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right, or the opposite, and that it is not possible to per- 

 suade them to change their plans. It is remarkable, 

 too, to see their different ways of getting up in the 

 world, some by means of aerial rootlets, as the Ivy and 

 Ampelopsis; some by little seeking tendrils that strongly 

 grasp any available object, as the Clematis and Grape; 

 some which twine themselves around a given support, 

 as Honeysuckle and Wistaria, and others which throw 

 themselves recklessly upon anything within their reach 

 and demand a lift. To this class belong the Climbing 

 Roses. 



There are of course annual and perennial vines at 

 our disposal, and while in the established garden there is 

 little reason to employ the former, in new gardens they 

 are indispensable to provide a little drapery while the 

 permanent climbers are getting themselves settled and 

 making a start. 



Among annuals I must confess to a weakness for 

 Morning Glories. Thoreau admitted a similar weak- 

 ness when he wrote, "It always refreshes me to see it 

 . . . I associate it with the holiest morning hours." 

 But Morning Glories have their faults, and a bad one 

 is that they are apt to impose upon one's hospitality. 

 They appear to think that an invitation to spend a sum- 

 mer in your garden may be stretched to cover any 

 number of summers, and back they come year after 

 year with never so much as a "by your leave," or 

 "which plant may I use as a lift?" 



