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cult to provide a too rich diet for them, and to this end it 

 is a good plan to trench the soil at least three feet deep, 

 filling the hole with a mixture of good garden soil and 

 well-rotted stable manure. In the matter of pruning and 

 training I quote Mr. Wm. McCollom's valuable book on 

 vines : " If a Wistaria has been growing undisturbed for a 

 few years, you will find that it has a large percentage of 

 long, thin, wiry shoots. These do not produce flowers 

 and should be removed at any time of the year. The 

 short, stumpy spurs are the kind that flower, and to 

 produce these the plants should be pruned back to 

 within two or three eyes of the flowers immediately 

 after they fall. The aim always should be to keep one 

 good shoot coming on each season, to provide room for 

 it cut one of the oldest shoots out entirely. If you 

 desire the plant to attain a great height, keep one of the 

 shoots growing until it has reached the height desired, 

 when it can be spurred in to produce flowers. ' Spurring ' 

 is clipping off the top and cutting the laterals close to 

 the main stem." No finer climber exists for pergolas, 

 walls, or porches than the Wistaria, and its period of 

 bloom is ever a delight. 



A vine of great vigour and pertinacity is Tecoma radi- 

 cans, better known as the Trumpet Creeper. By the 

 way, the most recent authorities give Campsis as the 

 correct name instead of Tecoma. It is a bold climber, 

 which south of New Jersey decorates the woods and 

 roadsides in a wild state and which, Miss Loundsberry 



