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To cover steep banks with vines is not only to save labor but to furnish 

 very effective planting. Common honeysuckle (Lonicera halliana) accom- 

 plishes this very satisfactorily ; mat- 

 rimony vine {Lycium chinense) or 

 bittersweet {Celastrus scandens) are 

 equally satisfactory but give the 

 effect of low shrubber\\ Clematis 

 and wistaria are familiar enough, 

 but there arc, in addition, many 

 varieties of climbing roses of tm- 

 questioned hardiness and with sum- 

 mer flowers followed by showy fruit 

 in fall and winter. Flowering vines 

 should be used nearest the house, 

 and the less conspicuous for walls 

 and fences, so that the house will 

 keep its prominence in the setting. 

 A restricted use of vines on houses 

 is always interesting, and in this 

 use as well as on arbors grapevines 

 not only furnish fruit, but are of 

 peculiar beauty with their large 

 and showy leaves, especially when 

 the wind turns up the white undersurfaces. 



The tendency to use masonry rather than wood for house construction 

 invites a greater use of vines. No plants more quickly take awa}' the 

 appearances of crudity and newness, more generously cover unattractive 

 parts of awkward houses, or more effectively add grace and charm than 

 vines. The sttmips of dead trees should not be covered with vines but 

 should be dug out with their roots. 



GARDENS, OR PLACES FOR FAVORITE PLANTS 



A garden is a private place. Therefore, the garden should be secluded, 

 and thus may be free from the restraining considerations that are neces- 

 sary to make the grounds look well as a whole. In the first place, gardens 

 may occupy that portion of the outlook not taken up by a vista, or distant 

 view; one does not seek to enjoy a garden and a view at the same time, for 

 the one is close, and intimate, and personal, while the other is far away 

 and shared by many. In the second place, gardens enclosed by shrub 

 plantings or hedges are nearly hidden, and thus are more interesting to 

 one who is within, and more alluring to one who sees them from without. 



A garden is usually supposed to be a place for flowers, but it may also 



Fig. 221. DRAPING THE DOORWAY 



The most important use of vines is to adorn door- 

 ways 



