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  VINES 
  FOR 
  PERGOLAS 
  AND 
  

   ARBORS 
  

  

  By 
  Ida 
  D. 
  Bennett 
  

  

  ANY 
  long 
  structure 
  of 
  poles 
  or 
  lattice 
  

   work 
  has 
  been 
  in 
  the 
  past, 
  before 
  the 
  

   pergola 
  came 
  into 
  vogue, 
  known 
  as 
  an 
  

   arbor, 
  and 
  the 
  term 
  is 
  still 
  good 
  enough 
  for 
  

   that 
  kind 
  of 
  structure, 
  and 
  its 
  treatment 
  is 
  

   quite 
  distinct 
  from 
  that 
  accorded 
  the 
  pergola, 
  

   which 
  may 
  find 
  expression 
  in 
  marble, 
  granite 
  

   or 
  carven 
  wood, 
  and 
  the 
  architectural 
  features 
  

   of 
  which 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  brought 
  out 
  and 
  empha- 
  

   sized 
  rather 
  than 
  concealed, 
  as 
  is 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  

   arbors 
  of 
  rough 
  posts, 
  timbers 
  or 
  lattice 
  work, 
  

   which 
  have 
  nothing 
  artistic 
  to 
  recommend 
  

   them, 
  and 
  serve 
  merely 
  as 
  a 
  support 
  for 
  vines. 
  

  

  The 
  care 
  of 
  vines 
  on 
  a 
  pergola 
  differs 
  ma- 
  

   terially 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  vines 
  about 
  an 
  arbor. 
  

   In 
  the 
  former 
  case 
  they 
  must 
  be 
  kept 
  well 
  

   within 
  bounds 
  and 
  not 
  allowed 
  to 
  straggle 
  

   freely 
  about, 
  as 
  they 
  may 
  do 
  to 
  a 
  considerable 
  

   extent 
  on 
  an 
  arbor. 
  Hence 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  pillar 
  

   roses 
  are 
  desirable, 
  and 
  by 
  planting 
  a 
  good 
  se- 
  

   lection 
  of 
  them 
  one 
  may 
  have 
  an 
  abundance 
  of 
  

   bloom 
  without 
  an 
  oversupply 
  of 
  foliage. 
  The 
  

   lack 
  of 
  foliage, 
  which 
  is 
  often 
  a 
  fault 
  in 
  climb- 
  

   ing 
  roses, 
  is 
  an 
  advantage, 
  as 
  it 
  allows 
  the 
  

   pillars, 
  base 
  and 
  capital 
  to 
  be 
  seen. 
  The 
  

   jackmanni 
  clematis 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  good 
  pergola 
  

   vine, 
  although 
  on 
  a 
  house 
  or 
  arbor 
  it 
  leaves 
  

   much 
  to 
  be 
  desired 
  from 
  its 
  habit 
  of 
  blooming 
  

   at 
  the 
  extremities 
  of 
  the 
  branches 
  with 
  a 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  stretch 
  of 
  bare 
  stems 
  below. 
  The 
  

   paniculata 
  clematis 
  is 
  far 
  too 
  rank 
  a 
  grower 
  

   for 
  this 
  use, 
  but 
  is 
  admirable 
  on 
  house 
  or 
  

   arbor. 
  The 
  jackmanni, 
  when 
  trained 
  straight 
  

   up 
  the 
  pillars 
  and 
  carried 
  along 
  the 
  entabla- 
  

   ture, 
  will 
  afford 
  a 
  living 
  frieze 
  of 
  loveliest 
  

   color 
  and 
  form. 
  Other 
  forms 
  of 
  clematis 
  lend 
  

   themselves 
  less 
  readily 
  to 
  this 
  form 
  of 
  decora- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  spread 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  broadly 
  from 
  the 
  

   ground 
  up. 
  This 
  makes 
  them 
  available 
  where 
  

   broad 
  spaces 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  covered, 
  but 
  there 
  should 
  

   be 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  growth 
  between 
  the 
  pillars 
  of 
  a 
  

   pergola, 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  growth 
  being 
  

   diverted 
  to 
  covering 
  the 
  rafters 
  and 
  outlining, 
  

   lightly, 
  the 
  cornice 
  and 
  pillars. 
  

  

  For 
  effective 
  rafter 
  draping 
  the 
  wisteria 
  is 
  

   without 
  a 
  peer, 
  as 
  it 
  climbs 
  readily 
  to 
  a 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  height, 
  its 
  foliage 
  is 
  light 
  and 
  it 
  

   drops 
  its 
  flowers 
  in 
  long, 
  loose 
  racemes 
  from 
  

   the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  branches 
  — 
  an 
  arrangement 
  very 
  

   artistic 
  for 
  the 
  pergola. 
  Another 
  plant 
  of 
  

   similar 
  habit 
  but 
  laden 
  with 
  rose-colored 
  flow- 
  

   ers 
  is 
  the 
  mountain 
  beauty, 
  Antigonon 
  Lepto- 
  

   pus. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  hardy 
  vine 
  as 
  the 
  South 
  and 
  

   through 
  the 
  Middle 
  States, 
  but 
  requires 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  protection 
  during 
  winter 
  at 
  the 
  

   North 
  ; 
  as 
  the 
  roots 
  are 
  tuberous 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  

   taken 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  and 
  stored 
  in 
  a 
  warm 
  cel- 
  

   lar. 
  The 
  Quisquallis 
  Indica, 
  or 
  Rangoon 
  

   creeper, 
  is 
  a 
  beautiful 
  twining 
  shrub 
  from 
  

   India, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  much 
  used 
  about 
  the 
  porch 
  

   pillars, 
  and 
  would 
  do 
  admirably 
  for 
  twining 
  

   about 
  the 
  pergola 
  columns 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  hardy, 
  but 
  

   may 
  be 
  wintered 
  in 
  a 
  warm 
  cellar 
  or 
  green- 
  

   house. 
  Certain 
  of 
  the 
  solanums 
  are 
  desirable 
  

   vines 
  for 
  twining 
  ; 
  among 
  these 
  S. 
  Wendlandii 
  

   is 
  especially 
  fine 
  and 
  makes 
  a 
  rank 
  growth 
  of 
  

   many 
  feet 
  in 
  a 
  season, 
  but 
  as 
  the 
  branches 
  are 
  

   not 
  freely 
  branched 
  and 
  the 
  foliage 
  sparse, 
  it 
  

   does 
  not 
  conceal, 
  and 
  the 
  immense 
  heads 
  of 
  

   violet 
  flowers, 
  a 
  foot 
  across, 
  are 
  very 
  orna- 
  

   mental; 
  it 
  is 
  tender 
  and 
  must 
  be 
  wintered 
  in- 
  

   doors. 
  Certain 
  of 
  the 
  tropical 
  tecomas 
  are 
  

   worthy 
  of 
  culture 
  in 
  positions 
  where 
  their 
  

   great 
  beauty 
  will 
  be 
  appreciated. 
  Notably 
  

   among 
  these 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  capensis, 
  with 
  

   its 
  fine 
  bunches 
  of 
  bright 
  red 
  flowers, 
  which 
  

   are 
  continually 
  in 
  bloom. 
  Bignonia 
  argyreo 
  vio- 
  

   lescens, 
  of 
  the 
  tecoma 
  family, 
  has 
  beautifully 
  

   variegated 
  leaves 
  of 
  green, 
  white 
  and 
  purple, 
  

   and 
  B. 
  tweediana 
  has 
  splendid 
  yellow 
  flowers 
  

   — 
  a 
  color 
  rare 
  in 
  climbers. 
  

  

  