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flat surface ; or else they have tendrils, by which they cling 

 to sticks or wires. Other vines climb by twining. The 

 climbing roses, which do not really climb at all, but rather 



FIG. 115. Vines making a porch shady and homelike. 



scramble and have to be tied in place, I have spoken of in 

 the chapter on Roses. 



Of the annual vines some are vegetables. These are the 

 tomato, the cucumber, the squash, the bean, the gourd, and 

 the hop. All can be raised from seed in the course of a single 

 season. All are tender, and cannot be planted before the 



