CONCERNING VINES 



an agreeable place. It seems truly that the wistarias 

 cannot be improved on as protection for verandas, 

 and that to them the Japanese honeysuckle plays a 

 good second. 



The family of Clematis provides a number of lovely 

 vines, among which the paniculata is now the most 

 generally seen, although it is one of comparatively 

 recent introduction from Japan. It is of value in 

 late August and September when bloom is at low tide 

 in the garden, unfolding then its starry white flowers 

 of luscious scent in quantities that make it appear 

 like a dense, white cloud. This vine is much grown 

 on porches, although after a few years' establishment 

 it becomes somewhat ponderous. This can be con- 

 trolled, however, by cutting it rather severely at the 

 approach of winter. It flourishes well on fences, 

 trellises, and old tree stumps, and invariably becomes 

 a thing of beauty in its day of blossoming. 



The illustration (plate xxix.) is of a place in Marble- 

 head, Massachusetts, that would be vastly ugly were 

 it not for the high pillar formed by this vine through 

 which a climbing nasturtium has wound its way. The 

 delicacy of the white blossoms is here seen in contrast 

 to the bold, brilliant hues of the nasturtiums. 



This member of the Clematis family has become 

 a vine of the people. In a small seaside town through 

 which I passed in early September, the atmosphere 

 was fairly redolent with its perfume. The houses, 

 standing back but a few feet from the road, showed 

 almost without exception the C. paniculata rising 

 triumphantly over the front porches. 



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