DECORATIVE VINES 209 



cordingly clumsy. Only the loose and airy 

 growth that twines should be planted where sup- 

 ports of any kind are involved. This leaves 

 their form fully revealed always, even though 

 festooned and garlanded. 



For planting about a summerhouse almost 

 any favorite may be used. Fragrance there 

 certainly should be, which either honeysuckle 

 or clematis or both may furnish; then there is 

 the showy trumpet creeper— Tecoma radicans— 

 which ought to be given space somewhere. No- 

 where is it better than on an arbor, for its 

 vivid flowers are seen to the greatest advantage 

 amidst a mass of green such as the tangle about 

 such a structure affords. Here, too, there should 

 be at least one rose; add to this the crimson- 

 glory vine — Vitis Coignetice — for its beautiful 

 foliage and coloring, and the combmation will 

 be delightful at all times of the summer and fall. 



Arbors and pergolas are the home of the 

 grape, and so on these there is no reason nor 

 excuse for not combining utility and beauty. 

 No other foliage has greater claim to regard 

 than the leaf of the grape, no bloom is more de- 

 hciously fragrant, nor is there anything more 

 beautiful than the clusters of fruit as they ripen, 

 depending overhead. So whatever the style of 

 an arbor may be, grapes may and should be 



