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aerial rootlets need no support other than to be 

 brought close to the wall at the start, so that the 

 young rootlets may lay hold while still full of sap. 

 If they once dry out their usefulness is lost and a vine 

 long enough to be blown about by the wind will sel- 

 dom make a firm attachment to a wall. 



Vines which require netting for support — as the 

 various clematis — should have it in place when 

 planted. Most of the clematis are quite hardy, but 

 a few, those that bloom on the last season's wood, as 

 Madam Edward Andrea, are better for being laid 

 down during winter and for this reason the netting 

 should not be nailed to the wall of the house, but to 

 strips of wood, which in turn may be fastened to 

 hooks in the wall so that the netting can be easily 

 detached and rolled up on the ground and protected. 

 Vines that do well on cords, as most of the annual 

 vines, are easily cared for by taking two strips of 

 wood, one for top and one for the bottom, and driv- 

 ing fence staples in them about a foot apart and run- 

 ning twine — ^butcher's twine is good — ^baek and forth 

 through the staples from top to bottom. When the 

 time comes to remove the vines it is easily done by 

 untying the ends of twine and pulling them out, leav- 

 ing the vines in a bunch on the ground where they 

 are easily removed. This is far easier than pulling 

 the vines away from the twine. 



A vigorous growing vine throws off a greater quan- 



