Buxus 
V ines 
Listed below are a number of plants useful for covering buildings, walls, 
etc., and many of them are the finest of all ground-covers, while the Clematis 
are among the finest of our flowering plants. There does not seem to be a home 
which should not have some of these useful and likeable plants. 
Boxwood 
Whether in the small home-grounds 
or a large estate, Boxwood gives an 
appearance of age and dignity to its 
surroundings. It has a distinctive, 
mild fragrance which once acquainted 
with one can never forget. 
All Boxwood is slow-growing, the 
so-called Old English especially so. 
That is why exceptionally fine old 
specimens are worth a small fortune; 
some have been centuries in reaching 
their present state of perfection. 
Plant Boxwood now and enjoy it 
while it increases in value. 
BUXUS MICROPHYLLA JAPONICA. 
Japanese Boxwood. A variety with shiny 
foliage and which will grow to 6 feet tall. 
B. MICROPHYLLA KOREANA. Korean 
Boxwood. Slow-growing variety with light 
green foliage. Rarely grows over 2 feet tall. 
B. SEMPERVIRENS. Common Boxwood. 
Strong-growing type which is especially 
valuable for hedges. 
B. SEMPERVIRENS ARBORESCENS. 
The tree form of the common Boxwood 
which will grow to 20 feet high. 
B. SEMPERVIRENS FASTIGIATA. Very 
close-growing variety. 
B. SEMPERVIRENS GLAUCA. Has 
foliage bearing a bluish gray tinge. 
B. SEMPERVIRENS HANDSWORTHI. 
Bushy type with large, broad leaves. 
B. SEMPERVIRENS HOLLANDIA. Dutch 
Boxwood. Slow-growing type with dark 
foliage. Thrives in a moist and shady place. 
B. SEMPERVIRENS, LYNNHAVEN 
TYPE. This selected variety has the 
finest color of all, and if regularly and 
properly pruned will make a dense plant 
in a comparatively short time. 
B. SEMPERVIRENS MARGINATA. A 
type having the leaves edged with yellow. 
B. SEMPERVIRENS SUFFRUTICOSA. 
Old English or Dwarf Boxwood. A slow- 
growing bush which by careful shearing can 
be kept at any size, increasing in beauty 
and value year by year. 
AMPELOPSIS. See Parthenocissus. 
BIGNONIA. See Campsis. 
BITTERSWEET. See Celastrus, page 9. 
CAMPSIS RADICANS (Bignonia radicans). 
A strong-growing Trumpet Vine with bril¬ 
liant scarlet-orange flowers. 
Clematis 
Clematis are strong-growing vines which 
require plenty of lime in the soil. They do 
best when their roots are kept cool and look 
nice clambering over a shrub or when droop¬ 
ing over a wall. 
CLEMATIS HENRYI. Large-flowered va¬ 
riety with creamy white blooms 4 to 5 inches 
in diameter. 
C. JACKMANI. Violet-purple flowers of 
medium size. 
C. JACKMANI, RED. Red-flowered form 
of above. 
C., LUCIE LEMOINE. White. 
C. PANICULATA. The Japanese Virgin’s 
Bower with a cloud of small white blossoms 
in early autumn. 
C. VIRGINIANA. The Southern Virgin’s 
Bower with a profusion of white flowers in 
August and September. 
EUONYMUS RADICANS. Winter-Creeper. 
Hardy vine with small glossy evergreen 
foliage. 
E. RADICANS CARRIEREI. A variety of 
low, spreading growth. 
E. RADICANS VEGETUS. Big-Leaf Win¬ 
ter-Creeper. Strong-growing evergreen with 
handsome foliage and scarlet fruit. 
GELSEMIUM SEMPERVIRENS. Caro¬ 
lina Yellow Jessamine. Climbing shrub to 
15 feet with lustrous foliage and very fra¬ 
grant yellow flowers. 
HEDERA HELIX. English Ivy. One of the 
finest of all plants for covering buildings 
where it is hardy, or for a ground-cover al¬ 
most anywhere. In winter the deep green 
leaves show white veins, a pleasing contrast. 
HEDERA HELIX BALTICA. Very hardy 
variety with small leaves. 
H. HELIX GRACILIS. Variety with rather 
small leaves which turn bronzy. 
LONICERA HECKROTTI. Vine with gray- 
green leaves and large flowers, purple out¬ 
side, yellow inside. Blooms June to 
September. 
L. JAPONICA HALLIANA. Hall’s Honey¬ 
suckle. The old fragrant Honeysuckle with 
creamy yellow flowers. 
L. SEMPERVIRENS. Trumpet Honey¬ 
suckle. A strong-growing vine with orange- 
scarlet trumpets which are yellow inside. 
Illustrated in color on page 18. 
PACHYSANDRA TERMINALIS. Japa¬ 
nese Spurge. A hardy ground-cover with 
attractive dark green foliage held about 
6 inches above the ground. Excellent in 
shade but will grow almost anywhere. 
PARTHENOCISSUS QUINQUEFOLIA 
ENGELMANNI (AmpelopsisEngelmanni). 
Engelmann’s Virginia Creeper. Native 
hardy climber of rapid growth with smaller 
foliage than the type. Foliage turns red in 
autumn. 
P. TRICUSPIDATA LOWI (A. Lowi). A 
small-leaved dainty form of the Boston 
Ivy. Foliage purplish when young. 
P. TRICUSPIDATA VEITCHI (A. Veitchi). 
Boston Ivy. Popular climber which quickly 
covers walls, etc., and whose foliage when 
young has a decided purple tint. In autumn 
it turns a brilliant scarlet. 
SCHISANDRA CHINENSIS. Climber to 
25 feet with shining foliage and fragrant 
white or pinkish flowers in May and June. 
Scarlet berries. 
VINCA MAJOR. The large Periwinkle is an 
evergreen, trailing subshrub used as a 
ground-cover and for window-boxes. Large 
blue blossoms. 
V. MINOR. The small Periwinkle is a widely 
used plant with smaller, neater foliage than 
the preceding. Fine free-flowering ground- 
cover with lilac-blue flowers. 
BROAD-LEAVED EVERGREENS, continued from page 13 
PIERIS FLORIBUNDA. Mountain An¬ 
dromeda. A shrub to 6 feet with lily-of-the- 
valley-like flowers in April and May. 
PITTOSPORUM TOBIRA. A shrub to 10 
feet. Fragrant white or greenish flowers. 
PRUNUS CAROLINIANA (Laurocerasus 
caroliniana). Carolina Cherry Laurel. 
Large shrub with small cream-white flowers 
and shiny black fruit. 
P. LAUROCERASUS. English Cherry 
Laurel. Fragrant white flowers. Dark fruit. 
P. LAUROCERASUS SCHIPKAENSIS. 
Foliage dark green above, very light 
beneath. 
PYRACANTHA ANGUSTIFOLIA. Shrub 
to 12 feet with bright orange to brick-red 
berries. 
P. COCCINEA. A 20-foot shrub with red fruit. 
PYRACANTHA COCCINEA LALANDI. 
A form with orange-red fruit. See page 33. 
P. CRENULATA ROGERSIANA. Medium 
shrub with reddish orange berries. 
P. CRENULATA ROGERSIANA FLAVA. 
A variety with yellow fruit. 
P. GIBBSI (atalantoides). A shrub to 8 feet 
with coral-red fruit. 
P. GIBBSI YUNNANENSIS. A variety 
with somewhat different foliage. 
P. KOIDZUMI (formosana) SPLENDENS. 
An improved type with a profusion of large 
red berries. Illustrated in color on page 33. 
RAPHIOLEPIS INDICA. India Hawthorn. 
A shrub to 5 feet with pinkish flowers. 
R. UMBELLATA. Yeddo Hawthorn. Shrub 
to 12 feet with panicles of white flowers. 
RHODODENDRON. See page 29. 
STRANVA£SIA DAVIDIANA. A shrub to 
20 feet with clusters of white flowers and 
red fruit. 
S. DAVIDIANA SALICIFOLIA. Variety 
with willow-like leaves. 
S. DAVIDIANA UNDULATA. Wavy-edged 
foliage. 
THEA SINENSIS BOHEA. Tea Plant. 
Ornamental variety of the Tea Plant of 
commerce. Fragrant white flowers. 
VIBURNUM RHYTIDOPHYLLUM. 
Leather-leaf Viburnum. A shrub to 10 feet 
with large wrinkled foliage tomentose be¬ 
neath. White flowers and red fruit which 
turns black. 
V. TINUS. Laurestinus. Evergreen Pink 
Viburnum. A shrub to 10 feet with white 
or pinkish flowers. Black fruit. 
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