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field; The old earth was wheeled away. . The following spring two vines of 

 Akebia quinata were planted at each post, and clematis betw^een the posts, three 

 feet apart. A frame of wood, on which was stretched a stiff 4-inch mesh of gal- 

 vanized wire netting, was screwed on to the porch railing between the posts 

 reaching to the middle of the top railing, and to within three inches of the porch 

 floor, thus allowing the water to run off the porch. On this porch the clematis 

 are trained each spring. The trellis for the akebia consists of two side iron 

 rods )i( inch thick, placed 6 inches apart, with coarse wires crossing obliquely 

 from side to side, forming large meshes. The side bars extend ten inches beyond 

 the mesh at the upper end, and three at the bottom. These bottom ends are 

 bent abruptly in so as to form a right angle, and when in place rests on the top 

 of the " noseing " of the porch floor. The cap at the top of the porch post 

 extends two inches ont from the face of the post. When putting up this trellis, 

 the upper side bars are laid against the capping, and the bottom of the ends 

 rests on the noseing, thus the main portion of the trellis stands two inches out 

 from the posts. An ordinary staple is driven over the two upper ends into the 

 capping and also at the bottorri into the noseing, but in no case driven so far in 

 as to tightly bind and prevent slipping out when desired. To fully secure it in 

 place, a piece of L shaped iron is used, having a screw point at the longer angle 

 which is screwed into the post near the middle, so that the shorter end presses 

 tight against the wire mesh at some point where the wires cross. To carry the 

 vines along the top from one post to another, three hooks are screwed into the 

 middle of the outer face of the wood work under the eaves, one in the centre 

 and one at each end. These hooks are formed like the 

 ^^^i5^^^ figure 9, with the right side of the loop not closed, and 



■ LJ ^^h^" ^" position the eye is downward. Into these loops 



■ X is laid a ^ inch iron rod extending from post to post. 

 I Q The main vine is trained on this rod, and side shoots or new 

 H O ones from the roots are tied to small double-pointed tacks 

 E X driven above and below the main rods, thus widening the 

 B cS belt of vine. 



H X In the north the akebia loses its leaves about Christ- 



I ^^ mas and regains them very early in the spring, under the 



" '^ eaves and similar protected situations, it often retains them 



until spring, and in warmer climates it is an evergreen. 



Each fall all the clematises are cut down to within one 



foot of the ground and their crowns covered with leaves, 



and a V shaped wide wooden trough placed over them to 



keep them dry. The balance of the soil is covered thickly 



with well-rotted manure, and, all that can be is worked into the soil in the spring. 



This is done each fall. 



To prepare the porch" for re-painting, withdraw the screws from the clematis 



Fkj. 413.— The way 

 tkellis is attached 



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