﻿November, 
  1907 
  

  

  AMERICAN 
  HOMES 
  AND 
  GARDEN 
  

  

  XIX 
  

  

  under 
  side, 
  they 
  will 
  last 
  for 
  years. 
  Later, 
  

   as 
  the 
  plants 
  approach 
  a 
  stage 
  when 
  they 
  will 
  

   be 
  soon 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  open 
  ground, 
  they 
  

   may 
  be 
  given 
  complete 
  exposure 
  and 
  screens 
  

   of 
  chicken 
  netting 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  the 
  

   lath 
  if 
  necessary 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  beds 
  from 
  

   poultry, 
  cats 
  and 
  other 
  enemies. 
  

  

  Tender 
  plants 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  set 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  

   open 
  ground 
  until 
  all 
  danger 
  of 
  frost 
  is 
  

   passed, 
  as 
  there 
  is 
  nothing 
  gained 
  by 
  plant- 
  

   ing 
  before 
  the 
  weather 
  is 
  warm 
  and 
  the 
  

   ground 
  in 
  a 
  condition 
  to 
  receive 
  them. 
  

  

  THE 
  BIGNONIA 
  RADICANS 
  

  

  By 
  Benjamin 
  Ide 
  

  

  EVERY 
  year 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  the 
  blooming 
  

   of 
  the 
  Bignonia 
  radicans 
  or 
  trumpet 
  vine 
  

   I 
  am 
  impressed 
  anew 
  with 
  its 
  excep- 
  

   tional 
  value 
  as 
  an 
  all-around 
  plant 
  for 
  general 
  

   purposes. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  sur- 
  

   prise 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  see 
  this 
  noble 
  plant 
  so 
  neglected 
  

   and 
  relegated 
  to 
  any 
  out-of-the-way 
  corner 
  of 
  

   the 
  yard 
  when 
  so 
  much 
  may 
  be 
  done 
  with 
  it 
  

   in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  decorative 
  effect. 
  The 
  explana- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  this 
  unfortunate 
  state 
  of 
  affairs 
  may 
  

   probably 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  we 
  have 
  al- 
  

   ways 
  had 
  it 
  with 
  us 
  and 
  that 
  familiarity 
  breeds 
  

   contempt. 
  

  

  So 
  we 
  relegate 
  it 
  to 
  some 
  out-of-the-way 
  

   corner 
  while 
  we 
  point 
  with 
  pride 
  to 
  some 
  

   sickly 
  climber, 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  which 
  we 
  

   know 
  nothing 
  about 
  and 
  ask 
  that 
  its 
  spindly 
  

   growth 
  be 
  admired 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  question 
  whether 
  

   we 
  admire 
  it 
  ourselves, 
  but 
  the 
  catalogues 
  call 
  

   it 
  beautiful, 
  and 
  so 
  great 
  is 
  the 
  tendency 
  to 
  

   adopt 
  ready-made 
  opinion 
  that 
  we 
  hold 
  our 
  

   own 
  in 
  abeyance 
  and 
  accept 
  without 
  question. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  vine 
  the 
  bignonia 
  is 
  fine 
  when 
  well 
  

   cared 
  for 
  and 
  well 
  supported 
  ; 
  it 
  requires, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  the 
  most 
  careful 
  fastening 
  as 
  well-de- 
  

   veloped 
  specimens 
  are 
  very 
  top-heavy, 
  and 
  a 
  

   storm 
  is 
  apt 
  to 
  tear 
  them 
  from 
  their 
  support 
  

   and 
  do 
  much 
  damage. 
  

  

  The 
  bignonia 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  plants 
  which 
  

   make 
  fleshy 
  air 
  roots 
  at 
  each 
  joint 
  which 
  cling 
  

   to 
  walls 
  by 
  suction 
  ; 
  where 
  these 
  have 
  been 
  

   allowed 
  to 
  remain 
  undisturbed 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  

   practically 
  self-supporting, 
  but 
  the 
  large, 
  heavy 
  

   top 
  which 
  it 
  forms 
  when 
  it 
  has 
  reached 
  any 
  

   considerable 
  height 
  is 
  composed 
  of 
  many 
  

   branches, 
  which 
  either 
  form 
  no 
  roots 
  at 
  the 
  

   joint 
  or 
  the 
  roots 
  finding 
  no 
  point 
  of 
  attach- 
  

   ment 
  wither 
  and 
  die, 
  then 
  a 
  severe 
  storm 
  

   catches 
  the 
  top, 
  rendered 
  heavier 
  by 
  rain, 
  and 
  

   tears 
  top 
  and 
  all 
  from 
  its 
  support. 
  No 
  ordi- 
  

   rary 
  means 
  of 
  support, 
  as 
  twine 
  or 
  light 
  wire, 
  

   suffices 
  to 
  sustain 
  it 
  under 
  such 
  circumstances, 
  

   but 
  a 
  good 
  weight 
  of 
  galvanized 
  wire 
  should 
  

   be 
  used, 
  passing 
  the 
  wire 
  under 
  and 
  around 
  a 
  

   joint 
  and 
  fastening 
  the 
  ends 
  securely 
  to 
  the 
  

   wall 
  with 
  staples. 
  

  

  But 
  it 
  is 
  as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  shrub 
  and 
  hedge 
  

   plant 
  that 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  discuss 
  it. 
  In 
  the 
  entire 
  

   range 
  of 
  ornamental 
  shrubs 
  suitable 
  for 
  the 
  

   lawn 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  difficult 
  to 
  find 
  one 
  with 
  

   more 
  to 
  recommend 
  it 
  in 
  beauty, 
  grace, 
  hardi- 
  

   ness, 
  with 
  its 
  great 
  masses 
  of 
  flowers 
  and 
  dark, 
  

   rich 
  foliage. 
  Planted 
  on 
  the 
  lawn 
  and 
  trained 
  

   against 
  a 
  stake 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  feet, 
  or 
  as 
  tall 
  as 
  

   it 
  is 
  desired 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  standard 
  grow, 
  it 
  will 
  

   in 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  develop 
  a 
  stem 
  that 
  will 
  be 
  self- 
  

   supporting. 
  

  

  When 
  it 
  has 
  grown 
  to 
  the 
  desired 
  height 
  it 
  

   must 
  be 
  topped 
  or 
  cut 
  back 
  and 
  encouraged 
  

   to 
  develop 
  many 
  side 
  branches 
  — 
  all 
  side 
  shoots 
  

   below 
  the 
  top 
  being 
  removed 
  as 
  they 
  appear 
  

   and 
  the 
  whole 
  strength 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  directed 
  

   to 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  a 
  symmetrical, 
  vigorous 
  

   top. 
  In 
  this 
  way 
  it 
  will 
  grow 
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  the 
  shape 
  of 
  

   a 
  Kilmarnock 
  willow, 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  seed 
  pods 
  

   are 
  removed 
  as 
  they 
  form 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  in 
  bloom 
  

   the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  summer 
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  which 
  can 
  be 
  

   said 
  of 
  few 
  other 
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  In 
  a 
  few 
  years, 
  or 
  by 
  the 
  time 
  the 
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   has 
  rotted 
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  will 
  have 
  developed 
  a 
  trunk 
  

   heavy 
  enough 
  to 
  support 
  it; 
  one 
  growing 
  in 
  

   my 
  own 
  grounds 
  has 
  a 
  trunk 
  equal 
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