26 Richards’ Potted Plants Insure Satisfaction 
Hardy Ornamental Vines 
Gardeners have always planted vines but hardly ever have they realized the fullest possibilities of this most useful group 
of plants. Practically every species is capable of serving dual or triple functions which makes them especially valuable in gardens 
where space is at a premium. Where there isn’t room for a tree or shrubs it is always possible to choose vines that will serve 
the purpose—often with a better display of foliage, flowers or fruit. 
Where we do the planting of vines there is an additional charge 
of 30% of invoice. Minimum planting charge: $1.00. 
EUONYMUS FORTUNEI, Wintercreeper Euonymus. Slow- 
growing evergreen of clinging type. Hardier and adapted to 
more places than English Ivy. It takes time for this vine to 
achieve a respectable size but when it does it’s a thing of 
marvelous beauty with neat, year-’round green iviiage and 
orange berries in fall and winter. 
2-yr. plants $1.00. in Clvst. pots $1.50 
HEDERA HELIX, English Ivy. No vine is richer in tex- 
ture or of more enduring beauty than the English Ivy ‘but in 
this climate we must limit its planting to sheltered, shady 
PIACC Si awn cece ota scabs wesenue Sante mvtspns ene phn cuee 2-yr. plants $1.00 
LONICERA HECKROTTI Goldflame Honeysuckle. We can 
nearly always find a flower cluster or two on this fine ever- 
blooming honeysuckle in late November—most colorful com- 
bination of coral red and old gold. 
2-yr. plants $1.25. iInsClySt. potsmsiann 
LONICERA TELLMANNIANA, Gold Giant Honeysuckle. 
Huge, tubular blooms of pure gold, so much finer than the old, 
tender Hall’s honeysuckle that that variety should be discarded. 
: heavy 2-yr. $1.25 
LONICERA SEMPERVIRENS, Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle. 
A, long-time favorite with showy clusters of slender, scarlet 
blooms ean ply, AU EUS ye cre Ie een aA ee eee ee te ee eae $1.25 
PARTHENOCISSUS ENGELMANNI, Engelmann Ivy. Cling- 
INS yacy Dem VATS lala Creep Orn jos cate. eee a ey een eee ee nae $1.90 
PARTHENOCISSUS TRICUSPIDATA, Boston Ivy. Very 
tightly clinging vine adapted to shaded locations. Glossy 
deep green summer foliage turns to incredibly rich crimsons 
and Vscarletsiin yaw Un eh cece nee ckecowut oes sere teet ee teas eres Mradnetrec se $1.25 
POLYGONUM AUBERTI, Silver Lace Vine. Rampant grow- 
ing vine covers large areas quickly and its great masses of 
cloudlike white bloom are outstanding in any early autumn 
landscape. 
2-yr. No. 1 dormant roots $1.00. Clvst. pots $1.50 
ROSE, Climbing varieties are described on page 16. 
GRAPE, Beta. Hardy! Needs no winter covering! Medium 
size purple grapes that make the finest juice and jelly. The 
only grape that can be grown on trelisses and arbors here, 
1 yr. vines 40c. heavy 2-yr. 55c 

CLEMATIS, especially the large-flowered varieties, are 
most admired of the flowering vines. The delicate appearance 
of the blooms has led people to expect a piant most exacting 
in its requirements (a feeling not helped by the quality and 
performance of too many clematis handled the old-style way) 
yet once started in a suitable location the clematis is not at 
all difficult. Our clematis are all 2-year-olds planted in pots 
in soil specially prepared for them and you can select the best 
for replanting in full growth by late May—or in bloom in 
July. The experience of hundreds of gardeners with RICH- 
AKDS’ Clematis is: they do grow. 
Cc. JACKMANNI. Most popular of all the large-flowering 
clematis, with large, velvety violet-purple flowers. Rapid and 
vigorous in growth it is profuse in bloom throughout the sum- 
Mer And early wat UN eee eee SORRY NOT AVAILABLE 
Cc. MME. EDOUARD ANDRE. Dusky crimson flowers only 
a little smaller than those of Jackmanni. Makes a vine of cnly 
mcderate size but blooms profusely. —.............. NOT AVAILABLE 
CLEMATIS PANICULATA, Sweet Autumn Clematis. Ideal 
for both shade and flowers. A rampant grower making a dense 
cover of glossy green smothered with tiny, deliciously fragrant, 
white flowers in September. 
2-yr. field grown dormant plants $1.25 
CLEMATIS TANGUTICA, Golden Clematis. Chinese lan- 
tern-shaped dull gold flowers appear continuously all summer 
but the vine is even more ornamental when carrying the silky. 
Silvery purplesseed eclusterg 8. wee ee eee $1.25 
_ CLEMATIS TEXENSIS, Scarlet Clematis. Scarlet and buff 
thick-petaled urn-shaped flowers on charming “pattern” vines. 
SORRY, NOT AVAILABLE THIS YEAK 
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ON GROWING CLEMATIS 
Clematis like a good. rich, friable loam enriched with 
rotted cow manure. As they enjoy a long root run the hole 
ror planting should be at least 18 inches in diameter, soil 
well prepared to a depth of two feet. Due to their rank 
growth they must be kept well watered (but not drowned!). 
The soil around them should be shaded by a mulch, or low- 
growing, Shallow rooted plants. IMPORTANT—Plant so the 
crown is an inch or two lower than it was in the pot and 
BE SURE TO PROTECT THE TENDER CANES FROM 
BREAKING AT THE BASE. Provide firm support imme- 
Rarely and tie carefully until the plant begins to climb by 
itself. ; 
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Temporary planting is expensive. Don’t select shrubs 
and trees for immediate rather than ultimate effect. The 
innocent beginner who purchases Chinese Elms for quick 
shade and Ponderosa pines for foundation planting in five 
years will have little shade but will have a dense forest in 
front of his living room window. Worse than the waste of 
money is the loss of years of valuable time. 
Avoid puny plants. Don’t plant trees and shrubs which 
are too small. With puny plants there’s always the temp- 
tation 10 overcrowd for immediate effect. There is a proper 
spacing for all plants, depending somewhat on the effect 
desired, and regardless of size this spacing should be ad- 
hered <‘o. 
Budget your planting. If you must economize, spread 
the planting over three years. 
First year: Most immediate need is to establish the 
lawn and foundation planting around the house. If you 
can’t plant trees the first spring, set them the next fall or 
as soon as possible so they can develop and enhance your 
picture. 
Second year: Th’s. year give thought to enclosing the 
grounds with shrub borders and hedges, for privacy is one 
of the essentials of enjoyment. 
Third year: After you obtain the desired privacy, turn 
to the luxuries of a flower border, or small garden. 
How often home-owners reverse this whole schedule 
and forget to do the first things first, preferring to estab- 
lish a hodgepodge of planting with the thought that some 
day they will correct the mistakes. How often the plea is 
that you can’t afford to do the thing right. Doing a thing 
wrong always costs more in the end. A high degree of 
economy is achieved by careful planning. 
