VINES 87 



to produce the best results of which it is capa- 

 ble. 



In decorating a yard the gardener will find 

 that vines lend themselves to any plan he may 

 devise. In fact, it is hardly possible that his 

 yard can be artistically planted without the 

 use of vines in numerous varieties. He should 

 remember that they require but little room and 

 lift themselves above the other plants, mak- 

 ing it possible to set vines and shrubs in the 

 same bed or border if desired, and thereby 

 obtain an effect which, were flowers and shrubs 

 alone relied upon, would be well nigh impossi- 

 ble. It requires, indeed, but little consideration 

 to arrive at the conclusion that, however small 

 the space to be planted, there may be vines in 

 every desirable' nook and corner, and still 

 neither the lawn nor the flower-beds and bor- 

 ders will be encroached upon to any great ex- 

 tent. 



PERENNIAL VINES 



Although there are innumerable sorts ready 

 for the planter's use still it is best to rely for 

 the most part on the better-known varieties. 

 A vine which will respond generously to the 

 treatment accorded it by the average novice is 

 the Virginia Creeper {Ampelopsis quinquefo- 



