28 T TT E X ~R T IT DAKOTA F A "R M S T E A D 



VINES 



Vines should be used for shading or screening porches, windows, 

 summer houses or other places where shade is desired in a short 

 time; to cover trellis or fences that have an objectionable appearance 

 or that are erected to act as screens with the vines that cover them ; 

 to beautify the walls of buildings by climbing over them and thereby 

 "tying" the house to the lawn, that is, making the house stand 

 out less conspicuously, and to aover dead trees, bare banks too 

 steep for grass to grow on, and any other objects that cannot be 

 hidden by trees or shrubs. 



Figure 28 A Fargo residence showing use of shrubs and vines around the house. 

 (Vine is Virginia Creeper.) 



Vines fall naturally into classes according to their method of 

 climbing. There are the twining vines which are represented among 

 our hardy vines by the Bittersweet. Hardy vines clinging by tendrils 

 are Wild Grape, Virginia Creeper, and Engleman's Woodbine, 

 a form of the Virginia Creeper or Woodbine which clings to 

 smooth surfaces. There are some vines that require support, 

 among these are the Virgin's Bower and Climbing Honeysuckle. 

 Besides this we have vines grouped into hardy woody vines whose tops 

 live over winter; hardy herbaceous or hardy perennial vines, whose 

 roots live over but whose tops die down in winter; and annual vines 

 that live only one year. 



