426 ANNUAL REPORT. 



with the varieties we send out, and the varieties received from 

 all sources, of apples, cherries, pears and plums. 



We need aid in this work, and hope that siDecimens of Eussian 

 fruits grown the coming season in Wisconsin, Minnesota and 

 Iowa will be forwarded in proper season. Perhaps it may take 

 ten years to complete the big ledger, but the ultimate publica- 

 tion of this record cannot fail to advance our horticultural in- 

 terests. Yours fraternally, 



J. L. BUDD. 



VINES FOE OUE HOMES.* 



BY MRS. D. HUNTLEY, APPLETON. 



The climbing vines are Nature's drapery, and with them she 

 covers beauty and deformity alike with a mantle of loveliness. 

 Nothing that art can produce can equal their elegant grace. 

 ' ' As the lilies surpass in beauty the robes of royalty, so these 

 tender climbers surpass all the decorator's skilh" Every tree 

 and shrub of the forest takes on new beauty when entwined and 

 caressed by the clinging tendrils of the Ivy or the Clematis, and 

 the vine-clad trees and vine- covered doorway become a picture 

 in the landscape which we never forget. 



It is often said, "you cannot have something for nothing," 

 but we come very near proving the saying false when we deal 

 with Nature. If we plant the tiny seed, or set the roots of vines 

 by window or doorway, by rustic arbor or trellis, and then do 

 just what all have ever done who have accomplished anything 

 good or beautiful, wait, wait and see what Nature will do for you; 

 the vines will grow while you are waiting, and soon, without 

 money and without price, your home — whether lofty or lowly — 

 will be adorned with Nature's finest drapery, and neither rain 

 nor sunshine will ever deface it. 



The easiest way to secure vines for the home is tu plant the 

 hard-wooded, hardy climbers. They will live many years with 

 little care, and become more beautiful with increasing age. The 

 best of this class is the Ampolopsis Quinquefolia, now every- 

 where known as the American Ivy. It grows so easily and rap- 

 idly that there is danger that we shall fail to appreciate its 



•From Wisconsin Horticultural Report, 1884. 



