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ever run. There are many other good climbers which are more 

 rare, such as ••Dutchman's Pipe." •• Trumpet Creeper,- **Clian- 

 thus," and many others which, if one has room and time for their 

 culture, will be found very satisfactory. 



Then there are a large number of herbaceous perennial climb- 

 ers which die to the root in 's\'inter. and every spring come up 

 again to gladden us with new beauty, and long before the end of 

 summer give a wonderful growth of foliage and bloom. Of these 

 the ••Cinnamon vine." *" Chrimyam." and '• Madeira vine" are 

 most common. The roots of the latter must be taken up be- 

 fore the ground freezes. Among this class of plants there is a 

 vine with halberd-shaped leaves, and large, double, rose-colored 

 flowers, which is sometimes called the '"Eose Creeper;" it grows 

 wild in many places, and is sometimes considered troublesome, 

 but with good culture it can be kept from spreading, and when 

 well trained it makes a pretty screen. Another wild vine with 

 very similar foliage, has pure white flowers much like the Morn- 

 ing Glory. This was one of the vines that in our childhood we 

 called the White Creeper. Then it was our admiration: we re- 

 member one eccentric old lady who trained it through her win- 

 dow and around her tall old-fashioned clock, but we had never 

 seen it in the "West, till one day last summer, when returning 

 from the home of our worthy president we passed the " White 

 Creeper" of childhood's memory in the woods near the Oneida 

 settlement. With tenderest care we took it in our garden, but 

 all our efi'orts to make it live were unavailing. 



Besides the perennial vines we have a large number of annual 

 climbers which all can have even in new or transient homes; 

 wherever spring finds us. the little packet of seeds may be 

 planted, and long before the summer is gone we have a profu- 

 sion of flowering vines. First among them are the dear, old 

 Morning Glories. There never was. nay. never will be, any vine 

 lovelier than these glories of the morning. Then the Xastur- 

 tium with its golden and scarlet bloom, spicy stems, and curious 

 seeds: and the canary Anne, with its little bird -like flowers 

 perched about among the pretty foliage: and the sweet peas, too, 

 with their delightful fragrance. O, who could be content with- 

 out these reminders of the old home gardens ? Then we have 

 the newer vines, some of them of surpassing loveliness, and 

 they must have a place in the conservatory or veranda. Passion 

 vines, Cobia Scandens. Star Ipoima. the delicate Cypress vine 

 and the Golden Thunbergia are all easily grown, but for constant 



