Vines and Creepers loi 



cement at the bottom of the hole, to steady it against heavy winds. Its 

 effect in winter, when in its berry garb, is fine. These vines are very 

 accommodating as to situation, thriving in full sunshine or partial shade. 



The Virginia creeper {Ampelopsis quinqiiefolia) of our woods, which 

 colours so beautifully in the fall, is best placed upon your neighbour's gate- 

 posts or your bam, where you may admire it at a distance, and where the 

 caterpillar may feed upon its leaves and not become familiar with and attached 

 to you. Or it may cHmb up the trunk of defunct oaks, or any large tree, 

 where it may hang in festoons from the lower branches. Young trees should 

 not be used for this purpose, as they are apt to be smothered and eventually 

 killed. Sometimes a boulder can be partially covered by a Virginia creeper 

 with good effect. 



The honeysuckles are excellent to cover wire fences, or for grouping 

 on sunny slopes and then allowed to bunch and trail at their own sweet will. 



The Dutchman's-pipe, in sections where it does well, is a clean, vigorous- 

 looking vine, with heavy overlapping foliage, bearing flowers which are 

 tantalising to one who has recently sworn off smoking. 



The trumpet creeper is suitable for training against a clothes-line post. 

 It should be pinched back when it reaches the top ; it will then form a shrub - 

 like head. Or it may be allowed to climb up into some large tree and roam 

 around its branches. 



The two matrimony vines, Lyciiim Chinense and L. barbatitm, may be 

 used with eff'ect on low trellises. The first-named is the finer in berry, but 

 near Chicago L. barbatitm is the stronger grower. 



The moonseed makes a good cover for clothes-line posts, but, if recent 

 reports are true, its berries are poisonous to children. 



The Boston ivy is too well known to mention. It is the best of all 

 vines for house- walls in America. 



Where artificial supports are given to a vine, let them be of a permanent 

 nature, such as iron rods or gas pipes. Perishable trellises generally look 

 limp and intoxicated by the time the vines are luxuriously developed and 

 approach our ideal of vine beauty. It is also demoralising to see them 

 sprawling upon the ground after some wind-storm. 



It is often desirable to close the end of a porch-opening, either to 

 shield from public view, to shut out the sun, or to hide an unpleasant aspect. 

 This is easily accomplished by planting thickly and supporting the vines 

 on light iron framework. 



