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way of climbing, and it will save you much effort in trying to make 

 it ascend to the heights you desire. Good plants for stone or brick 

 surfaces are Boston ivy, English ivy, Englemann's ivy, and Vir- 

 ginia creeper on fences. 



A good vine to cover dead trees, stumps and wooden buildings is 

 trailing burning bush, (Euonymus radicans). Virginia creeper and 

 trumpet vine are fairly well suited to such locations. 



Vines for wire trellises are the grape, wisteria, Virginia creeper, 

 Virginia clematis, pannicled clematis (Fig. 275), Madeira vine, 

 the beans of various kinds, such as Japanese bean (Lablab), velvet 

 bean, and others. Sometimes it is necessary to change the kind of 



Fia. 274.- 



-A striking example of formal gardening with grass plots laid off in geometric 

 forms by the growth of evergreens and privet hedge. 



support to suit the vine. If vines are already growing near some 

 building a pole may be erected, or a wire may be stretched up to 

 accommodate them. 



Annual vines should often be used where quick effects are desired, 

 Among these might be mentioned cypress vine, gourds (Fig. 276) 

 wild cucumber, morning glory, the different kinds of climbing 

 beans, and moonvine. Where perennial kinds can be started at 

 the same time this should be done to avoid having to replant each 

 year and wait for the growth each season. 



Annual plants may be used for quick effects. Castor beans, 

 shown in figure 277, are very effective. Masses of hemp, sun- 

 flowers, hollyhocks from seeds, cosmos, and other shrub-like flower- 

 ing plants of the herbaceous kinds are effective the first year. 



