VINES 77 



tic planter can work wonders with flowers and 

 shrubs which otherwise might prove too bizarre 

 for use in small yards. 



Indeed, the owner of a city lot who is intent 

 upon its ornamentation can do no better than 

 to start upon his work with the planting of 

 vines. Before he finally determines to remove 

 some object which he considers an eyesore, let 

 him first consider whether a vine would not 

 only conceal the object but convert it into some- 

 thing to be desired as an acquisition in his 

 general plan of operations. 



Vines are cheap and easily obtained. They 

 are to be had wherever a wood is to be found, 

 or, lacking such natural nursery, they quickly 

 respond to the treatment which even an inex- 

 perienced amateur can afford them, as they root 

 readily from cuttings, or "slips." They can 

 also be grown from seed, all the annuals being 

 obtained by this method almost exclusively and 

 many of the perennials doing almost equally 

 as well when similarly treated. 



CLASSIFICATION OF VINES 



Vines may be roughly divided into twiners, 

 leaf-twisters, tendril-bearers, those with aerial 

 roots and those which gain support by means 



