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Wistaria Frutescens (or American Glycine), is more of a dwarf habit 

 than the above-mentioned. 



Passiflora Incarnata (Half Hardy Passion Vine), is very beautiful. 

 Its flower is supposed to represent the Crucifixion of Christ, and thence 

 its name. 



Periploca Grseca (Virginia Silk Vine), is another native climber that 

 deserves attention, in preference to many that are tender. It is a hardy 

 grower, and will soon cover an arbor or wall. A native of Syria. 



Care and attention must be given to the training and fastening of all 

 climbers, as their beauty is greatly injured by allowing them to grow in 

 a wild and neglected manner ; it also gives a wild look to a house, which 

 does not add to its general appearance. 



Wherever there is an unsightly fence, there is the opportunity to try 

 your hand at cultivating vines which grow wild in your woods, or which 

 can be raised from seeds at a trifling expense. Wreath all such places 

 with climbing vines, and let their ugliness be hid under the delicate 

 foliage and brilliant flowers of the climbers. Your wood, brick, or 

 stone houses are bare in their angular outlines, and lack the graceful 

 elegance which ornamental vines will give them. Twine over them some 

 climbing plant, and architecture and nature will combine to produce 

 the most picturesque effect ; and you will learn that 



" The flowers in silence seem to breathe 

 Such thoughts as language cannot tell.'* 



And when the outside is beautiful, let the inside be replete with 

 comfort, order, taste, virtue, peace, good-will and love. 



The following diagrams will furnish designs for supports for Orna- 

 mental Vines. They can be made from six to eight feet high. The 

 center piece of each trellis should be thicker than the outer or main 

 supports, at least three-quarters of an inch thick, and from an inch to 

 an inch-and-a-half wide. These frames should be painted green or 

 white, according to one's preference. 



