CHAPTER XV 
VINES FOR THE CooL HousE AND DWELLING 
Managing the cool house— Greenhouse climbing roses — The potato 
vine — Lapageria -— The wax plant — Jasmines — The historic passion- 
flower — Leadworts — The creeping fig— An evergreen housevine — 
Clematis for indoors — Tender forms of the trumpet vine — Ornamental 
asparagus — Some vines for the expert. 
From among the vines discussed in this chapter 
come all that are used for house decoration. 
Not only are they adapted to the moderately 
cool temperature of the dwelling, but also they 
will withstand its variations and, to a consider- 
able extent, the rough handling and uncongenial 
conditions native to the living room. At the 
same time I have included some vines which will 
do well in the warmer house described in the 
previous chapter. My object in including them 
here is to even the thing up, for we usually have 
but one stove house to a dozen of the cooler 
houses, those with temperatures varying from 60° 
to 45° at night. As with other houses, the heat 
should be advanced from five to eight degrees on 
dark, and from ten totwenty degrees on bright days. 
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