96 THE SMALL COUNTRY PLACE 



Pruning Climbers. 



Unless climbers are heroically pruned every year the 

 foliage soon becomes so dense that with close hot 

 weather mildews and blights often seriously injure 



them. Before growth 

 begins in the spring 

 a considerable por- 

 tion of the old wood 

 should be cut away 

 and the space occu- 

 pied by it given to 

 vigorous new shoots. 

 The best results 

 come from summer 

 pruning or pinching. 

 The ends of the canes 

 should be kept tied 

 to their proper sup- 

 port and all shoots 

 not needed to cover 

 the trellis or support 

 be pinched off, thus 

 forcing the growth 



FIG. 31 A Rose-Covered Porch. where most desired. 



List of Climbers. 

 NATIVE. INTRODUCED. 



AMERICAN WOODBINE, CLEMATIS, JACKMAN'S, 



VIRGIN'S BOWER (CLEMATIS) CLEMATIS PANICULATA, 

 BITTER SWEET, HONEYSUCKLE (JAPANESE), 



WISTARIA, KOKWA (ACTINIDIA), 



CLIMBING ROSES, JAPANESE WOODBINE. 



ARISTOLOCHIA (DUTCHMAN'S PIPE), 

 GRAPEVINES, ETC. 



