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treated, it will make a growth of five or eight feet 

 in a season, and in a few years you will have a sturdy 

 old plant which will seem quite like one of the family. 

 It can be trained on racks or trellises, but much of its 

 pleasing effect is lost when it is forced to confine itself 

 to definite and regular limits. It should be allowed to 

 reach out in all directions, at its own pleasure, and then 

 it will never be anything but graceful. 



FIG 43 — GERMAN IVY AND FERN BASKET 



Senecio 



Senecio — ^better known as German Ivy, though it 

 is not even a distant relative of the Ivy family — is an 

 excellent vine for summer use, because of its great 



