124. MAKING OF A FLOWER GARDEN 



and is completely covered with small green fruit about 

 the size of gooseberries, green mottled with white at 

 first, but turning as they mature to a rich cardinal 

 red. They appear at the axil of every leaf and when 

 the vine has a chance to run along a horizontal wire 

 they are lovely indeed. In the fall, sprays of the 

 fruit may be brought in the house and will remain 

 perfect for some time. 



The Japanese morning glories are the most charm- 

 ing of the summer blooming vines. For best results 

 one should buy the seed in separate, named packets 

 and start the seed in flats or tiny pots in house or 

 hotbed, soaking the seed in warm water until they 

 sprout, then planting the sprouted seed in flats or pots, 

 or, if the weather is warm, in the open ground. They 

 should be planted on the north or west side of the 

 house if one would enjoy their beauties, for if planted 

 on the east or south the first rays of the morning sun 

 will close the blooms before one has a chance to enjoy 

 them. They require far more space than the common 

 morning glory — five feet apart is none too much — and 

 just as much upward room as one can command. On 

 too low a trellis they will climb to the top and then 

 droop over, hiding the lower blossoms, for the Japan- 

 ese morning glory branches and blooms from the root 

 up. Pure white blooms, five inches or more in diam- 

 eter, double white, fluffy blossoms ; white spotted and 

 speckled with crimson ; blue and crimson edged with 



