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SCIENCE OF HOME AND COMMUNITY 



Native Shrubs Suitable for Transplanting 



Perennial vines. Vines form an essential feature for the 

 decoration of the home grounds, as they help to cover the 

 bare side of a building with a wall of verdure. They are 

 specially valuable for buildings of stone, brick, or concrete. 

 The Virginia creeper and Boston ivy are both self-sustaining, 

 as they develop little suckers which cling to the support on 

 which they are growing. Vines occupy so little space that 

 they may be grown in even the smallest yard. They may 

 be trained on the main walls of the house or around the 

 piazza. It is well to have them trained on some removable 

 support such as wires or wire netting, which will keep the 

 vines away from the woodwork and enable them to be taken 

 down when the house is painted. Among the more desirable 

 vines are clematis, Boston ivy, honeysuckle, climbing roses, 

 trumpet vines, wisteria, Virginia creeper, and for the northern 

 states, Engelmann's ivy. 



FIELD EXERCISE i 



Purpose. To study those shrubs and vines that are adapted 

 for growing in the home grounds. 



Directions. I. Visit parks, private grounds (if permission 

 can be obtained), and thickets where wild shrubs grow in order 

 to identify some of the common shrubs and vines that have 

 ornamental value. The flowering effects of most of the com- 

 mon shrubs can best be observed in the spring. 



