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THE HOP. 



some violent motion, or by a continuous wind for sev- 

 eral days. Should a three days' wind blow the vine off 

 from the perpendicular string to the extent of a foot 

 or eighteen inches, if the wind goes down at night, 

 every vine will be found clinging to the string in the 



FIG. 7. BRANCH OF MALE (staminate) HOP VINE. 



Reduced in size, and showing at the lower left-hand corner a single flower o 

 the natural size. 



morning, having caught on again by their spiral or re- 

 volving motion. 



Vines have to be put around horizontal strings or 

 wires by hand. When left to their own inclination, 

 they will grow upward until they become so long and 

 heavy they will fall down and have to be replaced on 



