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Pig. 575.— Festoons of Virginia Creeper Between Trees. 



their beauty, both from an individual and a landscape point of view. Still the 

 excessive use of the festoon must be guarded against. In planting the Virginia 

 creeper for this purpose, the same course may be pursued as in planting for a 

 column, excepting that from one to three strong vines, set at each tree, in well- 

 manured soil, will suffice. 

 The support of the gar- 

 lands between the trees 

 should be heavy galvanized 

 wire. This should not 

 encircle the trees, but be 

 attached to a band of iron 

 so formed that it can ex- 

 pand from one side, adapt- 

 ing itself to the growth of 

 the tree. 



One of the finest uses to 

 which the Virginia creeper can be put is the formation of screens in a garden 

 where these are needed. Fig. 576 shows a screen separating the backyard and 

 stable from the street, in the case of a home situated on a street corner, the view 

 being from the side street. The opening through the screen in the form of an 

 archway represents the approach to the stable. For the support of the vines 

 forming the screen, nothing is better than coarse galvanized-wire netting, the 

 kind in extensive use for fine fence-making. If this material is not convenient, 

 then ordinary galvanized fence-wire, extended about five inches apart horizon- 

 tally from post to post, with some perpendicular wires reaching from bottom to 

 top, a foot or more apart, and attached to the cross ones, will answer. The 

 posts of such a screen should be not more that eight feet apart, while six feet 

 apart would be better. Assuming that the screen need be so high as twelve or 

 fifteen feet, if posts of such a length above ground are not readily procurable, 

 then scantling can be spiked or bolted against ordinary posts, to give the proper 

 height. When fi- 

 nished, the frame- 

 work should have 

 a scantling extend- 

 ing lengthwise 

 along the top of 

 the uprights to 

 secure shapeliness 

 in the upper part 

 of the screen. 



Vines that are 

 to cover the screen 

 should be set 



Fig. .ITC— Screen and Archway of Virginia Creeper. 



