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the following year. Indeed I think it is more beauti- 

 fully marbled when so cut back, as the new growth 

 is more in evidence, being lower. 



The wild grape should be grown, if only for its 

 entrancing fragrance when in bloom. All the Vitis 

 family are admirable, but there is one less well known 

 that is the most beautiful of all the family — Vitis 

 Henryana — a variety with five lobed leaves resembling 

 dark green velvet with a silver mid-rib ; to my mind 

 the most beautiful viae I have seen. 



Schizophragma hydrangeoides is another remark- 

 ably fine vine, very rarely seen, but which should be 

 far better known. Perhaps its rather high initial cost 

 may have something to do with its rarity, small plants 

 costing a dollar, but it would be cheap at a much 

 higher price were one more familiar with its merits. 

 Imagine a fine hydrangea climbing up the wall of 

 the house — for it is a self-supporting vine, clinging 

 firmly to stone, brick and even to wood — and covered 

 in June with great heads of white blooms similar to 

 HydroMffea paniculata, but unlike the latter in that 

 the blooms do not turn pink as they fade, but retain 

 their creamy white color. The foliage is ovate, dark 

 green and waxy and the thick, woody stems red. It 

 is a vine that always attracts attention, either in 

 leaf, flower or naked branches, and is of the easiest 

 culture, doing best on the north or east side of the 



