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shuts out the light as well as the sun, excludes 

 much air, and of course cuts off any view which 

 there may be. A light trellis at the cornice 

 line, projecting two or three feet and suspended 

 from chains from above or supported on brack- 

 ets, leaves, on the contrary, unobstructed way 

 for light and breeze and outlook and gives a 

 charming open, woodsy effect of green and 

 leafy roof, in place of the shut-in restraint of 

 the flat screen. Wistaria trained to such a sup- 

 port is delightful, for its great racemes of bloom 

 then hang pendulous overhead. Flat-leaved 

 vines also, such as the kudzu vine or the grape, 

 lend themselves well to clothing this kind of 

 extended framework; but clematis and honey- 

 suckle and lighter vines generally will not be 

 so satisfactory, although the common wood- 

 bine or Virginia creeper — Ainpelopsis quinque- 

 folia — is fairly good. 



Where this outstanding support is not pos- 

 sible, or not fancied, and the vines may there- 

 fore only travel up before a porch, confine their 

 growth to the columns and leave the open 

 spaces between these O'pen — unless the planting 

 is for the express purpose of forming a screen. 

 For vines should be treated as the draper}^ of 

 the plant world and caught back so that their 

 supporting column or whatever it may be is 



