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Euoiiymiis fadicaiis vegetus 
The Best Evergreen Vine for America 
Is ivy the best vine in the world? Doubtless every 
Englishman will cry “Yes!” because the European or 
English ivy (Hedera Helix) is the oldest evergreen vine 
in cultivation, and has made the deepest impression in liter¬ 
ature, art and history. But if your standard is merit, not 
associations, there is another vine which seems to me in¬ 
herently better, viz., the Climbing Euonymus, or, as I now 
propose to call it, the “Evergreen Bittersweet.” True, the 
form of its leaf is not unique, like that of ivy, but it has 
one overwhelming advantage in its gorgeous red berries, 
which are resplendent all winter against a noble background 
of evergreen foliage. And in many other ways it has 
greater value than ivy, even in regions where the ivy is 
hardy. 
The accompanying picture gives but a faint hint of the 
five-fold glories of the Evergreen Bittersweet. In tlie 
first place, it is evergreen, and therefore has an obvious 
advantage over deciduous vines in being beautiful 3(1-5 
days of the year, instead of two weeks or seven months. 
Secondly, it is very accommodating as to soils, climate, 
exposures; is easy to grow; and will trail over the ground 
or climb to the noble height of 30 feet. 
Thirdly, it has an immense advantage over ivy, in being 
much hardier, growing 20 feet high in New' England, where 
ivy can be grown only as a ground-cover. 
Fourthly, its superb red fruits, which closely resemble 
those of our common wild bittersweet, seem divinely ap¬ 
pointed to redeem our American winters from their bleak, 
ugly and cheerless moods. 
And, fifthly, it promises to develop a strong American 
character, becoming universal and dear to the American 
heart. If I bad a million dollars to spare I should like to 
plant an Evergreen Bittersweet against every stone, brick 
and concrete wall in America. The effect would be elec¬ 
trical, for it would add 100 ])er cent, to tlie beauty of 
America. And it would only be antici])ating by a hundred 
years what will surely ha})pcn, for it is hardly possible 
that the world holds any plant with greater power to trans¬ 
form a house into a liome. As in England, every home and 
every church is enriched, dignified and ennobled by ivy, so 
every American home will come to be connected so closely 
with the Evergreen Bittersweet that it will be impossible 
to think of one without the other.—Y'ilhelm iSliller, in The 
G.vrden IMagazine, November, 1912. 
We have known for several years of the great merit of the 
vine, Euonymus radicans vegetus, so enthusiastically de¬ 
scribed by Professor Miller, and have been steadily getting- 
up a large stock of it, and now have several thousand 
]ffants. It is a s]mrt from Euonymus radicans, but abso¬ 
lutely distinct from that vine. 
Planted in rows and kejit sheared, this vine makes a 
splendid evergreen hedge. It is also a splendid ground 
cover for either sun or shade. 
Perfectly hardy, but when ])lantcd in the fall should be 
protected with a mulching of three inches of stable manure, 
being careful not to cover the evergreen foliage. Very slow 
growing at first, but when well established grows with great 
vigor. 
Small pot-plants, 30 cents each, $2..50 per dozen, $20.00 
per 100. Strong jmt-plants, 50 cents each, $5.00 per 
dozen, $35.00 per 100. 
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