4 VINES 
As I look over some of the fine country places, 
I cannot but think how neglected are the vines. 
These estates usually have lovely, rolling lawns, 
beautiful shrubbery borders, and many other 
prominent features; but the only point where you 
will find any vines is on the side of a building or 
on the pergola, if, perchance, there is one. 
How it would relieve these long stretches of lawn 
to see a rock jutting up somewhere, with a vine or 
two clambering over it; or even the stump of a 
tree, with some vines planted around it! 
Why allow these long, almost endless shrub- 
bery borders to have nothing in them but trees 
and shrubs? Pick out a corner somewhere and 
turn it into a “rangle-tangle.” To make this 
take two or three dozen ordinary bean poles 
and put them in the ground about two feet apart. 
They should not be equidistant, however, nor 
. should the poles be all of the same height. Make 
the arrangement appear rough, plant some vines 
at the base of the poles, and in the course of a 
couple of years you cannot but be pleased with 
the eset. 
Another place where vines can be used to great 
advantage is in the event of a tree dying in a very 
conspicuous place. Do not chop it down, but 
remove some of the soil at the base of the tree, 
