September, 1909 
In considering trellis one 
must consider vines—the 
tw6 are inseparable except 
in the case of city lattice 
work. A mention of a few 
of the most serviceable for 
display or for screening 
purposes or for both may 
be of use. 
The one drawback in the 
use of trellis work is the 
care necessary to preserve 
it by the use of oil paint, 
which should be applied 
about every three years. 
Even though vines twine 
themselves about their 
trellis, this can, with care, 
be painted during the time 
of year the leaves are off. 
If the vines are trained by 
being tied on the surface of 
the supporting trellis, they 
may readily be taken down 
and the trellis painted. 
Another, and perhaps the 
simplest, scheme is to use 
only vines which die down 
each fall and come up 
rapidly the following 
spring. A good example 
for this purpose is the small 
white-flowered clematis 
(Clematis paniculata). Cutting it back to the ground in 
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(Humulus japonicus is an- 
other excellent vine that dies 
away from the trellis each 
fall. It is an annual and 
a compact rapid grower, 
with leaves five or six 
inches across. It supports 
itself by means of ten- 
drils and branches freely. 
Altogether it is one of the 
best of screening vines. 
Seeds may be sown out of 
doors about April fifteenth; 
better results, however, are 
obtained from plants 
started indoors about the 
middle of March. Sun and 
plenty of water in dry 
weather are essential for 
successful culture. There 
is a showy green-and-white- 
leaved variety (Humulus 
japonica, var. variegatus), 
which is as strong a grower 
as its plainer relative. 
Of the vines which must 
be trained it seems hardly 
necessary to mention the 
well-known old standbys, 
wistaria (Wistaria chinen: 
sis), trumpet vine (Tecoma 
radicans), or the various 
honeysuckles. All add the 
loveliness of their flowers to their value as a screen. The 
the spring produces the best results. It requires little if any first two require a rich soil, should be planted in the spring 
training—supporting itself by its leaves. 
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or early fall and not pruned until after the flowering season. 
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