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very uncertain grower and bloomer. Often 

 refusing — for no apparent reason, to do either 

 for years at a time, but when it does conde- 

 scend to bloom in abundance it well repays 

 one for all trouble and annoyance its dila- 

 toriness has caused. The purple or mauve is 

 far the more beautiful of the two. It prefers 

 a high trellis or decayed tree trunk on which 

 to grow but should not be planted on live trees 

 as it is apt to destroy them by the fervor of 

 its embrace. It is admirable on porches and 

 high places and should be given a support 

 around which it may twine — as a cord, wire 

 or pole. 



Another vine well adapted to places where 

 a dense shade is desired is the Aristolochia 

 Sipho, or Dutchman's pipe. This has im- 

 mense, heart-shaped leaves that overlap and 

 furnish a perfect screen from the heat and sun. 

 It dies to the ground each fall, coming up with 

 renewed vigor each spring when it quickly 

 covers a considerable space. The culture is 

 the same as for all hardy vines, good soil, 

 well enriched with old manure made fine and 

 deep and an abundance of water during the 

 growing season. 



But as it is not always expedient to wait 

 for the growing of hardy vines recourse must 

 be had to the annuals, and for this purpose no 

 better vine for immediate effect may be had 

 than the Cobaea scandens. This has a dark, 

 rich foliage and a wealth of trumpet-shaped 

 blossoms that, opening, are a greenish white 

 and change from day to day until they have 

 passed through all the varying shades of lav- 

 ender and violet until, ere they fade, they have 

 become a deep purple and wine. The effect 

 of the many colored blossoms on the vine is 

 very beautiful and as a cut flower they are 

 unusually lasting and lovely. As to the cul- 

 ture, it would be difficult to specify, so many 

 situations and varieties of soil seem to suit it. 

 I have grown it with equal success on the east 

 and the west side of a building, on the north 

 and in full sunshine, with an abundance of 

 water and restricted to the natural rainfall, 

 in window boxes and in the open ground and 

 always, everywhere, it has grown to the top 

 of whatever support offered itself and blos- 

 soming every step of the way. It is grown 

 from seed and the seed should be started early 

 in the house or hotbed and planted out when 

 all danger of frost is passed, and a little at- 

 tention paid to it at the start, that it may be- 

 gin to climb and not waste strength and time 

 lying prone on the ground. It clings by 

 tendrils — attached to the end of every leaf 

 spray, to the siding of the house, crevices of 

 stone or brick work and to the bark of the 

 tree, but as it is liable to be blown down from 

 the house in rough weather, it should be pro- 

 vided with wire netting to run on if a neat 

 and symmetrical growth is desired. No better 

 vine for covering a dead tree could be desired 

 and it will quickly reach to the top of even a 

 tall tree and wreath it with bloom. 



Another vine that much resembles the 

 cobaea in the shape of the blossom, but is of 

 a fine rose color, is the Lophospermum 

 scandens ; this also is started from seed sown 

 in the house or hotbed early in spring and 

 transplanted when all danger of frost is 

 passed. The foliage, however, is inferior to 

 the cobaea, being a rather coarse, heart- 

 shaped leaf, somewhat rough, but the blos- 

 soms are handsome and rare, and very freely 

 produced. 



Where a fine trailer for low trellises or 

 railings is desired the thunbergias are very 

 desirable, as they grow freely in the open air, 

 and their saucer shaped blossoms of white 

 with a dark eye, yellow with black or white 

 eye are produced very freely all the summer. 

 It rejoices in a sunny situation and rich sandy 

 soil. It is started from seed like the others 



