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The cultivation of vines is very similar to ornamental trees and 

 shrubs. I find that if the soil is thoroughly pulverized to a depth of from 

 one to two feet, it is sufficiently rich to grow any of them. A liberal 

 mulching each year is very beneficial, as it protects the plants, retains 

 moisture and furnishes nutriment to the vines. 



In conclusion, ladies and gentlemen, I believe that the ornamental 

 vine was placed here by the wise Creator of all things for the puiT)ose 

 of putting the finishing touches on our efforts in the decoration of our 

 homes, pleasure grounds and public parks. 



DISCUSSION 



Mr. Bombarger: I want to ask about the Japan bean vine. It is used 

 a great deal in the east and around Germantowu, Pa. It is a feature 

 of the landscape there. I want to ask if anyone here knows anything 

 about it? 



Mr. Williams: Last year I got three roots of that vine and planted 

 them with all possible care and they failed to sprout, either one of them. 

 That is all I know about them. 



Mr. Bombarger: I understand they will cover forty feet in a year; 

 that if they freeze down they will come up and cover forty feet the next 

 year. 



Prof. Emerson: I think this is the same thing I got from Teys' Nur- 

 sery and it crowded out everything for four or five feet on each side in 

 the nursery, and nearly took the nursery. 



Mr. Bombarger: Please describe it. 



Prof. Emerson: I can't give a very good description of it. I can't 

 tell whether it is hardy. It came through last winter without injury, 

 but whether it was killed back I couldn't say. It wasn't entirely killed 

 because it came out again this year. We had to keep cutting it off and 

 cutting it off, as it got in the way so much of other things. I am not 

 positive this is the same thing, but I think it is. 



Mr. Crawford: I want to name some edging plants that might come 

 in here all right. There is the Yucca Filamentosa. You can put it along 

 the edge of a walk, and it grows about four or five feet high and has a 

 spike of white flowers; and the foliage is green all winter. Then there 

 is another kind of grass that grows out all over the west, the Spanish 

 Bayonet. If any of you want +hat, I can dig that for about one dollar a 

 bushel or I can gather the seed for about twenty-five cents a quart, all 

 the edging plants you want. They will grow anywhere in the United 

 States. 



Professor Emerson: Do you recognize two forms of that in the west, 

 one broader leaved than the other? 



Mr. Crawford: No; the Spanish Bayonet is wild. The other never 

 grows wild. 



The other is just as good. I engaged about a bushel of seed at Halsey, 

 and we are going to plant a lot of them, and you can get five hundred 



