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The Elm City Nursery Co.. New Haven, Connecticut. 
Hardy 
Ornamental Vines. 
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This is a remarkable example of an old 
sPruce tree completely embowered by the 
Woodbine or Virginia Creeper and will 
be remembered by many as standing in 
the fore-court of the old Graduates' Club on 
Chapel St., New Haven. The vine on the 
building is also a fine specimen of the 
evergreen English Ivy. See below. 
ACTINIDIA ARGUTA or 
Silver Vine. 
Specimens, 3 to 8 feet, $2 to 
2 to 3 feet. 
Strong pot plants, 
50 cents to 
Very rapid growing vine, 
desirable for arbors, per¬ 
golas, etc. Its habit of 
growth is twisting similar 
to Wistaria, sending out 
graceful arm-like branches 
giving it a strong charac¬ 
teristic expression. 
AKEBIA QUINATA. 
4 to 5 feet. 
3 to 4 feet. 
2 to 3 feet. 
Strong pot plants, 
50 cents to 
One of the best vines 
for arbor or screen. Hardy, 
vigorous and almost ever¬ 
green. The leaves are five 
lobe and immune from the 
attacks of insects. 
AMPELOPSIS ACONITI- 
FOLIA. 4 to 6 feet. 
3 to 4 feet. 
A handsome vine of 
very rapid growth, similar 
to the native Woodbine in 
general habit. The leaves, however, are more grape-like in appearance. 
AMPELOPSIS HETEROPHYLLA VAR. ELEGANS. 3 to 4 feet. 
This graceful, delicate appearing vine, with variegated 2 to 3 feet, 
foliage and deep cobalt blue berries, is most attractive. 
AMPELOPSIS TRICUSPIDATA or BOSTON IVY. See illustration below. 
Also known as "Ampelopsis Veitchii,” by far the most 2 to 3 feet, 
valuable vine which will cling to stone or wood. Intro- 1 to 2 feet, 
duced from Japan. Too well-known to need describing. 8 to 12 inches. 
„_ Strong pot plants. 50 cents to 
AMPELOPSIS TRICUSPIDATA VAR. PURPUREA ROBUSTA. 
A very robust type of Boston Ivy, young growth rich 2 to 3 feet, 
amber purple. 1 to 2 feet. 
AMPELOPSIS QUINQUEFOLIA or Woodbine. See illustration above. 
Specimens, 6 to 10 feet, $0.75 to 
Our native Woodbine or Virginia 4 to 6 feet. 
Creeper is a handsome vine and will 2 to 3 feet, 
thrive in the greatest variety of soils Strong pot plants, 50 cents to 
and under varying conditions. If the ground is rich and fertile it will 
make a very rapid 
growth. The foliage in 
the fall turns intense 
red and scarlet. 
ARISTOLOCHIA, see 
Dutchman’s Pipe. 
BTITERSWEET (Celas- 
trus Scandens). 
3 to 4 feet. 
2 to 3 feet. 
Native vine of great 
beauty, very hardy. 
BITTERSWEET JAP- 
AN*(C. Articulatus). 
3 to 4 feet. 
2 to 3 feet. 
1 to 2 feet. 
Strong pot plants, 
50 cents to 
Trimmed in shrub form, 
2 to 3 feet, $1.00 to 
Beautiful hedges are 
made by keeping this 
plant within bounds by 
trimming. The bril¬ 
liant red fruit in the 
fall adding another at¬ 
tractive*'teature. 
BOSTON IVY, see Am¬ 
pelopsis Tricuspidata. 
CELASTRUS, see Bit¬ 
tersweet. 
CLEMATIS FLAMMU- 
LA. 
Strong, 3 years. 
Strong, 2 years. 
Strong pot plants, 
50 cents to 
Similar to Paniculata, 
and a good companion 
for it. Its growth, how¬ 
ever, is not quite as tall 
and it blooms several 
weeks earlier. 
Many a building wall and pillar is much en¬ 
hanced in beauty by the judicious use of vines. 
These showing conspicuously in this illustration 
are the Boston Ivy or Ampelopsis Tricuspidata 
and Crimson Rambler Rose. See above. 
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