\ IKC.IXIA CREI'PKR AS 

 SCR 



X going over some negatives secured 

 on a trip taken last autumn in com 

 . _L pany with I'rof. Waugii, Horticul- 

 turist of the Vermont Experiment 

 Station, through the principal apple 

 growing region of \'ermont, viz , ( Irand 

 Island county, I came across one of 

 which the accompanying illustration is 

 a copy. It is offered to the readers of 

 the HoRi'icui.iUKisT with a view of 



A LAWN OR 15ACK YARD 

 El'N. 



with the very general use that was made 

 — particularly about Burlington — of the 

 Virginia Creeper, in covering stone walls, 

 summer houses, and back yard fences. 

 'I'he effect late in September was pleas- 

 ing in most instances. Here and there 

 it was over done. The illustration shows 

 how it was used with good effect as a 

 lawn screen. ' The growth was luxuriant 

 and completely hid from view the lattice 



l'"i<:. 1120. — Residkni 

 calling to mind one of the useful ser- 

 vices our vigorous and sometimes unap- 

 preciated native Virginia Creeper may 

 be called upon to perform. 



Many people, especially those from 

 the British Isles, like to secure to them- 

 selves a certain amount of privacy within 

 the limits of their lawns. Hedge plants 

 and stone walls give a stiff" formal and 

 forbidding expression to the front lawn 

 — other causes may also prevent the use 

 of these tioundary agents. I was struck 



K AT BURLINC.TON, Vt. 



work fence over which it ciambered. 

 The varying height of the screen from 5 

 to 8 feet took away the hedge like effect 

 which it otherwise might bear. The 

 grounds about the house had evidently 

 been laid out and planted only a few 

 years ago which suggested the possibil- 

 ity of the vine screen being used to 

 cover the nakedness of the lawn till the 

 shrubs and trees were sufficient of them- 

 selves. The effect at any rate was very 

 pleasing. J. Cr.-mc. 



