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ELLIOTT NURSERY COMPANY, PITTSBURGH, PA 
Euonymus Radicnns Vegetus. 
The Best Evergreen Vine For America — 
Euonymus radicans vegetus 
“Is the Ivy the best vine in the world? Doubtless every 
Englishman will cry ‘Yes!’ because the European or English Ivy 
(Hedera Helix) is the oldest *vergreen vine in cultivation and has 
made the deepest Impression in ltterature, art, and history. But 
if your standard is merit, not associations, there is another vine 
which seems to me Inherently better, viz., the Climbing Euony¬ 
mus, 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 ever¬ 
green foliage. And in many other ways it has greater value than 
ivy, even in regions where the Ivy is hardy. 
“The accompanying picture gives hut a faint hint of the fivefold 
glories of the Evergreen Bittersweet. In the first place, it Is ever¬ 
green, and therefore has an obvious advantage over deciduous 
vines in being beautirul 365 days of the year, instead or two 
weeks or seven months. 
“Secondly, it is very accommodating as to soils, climate, ex¬ 
posures; is easy to grow; and will trail over the ground or climb 
to the noble height of 30 feet. 
“Thirdly, it has 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 rrutts, which closely resemble those 
of our common wild bittersweet, seem divinely appointed to 
redeem our American winters Trom their bleak, ugly and cheerless 
moods. 
“And, fifthly, it promises to develop a strong American char¬ 
acter, becoming universal and dear to the American heart. If I 
had a million dollars to spare I should like to plant an Evergreen 
Bittersweet against every stone, brick and concrete wall in Amer¬ 
ica. The effect would be electrical, for it would add 100 per cent 
to tlie beauty or America and it would only be anticipating by a 
hundred years what will surely happen, for it is hardly possible 
that the world holds any plant with greater power to transform a 
house into a home. 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.” — WILHELM MILLER, in the Garden Magazine, November, 
1912. 
We have known for several years of the great merit or the 
vine, Euonymus radicans vegetus, so enthusiastically described by 
Professor Miller, and have been steadily getting up a large stock 
of it, and now have several thousand plants. It is a sport from 
Euonymus radicans, but absolutely distinct from that vine. 
Planted in rows and kept sheared, this vine makes a splendid 
evergreen hedge. It is also a splendid ground-cover plant for 
either sun or shade. 
Perfectly hardy, but when planted In the fall should be pro¬ 
tected with a mulching or 3 Inches of stable manure, being careful 
not to cover the evergreen roliage. Very slow-growing at first, 
but when well established grows with great vigor. 
Strong pot-plants, 50c each; $5.00 per 12; $40.00 per 100. 
