Ornamental Vines 
Boston Ivy 
Ampelopsis veilchi. The Boston Ivy is particularly dear to people 
from the East because of the traditions connected with it, and it 
will do as well in California in spite of our mild climate. The 
leaves take on the same brilliant red coloring as soon as the 
weather begins to get cold, as it does in the East. This vine is a 
true creeper and will cling to almost any surface except one that 
has been freshly painted. After the vine has become well anchored 
to a wall, long waving streamers will hang down and give it an 
air of grace and beauty wherever it is used. Gal. 35c. 
Coral I ine 
Antigonon leptopus. There are few vines that will present a 
more striking appearance than this one when it is in full bloom. 
The vine will put up a new top every year from a root which 
remains perennial, and as the top of the vine develops, great 
sprays of bright, rose pink flowers will be developed in great 
profusion over the entire area of the top. These flowers will 
appear in late summer. The tops of this vine grow very rapidly 
when they start out in the spring and is a fine one to use where 
one wishes a summer shelter on a screen porch, or any place 
where winter sun will be welcome. Gal. 40c. 
Trumpet Vines 
In this family of evergreen vines there is quite a variation of 
color and they are all particularly striking in appearance because 
the flowers are prolific and the colors are usually very brilliant. 
This family has one characteristic which is not found in other 
vines and that is their method of clinging to the material on 
which they grow by means of tiny claws resembling talons of a 
bird of prey. These little growths are usually made up of three 
tiny hook-like structures which will fasten themselves into any 
tiny foothold, thereby holding the vine to the face of a wall or 
any other object. In this family of vines, the foliage is very fine, 
forming a heavy screen as well as a beautiful background for 
the flowers. Although some varieties of this plant are somewhat 
tender, they usually recover quickly from a frost and will not be 
severely damaged. The varieties which we list below we consider 
to be the outstanding members of this beautiful group of vines: 
Bignonia chamberlayni (Yellow Trumpet Vine). This variety has 
large clusters of very brilliant yellow flowers which are borne in 
the summer on a background of luxuriant green foliage. This is a 
good strong grower and one that will show up to beautiful ad¬ 
vantage as a pergola covering. Gal. 40c; 5-gal. $2.00. 
Bignonia cherere (Scarlet Trumpet Vine). The flowers of this 
variety are a vivid scarlet color on the flaring part of the tube but 
the outside of the tube between the flare and the stem is a deep 
yellow, giving this vine a particularly outstanding appearance. 
This vine has a long blooming period covering the warmer months 
of the year. Gal. 35c; 5-gal. $1.70. 
Bignonia cherere select (Scarlet Trumpet Vine). This is a selected 
sport of the preceding variety and has a imre luxuriant foliage 
and will come into bloom a little bit earlier in the year. The 
flowers themselves are just the same. Gal. 50c; 5-gal. $2.00. 
Bignonia Tweediana (Yellow Trumpet Vine). This variety will 
develop less foliage than some of the others, but because it 
grows extremely close to a wall and the manner in which the 
stems make a delicate tracery over the wall's face, make it par¬ 
ticularly desirable. The flowers are a clear, canary yellow and the 
seed pods which form after the flowers, are quite an oddity, de¬ 
veloping into the form of a very long string bean, sometimes of a 
foot in length. Gal. 40c. 
Bignonia Venusta (Flame Vine). This is one of the most showy 
of all of the Trumpet Vines because the individual flowers are 
somewhat larger than the others and are of a very vivid orange 
color. The foliage of this type is very luxuriant and when used as 
a pergola covering will form a riot of bloom durin he winter. Gal. 
50c; 5-gal. $1.70. 
Bignonia violacea (Lavender Trumpet Vine). The coloring of this 
variety is undoubtedly the most delicate of them all, the flowers 
being a beautiful shade of pale violet, of large proportions and 
borne in great profusion over the entire vine area. The foliage is 
just the shade of light green to set cff the flowers to best ad¬ 
vantage. Gal. 40c; 5-gal. $1.70. 
Easter Lily Vine 
Beaumontia grandiflora. This is a very fast growing evergreen 
vine which has been brought to you from the tropics. The com¬ 
bination of large, lush green foliage with the heavy clusters of 
pure white, lily shaped flowers that are about 6 inches long, make 
this one of the most beautiful vines to be used around our homes. 
This vine will require wires, or trellis upon which to climb and 
will not cling to a wall as would an ivy. The flowers are ex¬ 
tremely fragrant and the blooms will appear on the mature vines 
throughout the entire year. Gal. 50c. 
Ho again villeas 
Bougainvillea crimson lake (Scarlet Bougainvillea). This beautiful 
native of Brazil is becoming more and more popular in Southern 
California because of the beautiful shade of its luxuriant bloom. 
With this vine the bracts are the showy part of the flower and 
they are a scarlet, brick red in color. These bracts, or flowers, 
are borne in great profusion during the rummer and when used 
on a large pergola, or in a location where this large growing 
vine can grow freely, it makes a beautiful spectacle. Gal. 50c; 5- 
gal. $2.00. 
Bougainvillea sanderiana (Paper Flower). This one is a lighter 
color than the old magenta variety which was so difficult to use 
in combination with other colors. You will not find this trouble 
with this type because the flower colors are several shades lighter 
than magenta and of a tone that will blend in well with other 
plantings around it. Gal. 50c. 
Evergreen Grape 
Cissus capensis. This is a wonderful evergreen vine to use where 
one wishes a mass of heavy foliage in either a sunny or shady 
location. The beautiful leaves made up of five separate lobes, 
form an extremely attractive covering for the small, sturdy stems. 
This vine grows as true climber, but does not cling to a wall sur¬ 
face as the Ivies do. Small clusters of very dark blue grapes are 
borne on the vine which are not edible as compared to regular 
grapes. Gal. 40c; 5-gal. $1.50. 
Creeping Fig 
Ficus repens. This is a true member of the fig or rubber family 
and a vine that makes a very heavy growth, once it is established, 
although it is frequently very slow in getting started in a new 
location. The first stems that are put out that cling very tightly to 
any wall surface, are very delicate in their leaf arrangement and 
as the vine grows older, the leaves become much larger and more 
massive. When the vine is very old an entirely different type of 
growth develops which does not cling close to the wall and has 
very large, dark green leaves. Upon this latest growth, the fruit is 
borne, which gives the appearance of an unripe, green fig. The 
fruit is not edible. Gal. 35c. 
Guinea Flower 
Hibbertia volubilis. This is a comparatively new evergreen 
vine, which grows in a natural twining habit that develops a 
beautiful showing of glossy foliage of a light green color. The 
large showy flowers which average about 2'/2 inches across, are 
of a very brilliant yellow hue which go to make this vine one 
of the most attractive plants which we have to offer. It has 
just recently been imported from Australia. Gal. 60c. 
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