VINES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES 277 
as a screen, but also giving an abundance of 
good fruit. 
Foliage vines, in their way, are just as valuable. 
They require very little attention, no pruning 
being necessary; they are less exacting in their 
demands as to weather and other conditions, 
and they look well at all times, not giving you the 
sense of disappointment that you feel when the 
petals begin to fall from your pillar roses, and you 
know that there will be no more glory for another 
year. 
Any one can learn the proper plants to place 
in certain soils and exposures, but it takes time, 
at least one year for every experience. The 
life of every man is too short for him to trouble 
himself in this way when the information can be 
had by a shorter route. The accompanying 
list will save the amateur these years of catalogue 
hunting and much disappointment, if he will 
try, as far as possible, to follow the directions care- 
fully as to the requirements of the different vines. 
Best vines for sandy soils, those that have 
great drought-resisting powers and that will 
grow in dry locations: 
Ampelopsis tricuspidata Lonicera Japonica (varieties) 
Jasminum nudiflorum Pueraria Thunbergiana (Kudsu) 
Lycium Chinensis Convolvulus Japontcus 
Lathyrus montanus Most annuals 
