Michell’s Climbing Plants and Vines 
Vines play an important part in the landscape of the home. They fill so many purposes there thet we cannot recommend them too highly 
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for general use. 
For Wall Nails and Trellises, in wood or wire for training Vines of all kinds, see pages 87, 88. 
AMPELOPSIS quinquefolia. Virginia 
Creeper. Especially adapted to covering 
stumps and trunks of trees. Extra-strong 
plants, each 75c.; 3, $2.00; doz. $7.00. 
A. Veitchi. Boston Ivy. The popular climber 
for brick and stone buildings and walls. 
Leaves deep green which turn to a coppery 
red m autumn. Strong plants, each $1.00; 
3, $2.75; doz. $10.00. “ 
ARISTOLOCHIA Sipho. Dutchman’s-Pipe. 
Quick-growing vines with handsome light 
green eaves that give a quick, dense 
shade. Brown flowers shaped like a pipe 
bowl. July. Each 75c. 
BIGNONIA radicans grandiflora. Trum- 
pet Vine. A strong-growing vine with rich 
green foliage and trumpet-shaped, dark 
red flowers with throats shaded orange. 
Free flowering. July, Aug. Strong plants, 
each $1.00. 
CELASTRUS scandens. Bittersweet; Wax- 
wort. Rapid-growing vine that in early 
summer produces yellow flowers, which by 
autumn have turned to bright orange- 
colored fruits, with red markings. Extra- 
strong plants, each 50c.; doz. $5.00. 
HONEYSUCKLE. See Lonicera. 
IVY, ENGLISH (Hedera Helix). Plants 
from 234-in. pots, doz. $3.50; 100, $25.00. 
Plants from 4 to 5-in. pots, 30 in. high, 
each 75c.; doz. $7.50. 
Lonicera - Honeysuckle 
This favorite requires very little comment 
or description, always yielding a wealth of 
fragrant bloom. 
Heckrotti. An everblooming Honeysuckle. 
A superb ground-cover with glaucous 
foliage and delightful two-tone blossoms 
which are warm purple outside and bright 
yellow inside. Each 60c.; doz. $6.00. 
Japonica Halliana. Hall’s Honeysuckle. 
Flowers pure white, turning to yellow. 
Hardy evergreen. Blooms from June until 
frost. Each 60c.; doz. $6.00. 
Tatarica. Tatarian Honeysuckle. Large, 
rose-pink flowers in abundance, followed 
by attractive berries. A most adaptable 
shrub. 3 ft. Each $1.25. 

POLYGONUM Auberti. Chinese Fleece- 
vine. Perfectly hardy and a quick grower, 
asmall plant making 25 to 30 feet of growth 
the first summer. Long clusters of snow 
white flowers which turn rose-color wich 
age. It will not cling to the wall. Extra- 
strong plants, each $1.00; 3 for $2.75. 
WISTERIA, Purple. Somewhat fragrant 
blooms. Extra-strong plants, each $1.25. 
W., Attractive Pink. Extra-strong plants, 
each $1.25. 
Clematis 
ON GROWING CLEMATIS 
Soil. A rich well-drained loam, loosened by 
the addition of sand -or peat-moss, is best. 
Make certain that the collar of the plant is 
set 2 to 3 inches below the surface of the soil. 
Firm the soil well around the roots. Water 
frequently in dry weather. 
Location. A partially shaded location 
with 5 to 6 hours’ sunshine is ideal. If planted 
in full sun provide a cool root-run by a good 
summer mulch of some loose material such as 
peat. straw, rotted manure, etc. 
Fertilizing. Well-rotted manure is_pre- 
ferred with any well-balanced plant-food as a 
good second. Work it well into the soil with- 
out disturbing the roots. Use a little lime 
occasionally. 
Trellis. Provide a support at once—a 
trellis, wire netting, old stumps, low shrubs, 
or stone walls. 
Winter Mulch. With fall planting of 
Jematis use a mulch of straw, leaves, or peat- 
moss for the first winter to prevent the soil 
from freezing and thawing, which sometimes 
damages the stems if they are unprotected. 
Mice and rabbits may be kept from eating the 
tops by hilling the soil up around the stems or 
by putting small screens around them. 
winter mulch is cheap protection any time. 

JACKMANI HYBRIDS 
These Iarge-flowered climbing forms pro- 
duce their bloom in summer and early au- 
tumn successionally on new and summer 
growth. The plants reach a height of 10 to 
15 feet and are noted for their profuse bloom. 
Jackmani. Perhaps the most familiar of all 
the Clematis hybrids. Violet-purple blooms. 
June, Oct. Each $1.00. 
Jackmani rubra. The well-shaped flowers 
aaa rich red. June, Oct. Each 
Mme. Baron-Veillard. The latest to 
flower of these hybrids. Warm lavender in 
color. Each $1.25. See color facing page 57. 
Mme. Edouard Andre. Bright velvety red 
in color. June, Oct. Each $1.25. See in 
color facing page 57. 
VITICELLA HYBRIDS 
The plants produce their flowers on sum- 
mer shoots and can be pruned vigorously in 
early spring. 
Ascotiensis. Azure-blue. July, Oct. Each 
$1.25. See in color facing page 57. 

Huldine. A translucent white variety 
with mauve-pink markings. 
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Award of Merit, England. July, Oct. 
Each $1.50. 

Lady Betty Belfour. A rich purple with a 
white center. June, Oct. Each $1.50. 
Ville de Lyon. Carmine-red. June, Oct. 
Each $1.25. 
LANUGINOSA HYBRIDS 
Often spoken of as the Woolly-leaved 
Clematis. The original form came to us from 
China almost a hundred years ago. These 
climbing forms produce large flowers in sum- 
mer and autumn, usually on short lateral 
summer shoots. The flowers are well dis- 
persed on the plants which reach a height of 
10 to 12 feet. 
Lawsoniana. An unusually large bright 
blue flower. Always a colorful favorite. 
June, Oct. Each $1.25. See in color facing 
page 57. 
Ramona. Large Iavender-blue flowers. June, 
Oct. Each $1.00. 
CLEMATIS SPECIES 
For the most part, the species and varieties 
listed here are small-flowered types producing 
their flowers in summer and autumn, usually 
on summer shoots, hence they can be pruned 
vigorously in early spring. 
Paniculata. It ts hardly necessary to more 
than mention this small white star-shaped 
flowering form which is known everywhere. 
15 to 18 ft. Sept., Oct. Each 85c. 



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