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and flower until killed by severe frost. Plants grown from 

 seed sown in a hotbed or house early in the spring, trans- 

 planted into pots or boxes when large enough, and planted 

 out as soon as the ground has become warm, are more vigor- 

 ous and seem to have more fragrance than those grown from 

 cuttings. Many of the strains have become so well fixed 

 that the colors come true from seed. Cut- 

 tings are often employed, but the handling 

 of stock plants is a difficult matter except 

 in the hands of a professional, and when 

 plants are wanted in quantity it is cheaper 

 t o b u y them of the plantsman than to 

 grow them from seed or attempt to keep 

 over stock plants. Therefore, for the home garden, seed- 

 grown plants are usually most satisfactory. Give a sunny 

 position. Thin to 10 to 15 inches apart each way. 



Vinca, or PERIWINKLE. Trailing plants. Useful 



in covering unsightly places, for vases, urns or baskets. 

 Some of the species (as the common evergreen, mat-like 

 "running myrtle") are hardy, but the most useful ones need 

 the protection of a house through the winter. The varie- 

 gated-leaved kinds are fine for winter decorations. Propa- 

 gated mostly by cuttings. Perennials. 



Vines. The use of Vines for screens and 

 pillar decorations has increased in the last decade until now 

 they may be seen in nearly all grounds. The tendency has 

 been towards using the hardy Vines, of which the ampe- 

 lopsis, or Virginia creeper, is one of the most common. It is 

 a very rapid grower, and lends itself to training more readily 

 than many others. The Japan ampelopsis (A. tricuspidata 

 or Veitchii) is a fine clinging Vine, growing very rapidly 

 when once established, and being brilliantly colored after 

 the first fall frosts. It clings closer than the other, but is 

 not so hardy. Either of these may be grown from cuttings 

 or division of the plants. Two woody twiners of recent 

 introduction are the actinidia and the akebia, both from 



