CHAPTER XI 
VINES 
NUMBER of the vines make very excellent 
A house plants, though one seldom sees them. 
This seems rather strange when one takes 
into consideration the facts that they are easily 
grown and can be used for decorative effects im- 
possible with any other plants. 
If there is one particular caution to be given 
in regard to caring for plants in the house, it is to 
keep the foliage clean. Naturally a vine that runs 
up the window trim, and maybe halfway across the 
wall to a picture frame, cannot well be sprinkled or 
syringed; but the leaves can be occasionally wiped 
off with a moist, soft cloth. Keep the pores open; 
they have to breathe. 
Cissus discolor—This altogether too little known 
vine has the most beautiful foliage of any. The 
leaves are a velvety green veined with silver, the 
under surfaces being reddish and the stems red. It 
is a rapid grower and readily managed if kept on 
the warm side. New plants may be had from cut- 
tings at almost any season. C. antarctica is better 
known and easily grown. 
Clematis—This popular outdoor vine is some- 
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