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or when pulled at by the wind, drag very strongly at their 

 supports. Trellises, or wires, should not have openings that 

 are very small, lest the vine should not have room to grow. 

 In the small garden plot there may, after all, be no room 

 for vines. But the gardener who has a little more room, and 

 who wishes to have something grow, like a wall, between him 

 and the street, may well use vines of some kind, even if he 

 uses only the annuals. And one who has the chance to beau- 

 tify his home should call vines, as well as shrubs and flowers, 

 to his aid. 



REVIEW QUESTIONS 



1. What is the special use and value of vines ? What three kinds 

 are there ? How do vines climb ? 



2. Name any annual vines that you would like to grow. 



3. Which of the perennial vines have you seen? Describe a 

 satisfactory vine growing in your town. 



4. Describe the kinds of trellises you have seen. 



5. Which vine would you most like to have growing on your 

 house ? How would you support it ? 



