THE CITY YARD 



ered with whitewash or shiny paint of an ugly 

 or staring color, be not as one without hope. 

 Drive pegs into the ground, fasten strings from 

 them to nails in the top of the fence, plant morn- 

 ing-glory, and in a few weeks the dismal object 

 will be hidden from sight, while you will be able 

 to spend m.ost of your spare time in pulling up 

 little glories that will have seeded themselves 

 all over the yard. The Calabrian invasion of 

 America Is alone to be compared with the enthu- 

 siasm of the morning-glory for expansion. 



If the people next door do not object — and 

 why should they, since they share the show? — 

 you can erect a trellis clean around your yard for 

 the more and better exhibition of the other climb- 

 ing things and the Increase of privacy. A sub- 

 stitute for a trellis Is a strand or two of wire car- 

 ried above the fence top for a foot or so by 

 pickets; but be careful not to Impose too heavy 

 a burden upon the wire. A mass of vegetation, 

 especially after a rain, or a showering with the 

 hose, weighs twice as much as you tell yourself 

 is possible. 



Having, then, composed your mind respect- 

 ing the fence, and come to the conclusion that a 

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