﻿July, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDENS 
  

  

  XIX 
  

  

  Occasionally 
  it 
  is 
  desired 
  to 
  place 
  a 
  few 
  

   plants 
  along 
  the 
  base 
  or 
  stylobate 
  of 
  the 
  per- 
  

   gola, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  better 
  plant 
  for 
  this 
  posi- 
  

   tion 
  than 
  the 
  bougainvillea 
  : 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  partially 
  

   trailing 
  shrub 
  of 
  stiff, 
  prickly 
  stems 
  and 
  glossy, 
  

   dark 
  green 
  leaves, 
  the 
  branches 
  terminating 
  in 
  

   rosy 
  bracts 
  which 
  are 
  highly 
  ornamental. 
  

   The 
  plant 
  is 
  a 
  sheet 
  of 
  bloom 
  from 
  May 
  to 
  

   November, 
  and 
  is 
  easily 
  grown 
  and 
  cared 
  for. 
  

   The 
  effect 
  of 
  the 
  sprays 
  of 
  rosy 
  bloom 
  over 
  

   the 
  white 
  marble 
  or 
  granite 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   structure 
  is 
  artistic 
  in 
  the 
  extreme. 
  

  

  The 
  various 
  passion 
  flowers 
  offer 
  charming 
  

   types 
  suitable 
  for 
  the 
  pergola 
  ; 
  especially 
  is 
  

   this 
  true 
  of 
  a 
  grafted 
  crimson-scarlet 
  variety 
  

   which 
  bears 
  its 
  flowers 
  in 
  great 
  racemes 
  two 
  

   or 
  three 
  feet 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  a 
  foot 
  in 
  diameter, 
  

   the 
  single 
  flowers 
  measuring 
  some 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  

   inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  and 
  as 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  trained 
  to 
  

   run 
  along 
  the 
  cornice 
  of 
  rafters 
  and 
  drop 
  its 
  

   great 
  panicles 
  of 
  bloom 
  where 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  

   most 
  in 
  evidence, 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  desirable. 
  Aris- 
  

   tolochia 
  elegans 
  is 
  another 
  tropical 
  vine 
  which 
  

   is 
  always 
  greatly 
  admired, 
  but 
  is 
  very 
  rare. 
  

   It 
  is, 
  however, 
  of 
  easy 
  culture, 
  growing 
  readily 
  

   and 
  rapidly 
  in 
  the 
  hottest 
  situation 
  if 
  well 
  fed 
  

   and 
  suppled 
  with 
  water. 
  The 
  leaves 
  are 
  dark 
  

   green, 
  leathery 
  and 
  heart-shaped 
  and 
  very 
  or- 
  

   namental, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  curious 
  flowers 
  which 
  

   attract 
  attention. 
  These 
  are 
  large 
  and 
  platter- 
  

   shaped, 
  terminating 
  at 
  the 
  back 
  in 
  a 
  curious, 
  

   crooked 
  neck, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  plant 
  before 
  opening 
  

   much 
  resembles 
  a 
  goose. 
  This 
  is 
  not 
  the 
  aris- 
  

   tolochia 
  known 
  as 
  goose-flower, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  

   shy 
  bloomer, 
  while 
  the 
  A. 
  elegans 
  blooms 
  

   freely 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  air. 
  The 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  flower 
  

   is 
  a 
  rich 
  wine 
  color 
  veined 
  and 
  mottled 
  with 
  

   cream 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  velvety 
  wine 
  colored 
  

   blotch 
  about 
  the 
  throat, 
  which 
  is 
  greenish- 
  

   cream 
  ; 
  altogether 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  handsome 
  and 
  strik- 
  

   ing 
  flower, 
  and 
  the 
  branches 
  are 
  easily 
  trained 
  

   and 
  controlled. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  arbor 
  or 
  summer 
  house 
  there 
  are 
  

   all 
  the 
  clematis, 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  so 
  rich 
  a 
  

   store, 
  but 
  none 
  better 
  than 
  C. 
  Paniculata, 
  

   which 
  blooms 
  in 
  September. 
  It 
  is 
  possible, 
  

   however, 
  by 
  careful 
  selection, 
  to 
  have 
  clematis 
  

   in 
  bloom 
  from 
  May 
  to 
  November, 
  or 
  nearly. 
  

   The 
  large 
  flowered 
  lavender 
  varieties 
  which 
  

   bloom 
  in 
  early 
  summer 
  are 
  followed 
  closely 
  

   by 
  the 
  white 
  summer 
  bloomers 
  and 
  the 
  red 
  

   Mrs. 
  Eduard 
  Andre. 
  Later, 
  in 
  August, 
  the 
  

   native 
  varieties 
  are 
  a 
  mass 
  of 
  flowers, 
  which 
  

   last 
  until 
  the 
  paniculata 
  is 
  about 
  ready 
  to 
  burst 
  

   into 
  bloom. 
  

  

  The 
  clematis 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  recommended 
  not 
  

   only 
  for 
  their 
  beauty, 
  but 
  also 
  for 
  their 
  hardi- 
  

   ness 
  and 
  ease 
  of 
  culture, 
  and 
  their 
  freedom 
  

   from 
  insect 
  pests, 
  which 
  makes 
  the 
  growing 
  of 
  

   some 
  vines 
  practically 
  impossible. 
  The 
  various 
  

   honeysuckles 
  are 
  charming 
  when 
  wreathed 
  

   with 
  their 
  fragrant 
  creamy-pink 
  flowers 
  in 
  

   early 
  summer, 
  but 
  the 
  attraction 
  they 
  possess 
  

   for 
  the 
  various 
  aphides, 
  especially 
  the 
  gray, 
  

   makes 
  their 
  culture, 
  in 
  any 
  but 
  isolated 
  places, 
  

   practically 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  question. 
  

  

  The 
  passion 
  vines, 
  Constance 
  Elliot 
  and 
  

   Southern 
  Beauty, 
  are 
  valuable 
  vines 
  for 
  the 
  

   summer 
  house 
  where 
  a 
  less 
  common 
  vine 
  is 
  de- 
  

   sired, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  hardy 
  and 
  must 
  be 
  re- 
  

   moved 
  to 
  the 
  greenhouse 
  in 
  the 
  fall. 
  As 
  they 
  

   make 
  a 
  strong 
  annual 
  growth 
  their 
  use 
  is 
  en- 
  

   tirely 
  practical. 
  

  

  Heating 
  that 
  Aids 
  Rent 
  or 
  Sale 
  

  

  The 
  statement: 
  "This 
  building 
  heated 
  by 
  Steam" 
  or 
  "by 
  

   Water 
  " 
  is 
  now 
  generally 
  understood 
  to 
  mean 
  that 
  cottages, 
  

  

  mansions, 
  stores 
  or 
  offices 
  

   thus 
  outfitted 
  are 
  made 
  so 
  

   comfortable 
  with 
  so 
  low 
  a 
  

   fuel 
  cost 
  and 
  little 
  care 
  as 
  

   to 
  insure 
  quicker 
  sale 
  or 
  

   higher 
  rental 
  (usually 
  10% 
  

   to 
  15% 
  more). 
  

  

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  in 
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  of 
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  and 
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  into 
  living 
  rooms 
  to 
  destroy 
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  can 
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  of 
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  are 
  so 
  arranged 
  

   or 
  inclined 
  that 
  the 
  heat 
  rays 
  are 
  brought 
  direct- 
  

   ly 
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  every 
  inch 
  of 
  their 
  area. 
  Hence 
  the 
  

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  value 
  of 
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  surfaces, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  

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  a 
  deposit 
  of 
  

   Y\ 
  inch 
  of 
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  which 
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  a 
  non-conductor 
  of 
  

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  more 
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  than 
  when 
  the 
  

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  are 
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