258 Creepers anfc Dines. 



is the best. A rich soil is essential to rapid growth, and it 

 is best to prepare special beds or trenches, filled with good 

 loam and plenty of manure, in gardens where the soil is 

 poor. 



THE GOURD FAMILY. 



Wild Cucumber Vine, Echinocystus lobata. A graceful 

 annual, wild in thickets and damp woods, in sunny positions. 



FIQ. 118.-PRAIRIE ROSE (ROSA SETIQERA). 



A beautiful vine for covering arbors, or on trellises against 

 a wall. Leaves five-lobed and numerous racemes of white 

 flowers almost covering the plant in summer. May be 

 grown with good effect on the south side of a shrubbery 

 and will generally remain there \vhen once established. It 

 has, however, a tendency to become a weed. A very rapid 

 grower. Many annual climbers of this family are quite 

 ornamental, with luxuriant foliage and pretty, if not con- 

 spicuous, flowers followed by picturesque fruits. 



