CONCERNING VINES 



and trellises. I have never seen it in a seaside garden, 

 yet it seems that there are many that might afford it 

 an opportunity to show its beauty. The blossom 

 follows along with the June pageant. 



The flowers of the perennial pea, Lathyrus latifolius, 

 are unlike those of the annual sweet pea because 

 they are produced in clusters, are without fragrance, 

 and are restricted in color to white and shades of pink 

 and carmine. They occur in July and August. The 

 plant is an attractive climber for many places. It 

 reaches a maximum height of eight feet. 



There are those who, in garden building, like the 

 well-tried, the renownedly hardy, and reliable plants 

 to fill their spaces and to entwine about their homes; 

 and there are those who seek ever some rarity, some 

 plant difficult to acclimatize, which requires untold 

 effort to make it grow and bloom. In such experi- 

 mental work, there is much pleasure and often keen 

 surprise at the way plants, strange to their surround- 

 ings, will go through a reconstructive process to 

 accommodate themselves to their new conditions. 

 The plant lover delights to observe the success or 

 failure of his imported treasures. It becomes the 

 most poignant interest of his life. The Japanese, as a 

 nation, understand better than any other people the 

 benefits humanity may gain from a close association 

 with growing plants. 



Near many seaside gardens, the American bitter- 

 sweet, or staff vine, Celastrus scandens, can be used to 

 cover rough roadside walls. At several places I have 

 seen it employed thus most charmingly. In the last 



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