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by the Boston ivy, English ivy, and the climbing evonymus or Japa-nese evergreen ivy. The ivies in general are much more rapidgrowers than the evonymus. There is one group of vines which possesses a very vigorous climbinghabit and develops a heavy foliage, such as the Dutchman's pipe,Virginia creeper, kudzu vine, and the knotweed. Of this list of vinesthe American bitter-sweet and the Dutchman's pipe possess an inter-esting heavy foliage. Vines are valuable not only for their flowering effect but they arevaluable for the effect of their fruit also. Some vines, such as thematrimony vine, with its brilliant orange fruit, and the Americanbitter-sweet, with its red and orange fruit, together with the Virginiacreeper, with its interesting blue fruit, are valuable in a landscape set-ting far into the winter months. |
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