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Hardy moonflower, _Ipomoea pandurata._(A)
A weed where it grows wild, but an excellent vine for some purposes.
Wild morning-glory, Rutland beauty, _Convolvulus Sepium_(A) and California rose, _C. j.a.ponicus._
The former, white and pink, is common in swales. The latter, in double or semi-double form, is often run wild.
Madeira vine, mignonette vine, _Boussingaultia baselloides._
Root a large, tough, irregular tuber.
Mikania, climbing hempweed, _Mikania scandens._(A)
A good compositous twiner, inhabiting moist lands.
_Woody perennial climbers._
(Climbing shrubs, the tops not dying down in fall except in climates in which they are not hardy.)
_a. Tendril-climbers, root-climbers, scramblers, and trailers_
Virginia creeper, _Ampelopsis quinquefolia,_(A)
The best vine for covering buildings in the colder climates. Plants should be selected from vines of known habit, as some individuals cling much better than others. Var. _hirsuta,_(A) strongly clinging, is recommended by the experimental station at Ottawa, Canada. Var.
_Engelmanni_(A) has small and neat foliage.
j.a.panese ivy, Boston ivy, _A. tricuspidata (A. Veitchii_).
Handsomer than the Virginia creeper, and clings closer, but is often injured by winter in exposed places, especially when young; in northern regions, tops should be protected for first year or two.
Variegated ivy, _Ampelopsis heterophylla_ var. _elegans_ (_Cissus variegata_).
Handsome delicate hardy grape-like vines with mostly three-lobed blotched leaves and bluish berries.
Garden clematis, _Clematis_ of various species and varieties.
Plants of robust and attractive habit, and gorgeous blooms; many garden forms. _C. Jackmani,_ and its varieties, is one of the best. _C. Henryi_ (Fig. 266) is excellent for white flowers. Clematises bloom in July and August.
Wild clematis, _C. Virginiana_(A)
Very attractive for arbors and for covering rude objects. The pistillate plants bear curious woolly b.a.l.l.s of fruit.
Wild clematis, _C. verticillaris._(A)
Less vigorous grower than the last, but excellent.
j.a.panese clematis, _C. paniculata._
The best late-blooming woody vine, producing enormous ma.s.ses of white flowers in late summer and early fall.
Trumpet creeper, _Tecoma radicans._(A)
One of the best of all free-flowering shrubs; climbs by means of roots; flowers very large, orange-scarlet.
Chinese trumpet creeper, _T. grandiflora (Bignonia grandiflora_).
Flowers orange-red; sometimes scarcely climbing.
Bignonia, _Bignonia capreolata._(A)
A good strong evergreen vine, but often a nuisance in fields in the South.
Frost grape, _Vitis cordifolia._(A)
One of the finest of all vines. It is a very tall grower, producing thick, heavy, dark leaves. Its foliage often reminds one of that of the moon-seed. Does not grow readily from cuttings.
Summer and river-bank grapes, _V. bicolor_(A) and _V. vulpina (riparia)_.(A)
The common wild grapes of the Northern states.
Muscadine, scuppernong, _Vitis rotundifolia._(A)
Much used for arbors in the Southern states (Plate XV).
Ivy, _Hedera Helix._
The European ivy does not endure the bright sun of our winter; on the north side of a building it often does well; the best of vines for covering buildings, where it succeeds; hardy in favorable localities as far north as southern Ontario; many forms.
Greenbrier, _Smilax rotundifolia_(A) and _S. hispida._(A)
Unique for the covering of small arbors and summer-houses.
Euonymus, _E. radicans._
A very close-clinging root-climber, excellent for low walls; evergreen; the variegated variety is good.
Climbing fig, _Ficus repens._
Used in greenhouses North, but is hardy far South.
Matrimony vine, boxthorn, _Lycium Chinense._
Flowering all summer; flowers rose-pink and buff, axillary, star-like, succeeded by scarlet berries in the fall; stems prostrate, or scrambling; an old-fas.h.i.+oned vine on porches.
Bitter-sweet, _Solanum Dulcamara._
A common scrambling or semi-twining vine along roadsides, with brilliant red poisonous berries; top dies down or nearly so.
Periwinkles, _Vinca minor_ and _V. major._
