine.) 
Drooping branches; enveloped with 
bright yellow flowers in winter before 
leaves appear. 
Nudiflorum primulium. New variety; same 
as above, but flowers are fully double 
the size. 
Officinale. (True Jasmine or Jessamine.) 
Slender-growing vine; produces abun¬ 
dance of snow-white, fragrant flowers 
all summer. 
Revolutum. (Italian Yellow Jasmine.) Vig¬ 
orous; rich yellow flowers all summer. 
PASSION VINE. (Passiflora.) 
Coerulea. Vigorous; hardy; flowers faint¬ 
ly scented, purple at bottom, white in 
middle, blue at ends; fruit yellowish. 
Constance Elliott. Pure white, slight col¬ 
oring at base of petals; very hardy. 
Plumbago capensis. Flowers azure-blue, 
color most unique. 
P. Capensis alba. Pure white, form of above. 
Silk Vine. A rapid-growing, deciduous 
climber, with glossy green, lanceolate 
leaves; flowers brownish purple inside and 
green at the margin; blooms ini August. 
WISTARIA, Chinese Purple. Flowers pea¬ 
shaped in pendulous clusters a foot long. 
Chinese Double Purple. Long clusters of 
pale, double blue flowers. 
Chinese White. Chinese variety. 
