
Schizophragma Hydrangeoides—Climbing Hydrangea (See page 152) 
Graceful Ampelopsis Lowi 

Hardy Vines 
and Climbers 
Much of the charm of English homes and gardens is due to the 
liberal use of vines. Unsightly buildings, raw corners, crude fences, 
old posts and stumps, unsightly rock piles, are all easily transformed 
into points of beauty and interest when covered with a vine of some 
sort. The smallest garden affords ample opportunity for their use. 
No matter how small and humble a home or cottage may be, it is made 
bigger and more beautiful because the owner planted a few vines to 
grow up or over it. Many a large building, or a forbidding, cold, big 
house, or an ugly bridge, or an embankment is made beautiful when 
it is used as a support or a place on which to grow vines. Look around 
in your garden, take a good look at your porch, bare walls, or back 
door and see if they would not look much better with a suitable vine 
growing on them. Vines soften lines and create beauty. The expense 
is small and the returns are big. 
AMPELOPSIS - Ivy 
Lowi (Miniature Boston Ivy) Each $1.25, Three $3.50, Doz. $12.00 
The small-leaved Boston Ivy is a charming self-clinging and quickly 
climbing vine. The leaves are small, palmlike and deeply lobed, turn- 
ing into beautiful autumn tints before falling. This variety is espe- 
cially well adapted to cover house walls as well as stone gate posts or 
low walls. The close fitting short-stemmed leaves do not allow birds 
to nest. Its effect is tracery-like and does not completely cover the 
brick or stonework. It is quickly replacing the common Boston Ivy 
or Veitchi variety, because it is so much more charming. 

Veitchi 
(Boston Ivy.) The most popular climbing plant for covering brick walls, 
stone or wooden walls, trees, etc. When it becomes established it is of 
very rapid growth, and clings to the smoothest surface with the tenacity 
of Ivy. 
Strong, 3-year-old plants Each $1.00, Three $2.75, Doz. $8.50 
BIGNONIA - Trumpet Vine : 
Mme. Gallen Each $2.75, Three $7.75, Doz. $27.50 
The Scarlet Trumpet Vine, Bignonia Radicans, is one of the popular 
vines found growing on many fences, barns or stone walls. It has been 
discontinued by us, however, in favor of the much lovelier hybrid, 
Mme. Gallen. The blooms of Mme. Gallen are open, flaring flowers 
2% to 3 inches across and grow in clusters all summer long. The color 
is rich apricot, tinted orange, handsome and showy against the fine 
foliage of the plant. No insects bother it. It is clean, quick growing 
and requires no support. It will fasten itself to brick or wood. Is per- 
fectly hardy but likes a sunny location. You will never fail to admire 
its flowers throughout the summer. 
Golden Trumpet Each $3.00 
This rare Trumpet Vine with golden yellow flowers is one of the choicest 
and rarest of climbers. !ts growth, habit and flowering are the same 
as of the scarlet Trumpet Vine. No insects bother it; in hot, dry weather 
it thrives on. You'll be proud to have this fine climber on a fence or 
wall. Must be grown in full sun only. 
CELASTRUS - Bittersweet or Wax Work 
One of our native climbing plants, of rapid growth, succeeding in almost 
any situation, sun or shade. Discontinued in favor of: 
Loeseneri (Chinese Bittersweet) 
Each $1.50, Three $4.00, Doz. $15.00 
Most prolific fruiting variety known. This new importation is a rare 
speces from Central and Western China. The clean leaves are glaucous 
green and somewhat larger than those of the common Bittersweet. 
It is the most prolific fruiting kind we know. In autumn, yellow and 
Orange-scarlet berries cover the vine all over instead of in occasional 
small clusters as in the common Bittersweet. It’s a sure fruiter, but 
we recommend you plant two plants in one hole and take advantage 
of the resulting cross pollination, which gives still more fruit. 
FOOD FOR THOUGHT 
As Well as for Your Flowers 
What your plants need is a balanced organic plant food. Not just a 
stimulant. They need one containing in right amounts, those things 
that make plenty of strong roots, produce sturdy stalks, thrifty foliage 
and an abundance of good sized blooms. 
That's exactly the kind of Plant Food we use at Wayside. Much of 
Our success in growing such unfailingly fine plants is due to it. 
What it has done, and is doing for our 600 miles of plants, it will 
do for your garden. 
Turn to page 192 and get the full facts about it. 

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