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must be planted late in May. Easiest to grow is the nas- 

 turtium (the dwarfs do not climb at all), whose colors are 

 very brilliant and whose flowers numerous. It is best to 

 plant groups of the same kind whose colors go well together, 

 rather than mixed kinds. Fairly easy to grow are three other 

 annuals : the morning glory (soak the seeds, after filing or 



sandpapering the 

 skin, but not at the 

 germ), the moon- 

 flower, and coboea 

 scandens. Each of 

 these needs a trellis 

 or strings, six or 

 more feet tall. 



Easiest to grow of 

 the herbaceous vines 

 is the kudzu vine, a 

 Japanese climber, 

 which, when estab- 

 lished, will grow 

 forty feet in a season. 

 It is a twining vine, 

 but needs help to 

 make it cling. It can 

 be raised from seed, 

 and south of New York does not always kill back. Other 

 vines of this class are the cinnamon vine, a twiner that 

 makes a rather thin foliage, and the Madeira vine, another 

 twiner, whose flowers resemble the mignonette. The tubers 

 of these last two must be bought, and are not expensive; 

 but while the cinnamon vine is hardy, the tubers of the 

 Madeira vine must be lifted before the ground freezes. 

 The woody perennials do not die to the ground, but grow 



FIG. 117. The morning glory is a tender an- 

 nual vine. 



