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to any stone, brick or wooden support and should 

 never be pulled loose, as it will seldom attach itself 

 anew. It is effectively grown as a hedge when the 

 plants may be set three feet apart and trimmed up to 

 the height desired before being allowed to branch. It 

 will then throw out long, stout canes from this point 

 which droop and present a mass of bloom in season. 

 It makes a very handsome standard trained to a 

 stake until of required height. The Bignonia has one 

 great fault — ^that of spreading after the plants attain 

 age ; for this reason it should not be allowed to form 

 seed as these will scatter in February or March and 

 come up in unexpected places, and volunteer plants 

 from the root are even more troublesome. If the plant 

 could be set in a walled enclosure so as to be forced 

 to remain there it would be a much more desirable 

 tenant of the garden, but it is so fine when in full 

 bloom that, for the time at least, one forgives it the 

 sin of being too often in evidence. 



The Actinidias are also -very useful for covering 

 arbors, porches or for positions requiring dense shade. 

 For positions where a light vine is more suitable the 

 akebia and large-flowered clematis are desirable and 

 there are many charming annual vines which can be 

 easily raised from seed sown either in the hotbed or 

 in the open ground. One of the prettiest of all these 

 is found in the Bryonopsis. This belongs to the gourd 

 family, btt has pale green, smooth, ivy-like foliage 



