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  AMERICAN 
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  November, 
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  tree 
  and 
  a 
  top 
  which 
  in 
  its 
  season 
  of 
  bloom 
  is 
  

   a 
  thing 
  of 
  beauty. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  hedge 
  plant 
  nothing 
  more 
  highly 
  orna- 
  

   mental 
  could 
  be 
  desired 
  for 
  the 
  boundaries 
  

   of 
  lots 
  or 
  for 
  a 
  division 
  between 
  different 
  parts 
  

   of 
  the 
  grounds. 
  Set 
  plants 
  three 
  feet 
  apart 
  in 
  

   the 
  row, 
  training 
  to 
  stakes 
  as 
  for 
  plants 
  on 
  the 
  

   lawn. 
  Top 
  when 
  at 
  the 
  desired 
  height 
  and 
  

   allow 
  to 
  grow 
  and 
  droop 
  sufficiently 
  to 
  form 
  

   a 
  screen. 
  If 
  it 
  is 
  desired 
  to 
  use 
  it 
  as 
  a 
  hedge 
  

   to 
  confine 
  chickens 
  or 
  farm 
  animals 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  

   grown 
  against 
  wire 
  netting 
  or 
  fencing 
  of 
  suf- 
  

   ficient 
  strength. 
  Nothing 
  finer 
  for 
  a 
  perma- 
  

   nent 
  screen 
  for 
  the 
  poultry 
  yard 
  could 
  be 
  

   desired 
  and 
  the 
  shade 
  afforded 
  will 
  prove 
  most 
  

   grateful 
  to 
  the 
  poultry. 
  

  

  Once 
  established 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  no 
  danger 
  

   of 
  the 
  chickens 
  injuring 
  the 
  stems 
  and 
  roots, 
  

   as 
  would 
  be 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  more 
  tender 
  plants, 
  

   and 
  there 
  will 
  be 
  no 
  occasion 
  to 
  worry 
  about 
  

   its 
  safety, 
  be 
  the 
  winters 
  ever 
  so 
  severe 
  and 
  

   the 
  summer's 
  droughts 
  however 
  trying. 
  

  

  Where 
  the 
  plants 
  have 
  been 
  allowed 
  to 
  seed 
  

   freely, 
  every 
  spring 
  will 
  see 
  many 
  new 
  plants 
  

   springing 
  up 
  around 
  the 
  yard 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  

   taken 
  up 
  and 
  set 
  out 
  for 
  a 
  hedge. 
  Do 
  not, 
  I 
  

   beg, 
  dig 
  them 
  up 
  and 
  throw 
  them 
  away 
  or 
  cut 
  

   them 
  off 
  with 
  the 
  lawn-mower, 
  but 
  find 
  some 
  

   place 
  where 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  given 
  care 
  and 
  

   trained 
  into 
  some 
  form 
  worthy 
  their 
  great 
  

   possibilities. 
  

  

  Although 
  able 
  and 
  willing 
  to 
  grow 
  with 
  a 
  

   modicum 
  of 
  care 
  and 
  trouble, 
  they 
  well 
  repay 
  

   the 
  outlay 
  of 
  time 
  and 
  care, 
  and 
  when 
  grown 
  

   as 
  an 
  ornamental 
  plant 
  they 
  should 
  receive 
  it. 
  

  

  Plant 
  in 
  good 
  mellow 
  loam, 
  dug 
  deep, 
  that 
  

   they 
  may 
  send 
  their 
  roots 
  well 
  below 
  frost 
  

   line. 
  Give 
  a 
  heavy 
  mulch 
  of 
  old 
  manure 
  in 
  

   the 
  fall, 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  dug 
  into 
  the 
  soil 
  in 
  

   the 
  spring. 
  If 
  there 
  is 
  any 
  bare 
  ground 
  

   around 
  the 
  stem 
  a 
  mulch 
  of 
  lawn 
  clippings 
  

   will 
  be 
  of 
  benefit 
  during 
  the 
  hot 
  weather, 
  and 
  

   an 
  occasional 
  showering 
  during 
  a 
  protracted 
  

   dry 
  spell 
  will 
  in 
  no 
  wise 
  injure 
  it. 
  Like 
  all 
  

   plants, 
  keeping 
  the 
  foliage 
  clean 
  will 
  greatly 
  

   enhance 
  its 
  beauty. 
  

  

  Not 
  the 
  least 
  of 
  the 
  bignonia's 
  good 
  quali- 
  

   ties 
  is 
  its 
  attraction 
  for 
  the 
  humming 
  birds, 
  

   which 
  flit 
  around 
  it 
  from 
  morning 
  to 
  night, 
  

   diving 
  head-first 
  into 
  its 
  deep 
  rosy 
  throats, 
  

   gathering 
  honey 
  for 
  their 
  nestlings, 
  or 
  sit 
  on 
  

   the 
  branches 
  preening 
  their 
  feathers 
  as 
  fear- 
  

   lessly 
  at 
  home, 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  my 
  presence, 
  as 
  

   though 
  I, 
  not 
  they, 
  were 
  the 
  intruder. 
  

  

  Some 
  variety 
  of 
  the 
  bignonia 
  is 
  indigenous 
  

   to 
  nearly 
  all 
  countries. 
  Our 
  native 
  variety 
  

   has 
  its 
  habitat 
  in 
  Florida 
  and 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  

   the 
  Carolinas, 
  where 
  it 
  disputes 
  possession 
  

   with 
  the 
  corn 
  and 
  thrives 
  under 
  the 
  cultiva- 
  

   tion 
  which 
  seeks 
  to 
  eradicate 
  it. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Tacoma 
  Stans, 
  Florida 
  

   furnishes 
  another 
  variety 
  of 
  handsome 
  shrub 
  

   covered 
  in 
  the 
  autumn 
  with 
  handsome 
  yellow 
  

   flowers, 
  while 
  from 
  Australia 
  comes 
  a 
  lovely 
  

   white 
  variety 
  with 
  rose-colored 
  throat 
  — 
  the 
  

   Tacoma 
  Jasmanoides 
  ; 
  this 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  en- 
  

   tirely 
  hardy 
  at 
  the 
  South, 
  and 
  possibly 
  with 
  

   proper 
  protection 
  might 
  prove 
  so 
  at 
  the 
  North. 
  

  

  South 
  Africa 
  furnishes 
  a 
  magnificent 
  variety 
  

   with 
  a 
  large, 
  showy, 
  trumpet-shaped 
  flower 
  

   of 
  a 
  bright, 
  rosy 
  lilac 
  and 
  darker 
  pencilings 
  

   and 
  a 
  blotch 
  of 
  yellow 
  in 
  the 
  throat; 
  the 
  in- 
  

   dividual 
  flowers 
  are 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  Bignonia 
  

   radicans, 
  and 
  are 
  borne 
  in 
  great 
  panicles 
  a 
  

   foot 
  or 
  more 
  in 
  length. 
  This, 
  too, 
  is 
  hardy 
  

   in 
  the 
  South, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  can 
  be 
  lifted 
  

   and 
  stored 
  during 
  winter 
  in 
  the 
  cellar, 
  con- 
  

   servatory 
  or 
  greenhouse. 
  

  

  Another 
  interesting 
  species 
  from 
  Australia 
  

   is 
  T. 
  Smithii. 
  This 
  grows 
  in 
  a 
  dwarf 
  form 
  

   like 
  a 
  geranium, 
  and 
  is 
  well 
  adapted 
  to 
  grow- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  pots. 
  It 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  flowers, 
  two 
  

   inches 
  or 
  more 
  in 
  length, 
  of 
  lemon 
  and 
  orange. 
  

   This 
  variety 
  can 
  be 
  grown 
  from 
  seeds, 
  and 
  

   under 
  favorable 
  conditions 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  bloom 
  

   the 
  first 
  summer. 
  

  

  