CLIMBING PLANTS 
A S this section includes both evergreen and deciduous vines, we have shown in each case to 
which class the plant belongs and have also indicated just how each one climbs; whether by 
twining, tendrils, rootlets, etc. Iliis will help in making selections for various purposes and 
locations. I he best to cling to bare walls without any other support are Ampelopsis tricus - 
pidata (Boston Ivy), Bignonia tzveedianci, Ficus pumila (Climbing Fig) and Hcdcra helix (English 
Ivy) ; all are evergreen except the first. 
Bignonia twccdiana 
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ACTINIDIA 
A. chinensis. China. Very strong-growing. twin¬ 
ing, deciduous climber. Leaves very large, rounded, 
downy beneath. Branchlets and leafstalks are 
densely covered with bright red hairs. Flowers, 
about two inches broad with five spreading petals 
and a mass of stamens, are creamv white, soon 
turning yellow. Quite out of the ordinary in every 
way. 
AKEBIA 
Handsome twining vines with dense, semi- 
evergreen foliage. Flowers, borne in early spring, 
are small, in short racemes, a peculiar shade of 
livid purple. 
A. lobata. China: Japan. Leaves of three large 
leaflets, deeply or slightly lobed. sometimes only 
wavy-margined. Foliage very dense. Rare. 
A. quinata. China; .Japan. Leaves of five small 
leaflets. Foliage more graceful and less dense than 
preceding. 
AMPELOPSIS 
Well-known deciduous vines climbing by ten¬ 
drils. All assume most gorgeous autumnal tints, 
Virginia Creeper first and Boston Ivy later. Both 
types are extremely hardy. For Evergreen Am- 
pelopsis sec Cissus. 
A. quinquefoba. VIRGINIA CREEPER; WOOD¬ 
BINE. Eastern l'. S. Very well known. Leaves 
large with five leaflets. Berries dark purple with a 
bloom, borne on red stalks. Foliage colors a most 
intense scarlet early in the fall. 
A. tricusoidata (A. veitchi). BOSTON IVY; 
JAPAN IVV. China: Japan. Perfectly distinct 
from Virginia Creeper. Leaves on very young 
plants are divided into three separate leaflets, but 
on older plants are merely three-lobed. Foliage is 
dense and very glossy. Tendrils furnish d with 
small discs, which adhere tenaciously t<> brick, stone 
or even wood. Foliage turns yellow and red in fall 
later than Virginia Creeper and persists longer. Tt 
is sometimes supposed that there is a large-leaved 
and small leaved variety, but this is incorrect, as 
close observation will show that while the leaves 
produced on the spurs may be several inches broad 
and have a stalk nearly a foot long, those on the 
growing shoots of same plant will be exceedingly 
small, with stalks under an inch in length. 
A. tricuspidata atropurpurea. Variety of pr»<td- 
ing with larger leaves. Young growth in spring is 
purple. Foliage tin ns bright purple in fall. 
BIGNONIA 
Handsome evergreen climbing vines, mostly 
clinging by tendrils and bearing showy, tubular 
flowers. The following sorts all have pinnate 
leaves; 
B. buccinatoria (B. cherere). Mexico. Leaflets 
long. Branches inclined to be square. Flowers 
about four inches long, blood red, yellow at base. 
Very handsome species. 
B. capreolata. CROSS VINE. Eastern V. S. 
Very strong climber. Leaflets elongat'd, heart- 
shaped. edges not cut. Flowers yellowish red. per¬ 
fectly hardy. 
B. speciosa. Argentina. Leaflets glossy. Flowers 
lilac and yellow inside the tube, but lavender on 
the flaring lobes. Free bloomer. 
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