CLIMING VINES. 



Fig. 1653. — Climbikg Vines at Maplehdrst, 1899. {From a Photograph by Miss Brodie.) 



T is time that our Canadian farm- 

 ers began to study a little of land- 

 < _1 scape art. They have long enough 

 confined their attention to the plough 

 and the harrow, and now surely they 

 can spare a little time for the decoration 

 of their lawns. It is a very simple 

 thing to hunt up some of our native Vir- 

 ginia Creepers, and plant them to cover 

 the unsightly stables, or to trail over the 

 back verandah. In some parts of our 

 country they grow in great profusion, 

 climbing up the old forest tree trunks, 

 and hanging in festoons from tree to 

 tree. They are easily moved, for roots 

 spring out at every node, and a plant 

 seldom fails to grow. Even cuttings 

 made in August may be planted, with 

 good hope of success. Figure 1653 

 shows a side view of Maplehurst, with 

 a Virginia Creeper, and Clematis Vir- 

 giniana, another hardy native creeping 



up in company, and showing the pretty 

 little cymes of white flowers of the latter 

 sett off quite prettily by the dark pur- 

 ple berries of the Virginia Creeper 

 The effect is charming and the 

 pretty creepers thus almost covering the 

 wood work seems to cause the house 

 and the grounds to have a more living 

 connection, and blend into a harmoni- 

 ous whole. 



The Park and Cemetery says : — 

 The work of improving the appear- 

 ance of public grounds and private 

 premises facing the railway rights of way 

 is just as important, perhaps even more 

 so, as improving the station grounds 

 proper, and is rather more difificult of 

 accomplishment. This is especially 

 true of private grounds, for there are 

 more individuals to be dealt with. 



In the outset as many old buildings 

 and fences as possible should be re- 



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