Boston or Japan Ivy —Gont. 
other large buildings, planting should be guided by 
the architect as to distance. Properly started—some 
shoots horizontally, some perpendicularly—the shoots 
will spread out like an open fan. 
English Ivy (Hedera Helix). Grows 10 to 30 feet. The 
well-known, good old English Ivy. It is an evergreen 
and its foliage is beautiful. The large leaves are three- 
lobed, thick and leathery; of a rich, dark, glossy green. 
It has aerial rootlets with w’hich it clings to masonry. 
It is a very superior vine for covering w^alls of mason¬ 
ry, and is peculiarly adapted to church edifices, im¬ 
parting a rare atmosphere of age, dignity, and distinc¬ 
tion. It is a favorite vine in the rock garden; is fine 
for ground covering especially in shady places where 
grass will not grow. It therefore fills a unique place in 
the cemetery. There are graves on which grass will 
not grow, owing to shade and other conditions, which 
may be given a very lovelv and appropriate covering 
with this ivy. It is very hardy and thrifty the year 
around in all but extreme climates. Where the cold is 
too severe, and it is exposed to the sun, the leaves will 
burn in winter unless protected by some shade. Hence, 
in severe climates, it should be planted in the shade of 
walls or buildings—as on the north side of a church— 
to get the best winter results. Like some other broad- 
leaved evergreens its foliage is partly browned or 
bronzed under the winter sun, returning to green 
again in the spring. The more protection it has from 
the sun the greener will the leaves remain all winter. 
Matrimony Vine, Chinese Box Thorn or Lycium. 
Grows 8 to 10 feet. It blossoms in June, and in the 
fall has enormous quantities of brilliant crimson 
berries that hang into the winter, making beauty in 
the landscape and furnishing food for birds. This is 
a general utility vine, that has many uses in different 
situations. Valuable as a carpet vine for the preven¬ 
tion of erosion on banks ana hillsides, because each 
joint in the branches that presses into the soil takes 
firm hold and a colony of deep and spreading roots 
is soon established. For ornamental purposes, it may 
be used on low walls and similar places. Its habit, 
however, is to grow downward, and this should be 
remembered. The slender branches naturally droop, 
making it a very fine vine to plant at the tops of 
embankments and retaining w^ls to form festoons 
and draperies. For the same reason it may be planted 
in flow^er boxes on window ledges, or balconies, in 
receptacles in the top of posts and pillars, or in the 
cemetery urn. It is very nardy and spreads rapidly. 
The leaves are small and green. The myriad berries, 
growing along slender, draping or festooned branches, 
are a delight all the fadl and winter. It is a valuable 
ally in the rock garden, or in dry and difiBcult 
situations. 
Ptrennial Sweet Pea. A very useful, hardy vine grow¬ 
ing 5 to 8 feet in length. It produces very freely and 
constantly clusters of typical Sweet Pea blossoms 
from July into September, sometimes till frost, rose 
or crimson in color. It is useful to grow naturally on 
banks, or to train over stumps or fences. Can be used 
anywhere that a vine of its length is needed. It pre¬ 
fers shady and moist places, thriving where other 
flow’ering vines will not live. The blossoms are very 
dainty and beautiful, but lack the Sweet Pea frag¬ 
rance. It is herbaceous, not woody, growing quickly 
in the spring. One of the best perennial vines. 
Roses, Climbing. Unexcelled in many plans. Grown 
over the house entrance, they give a smile of wel¬ 
come. Over the pergola, they form a bowser of beauty. 
Over the summer house, they invite to leisure and a 
contemplation of garden charms. Grown over the 
archway leading to the rose garden, they form a fit¬ 
ting prelude to the delights contained therein. For 
varieties and colors turn to the Rose Section of this 
catalog. 
Silver Lace Vine (Polygonum Auberti). The name 
itself describes this new outstanding Vine. Its 
beautiful foamy spray of lacy flowers makes this 
handsome V’'ine a popular favorite. During the 
season which extends from mid-summer until late 
SILVER LACE VINE 
Rapid-growing^ charming 
fall it is completely covered with silvery, lace-like 
white flow'ers. A fast, strong grower of twining 
habit, growing twenty feet the first season. Two 
plants will cover an ordinary porch or trellis the first 
year. Always recommended w'here quick shade is 
needed and when you want the best. 
Trumpet Flower. See Bignonia. 
Virginia Creeper. See Ivy, American. 
Wisteria, Chinese Purple or White. (Sinensis). A 
w'oody vine of strong, vigorous habit, growing to a 
length of twenty to thirty feet. It is a tightly twining 
vine, curling tightly around conductor pipes, tele¬ 
phone w'ires, ropes, tree branches or anything to 
which it can attach itself. Its foliage is grayish- 
green; the flowers are small, in dense pendulous clus¬ 
ters, a foot in length, purple in color and fragrant. 
The vine blossoms in May and June, and frequently 
in August and later in lesser profusion. It will grow 
in any good soil, and even in light sandy soil. Planted 
at the ba^e of a dead or dying tree it will fill it with 
beautiful results. Plant it on arbors, fences, pergolas, 
where its pendant blossoms are very effective. Plant 
it at the corner of the veranda and train it to the 
top and along the veranda roof. Train it to the roof 
and let it follow the cornice. It is of such sturdy 
woody growth that it may be easily trained to a 
standard tree form of considerable size. We have the 
Chinese Wisteria in purple flowered and also in 
white flowered. 
Woodbine. See Ivy, American. 
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