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there, according to the need. Airy draperies and heavy there 

 are — enough kinds to suit the demands of every place and occa- 

 sion. Encourage her to spread them — that is all she needs. 



In common parlance, plant vines — that is appealing to her, 

 directly and frankly for aid. Plant them first of all, and plant 

 them plentifully around new buildings. And plant them as 

 soon as the builders have gone, quite independent of whatever 

 other work may be intended and quite independent of the 

 garden design. 



Whether a place is large or small, formal or informal, matters 

 not at all so far as this detail is concerned. The vital thing is 

 that every building must have vines upon it to impart that sense 

 of oneness with the earth which is the first essential. Until 

 this is acquired the eye will not rest upon it with any sense of 

 real satisfaction. 



But vines themselves are formal and informal in their habits, 

 quite the same as other plants; and they mtist therefore be 

 chosen to suit the place which they are to occupy and the mate- 

 rial which is to be their support. Then, too, they are quite differ- 

 ent one from another, in other ways; and the qualities which 

 distinguish them in these other ways must guide very considera- 

 bly in their planting. 



In the first place, though we speak generally of "vines" and 

 though all vines are climbing plants, all climbing plants are not 

 by any means vines ; and in the second place, all do not " climb ' ' 

 tmassisted. Climbers are defined as weak-stemmed, tall-growing 

 plants which are incapable of rising from the earth without 

 support. Of this very general class the true vines lift them- 

 selves; the others are simply prostrate unless lifted. 



The means by which vines lift themselves are the determining 

 factor as to their use, and these means are three in number. 



