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is dry and sandy; flowers light violet -blue, in long, loose 

 clusters; blossoms in May and again, less freely, in Septem- 

 ber; stem twines and grows woody with age; clings by 

 twining tendrils also; always buy pot-grown plants as others 

 do not transplant readily. 



2 — Clematis paniculata: Japanese virgin's bower; climbing to 

 twenty or thirty feet ; rich, light loam — add lime to the soil 

 every other year ; sheets of fragrant white starlike flowers ; 

 blossoms in August and September; seeds are also very 

 ornamental ; climbs by twining leaf stalks. 



3 — Akehia quinata: Japanese Akebi; tall-climbing; well drained 

 soil, in full sun; clusters of bluish-brown flowers, spicily 

 fragrant ; blossoms from early spring on through May ; the 

 fruit, a long purple berry, is eaten in Japan, but it is 

 rarely produced in this coimtry; plant with the clematis — 

 Number 2 — to clothe the latter 's bare lower branches. 



VINES FOR COLUMNS 



All vines must be trained and held around columns; heavy 

 wire supports are usually best, being least conspicuous; a wood 

 support may carry them up a short distance from the ground 

 and they may then be carried over and around the column and 

 secured in place. 



I — Viiis vulpina: riverbank or frost grape; tall-climbing; any 

 soil; flowers very fragrant — with the garden grape; fruits 

 small, black -purple, sour and not pleasant to eat ; lifting by 

 tendrils, this must have something for the tendrils to 

 grasp, provided for it. 

 2 — Vitis Lahrusca: fox grape; strong, tall-climbing; any soil; 

 leaves furred densely underneath with reddish wool, 

 making them particularly rich in color under sunlight; 



