“Queen of Vines” – one of the most beautiful and useful of garden climbers. A deciduous woody perennial, it climbs by twining stems that, with age, become twisted trunks making fascinating patterns in winter. In spring the plant overflows with huge, dripping flower clusters. The pea-type leaves form exquisite tracery against the sky or reflected [...]

Here are the coveted ornamental members of the pea family with leaflets arranged feather-fashion and tipped with coiling tendrils, and winged butterfly flowers in every imaginable color. The sweet pea, grown as an annual, has been hybridized into frilled, ruffled, even bicolored forms. The perennial pea is a reliable stand-by for gardens in almost all [...]

Here are the coveted ornamental members of the pea family with leaflets arranged feather-fashion and tipped with coiling tendrils, and winged butterfly flowers in every imaginable color. The sweet pea, grown as an annual, has been hybridized into frilled, ruffled, even bicolored forms. The perennial pea is a reliable stand-by for gardens in almost all [...]

CALONYCTION (kal-oh-nik’-ti-on) – Tropical American vines of the Bindweed Family formerly placed with the morning-glories in the genus Ipomoea. Their large trumpet-shaped white flowers with a broad flat rim give them the common name Moon-flower.

Tender perennials, hardy in Southern gardens, usually grown as annuals in cooler climates. Where growing seasons are short, they should be started early indoors. March-sown seeds should begin to flower in July. Or winter over a few stock plants indoors, and root cuttings in spring for earlier bloom. Verbenas make a splendid show in hanging [...]

In full summer flower, this is one of the most beautiful of all vines, almost too glorious to be believable. The leathery, oval-pointed, four-inch leaves make a substantial background to set off dangling, bell-shaped flowers of richest rose with flaring and overlapping petals like a skirt-on-skirt. When flowering finishes in fall or winter, the foliage [...]

CALOMEL (kal’- oh -mel). Common name for the chemical compound, mercurous chloride, which was used particularly in the treatment of lawns to cure the fungous disease, brown patch. It may be used alone or in combination with mercuric chloride. It was also used mixed with gypsum (4 oz. calomel to 6 lbs. gypsum) as a [...]