WILD GARDENING 



ivy, for instance, is a plant which loves to 

 feel a cool stone wall under its feet, and 

 warm sun on its leaves. If planted against 

 an expanse of stone or brick, it will grow 

 toward the sunlight. But if planted 

 against a wooden wall, it will crawl off, 

 away from the sun, into the shade, where 

 the wall is cooler, even though it must go 

 around a corner to do so. Apparently the 

 feeling of the heated wood is so unpleasant 

 to its little clinging feet, that it prefers to 

 forego the sunlight on its leaves rather than 

 stand the warmth under them. 



A striking instance of this occurred in 

 connection with a vine which was planted 

 against a closely woven black wire trellis, 

 about a foot away from the foundation wall 

 of our house. The little plant soon dis- 

 covered that there was a stone wall within 

 reach, and as soon as it had touched the 

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