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Vines are rny favorites. No grounds are complete 

 without them. Nature never plants a park without inter- 

 spersing it with vines. There is a peculiar grace and 

 beauty a charm about vines, that pertains to nothing else. 

 They are the poetry of the forest, the emblem of affection, 

 the companion of love. In her distribution of them, 

 nature has not forgotten us. Let us not forget them. 



The Ampleopsis quinquifolia Virginia Creeper, is a 

 woody vine of vigorous growth, climbing to the tops of our 

 highest trees. It will cover the side of a brick or stone 

 house, clinging to the walls by its tendrils, which do not 

 penetrate them but adhere to the surface by little discs, on 

 atmospheric principles, just as a tree frog holds to a tree. 

 They become so firmly fastened they will break before they 

 loosen their hold. It has five leaflets and may thus be dis- 

 tinguished from the poison Ivy, which has but three. The 

 northwest side of Mr. Lightner's house is covered with 

 this vine. It is well suited for covering large arbors. 



The common wild grape vine, though worthless for 

 fruit, makes a good covering for arbors. It is better for 

 this purpose than the tame grape, because it is more hardy 

 and grows more rapidly. This and the Ampleopsis belong 

 to the same family. 



The Tecoma radicans Trumpet Creeper, Trumpet 

 Flower, is a beautiful woody vine, very hardy, a rapid 

 grower,. with pinnate leaves, leaflets five to eleven, flowers 

 two to three inches long, orange and scarlet, very showy. 

 This vine may be trained into any shape that is desired. 

 It will grow almost anywhere. It merits more attention 

 than it has received. Hundreds of them may be obtained 

 in the river bottom on this side of the lake below the Nar- 

 rows. 



The Celastrus scandens Wax Work, Climbing Bitter- 

 sweet, False Bittersweet is a hardy woody vine, common in 



