VINES AND CLIMBERS. 



The airy build of the trailing and climbing plants exerts a 

 powerful influence over a child. It is true that all plants 

 grow and show variation in height and vigor, but the 

 additional equipment of tendrils and the winding character 

 gives to the vines a heightened interest. The ascending of 

 the Morning Glory, and the twisting of grasping leaves of 

 the Clematis, do not need to be pointed out to the child. 

 They speak for themselves. The care which these plants 

 require in fastening their runners and rearranging what 

 became twisted will appeal to a child as the address of 

 friends. Let a child observe now and then how such care 

 has to be applied, and the little girl will make it a sacred 

 duty to look out for some certain vines, and thus be educated 

 for life's earnest duties. 



I want to speak a word of warning about the careless set- 

 ting out of climbers. I mention here, as at several other 

 points, that the appointment of any grounds is work for a 

 professional, and to him should be left the perfect arrange- 

 ment of vines in the limited grounds. In none of the areas 

 I deal with is there room for a Passion Vine. Yet, if its 

 most peculiar flowers are considered needful to fascinate a 

 child's attention, plant it at the entrance or at the outside 

 fence. The same should be said about Tacsonias, either of 

 which kinds succeed only in warm climes. It is not at all 

 unlikely that in climes where the Cobaea scandens will grow, 

 such vine would be picked out first of any as the best to 

 clothe a wall or fence. I emphasize that its rapidity of trail- 



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