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buildings whether they are made of wood or 

 masonry, for vines not only suffer themselves in 

 such recessed locations, but they are distinctly 

 a detraction from the appearance of a place 

 when so situated. For neither corners nor the 

 apex of angles should ever be obscured by 

 planting; they must be left clean and open if 

 the building is to retain character and strength. 



Either flat wall composing such an angle 

 may be trellised for the support of one of the 

 open climbers, however, with good effect, if the 

 vine is planted well out on the wall and not at 

 or near the inner corner. And trellises them- 

 selves are very charming ornamental features 

 on the outside of a building, when well designed 

 and executed. An especially picturesque effect 

 results from the use of them horizontally above 

 the windows of the lower floor. So placed, 

 they afford opportunity for very much ex- 

 tended growth to every vine on them; and 

 indeed two or three plants, carried by means of 

 an upright trellis to these transverse supports, 

 will creep along and do the work of twice or 

 thrice their number in a tracery of airy branches 

 against the background of the house. 



Honeysuckle is particularly suited to this 

 method of trellising, for its lower growth is 

 usually light anyway, while its top growth is 



