4. VINES 
As I look over some of the fine country places, 
I cannot but think how neglected are the vines. 
These estates usually have lovely, rolling lawns, 
beautiful shrubbery borders, and many other 
prominent features; but the only point where you 
will find any vines is on the side of a building or 
on the pergola, if, perchance, there is one. 
How it would relieve these long stretches of lawn 
to see a rock jutting up somewhere, with a vine or 
two clambering over it; or even the stump of a 
tree, with some vines planted around it! 
Why allow these long, almost endless shrub- 
bery borders to have nothing in them but trees 
and shrubs? Pick out a corner somewhere and 
turn it into a “rangle-tangle.” To make this 
take two or three dozen ordinary bean poles 
and put them in the ground about two feet apart. 
They should not be equidistant, however, nor 
should the poles be all of the same height. Make 
the arrangement appear rough, plant some vines 
at the base of the poles, and in the course of a 
couple of years you cannot but be pleased with 
the result. 
Another place where vines can be used to great 
advantage is in the event of a tree dying in a very 
conspicuous place. Do not chop it down, but 
remove some of the soil at the base of the tree, 
