CHAPTER VIII 
Vines, Tender and Hardy 
They shall sit every man under his vine and 
under his figtree. 
—Micah iv, 4. 
Everysopy likes a pretty vine, and there is sure 
to be some place where you will want to plant at 
least one. Where? ‘Why, at one corner of the 
porch where you like to play; round the pillar at 
the front door, where you read, or by the window 
where you sit to sew; in the backyard to cover the 
clothespoles, hide the chicken fence, or sereen some 
old, ugly building. 
The common annual vines you probably know 
pretty well,—the climbing nasturtium, morning 
glory, moonflower, cypress vine, scarlet runner, 
hyacinth bean, wild cucumber, gourds and hops. 
They are treated very much alike, grow with little 
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