VINES 



HOME without vines is like 

 a home without children — ^it 

 lacks the very thing that 

 ought to be there to make 

 it most delightful and home- 

 like. 



A good vine — and we 

 have many such — soon becomes " like one of 

 the family." Year after year it continues to 

 develop, covering unsightly places v^ith its 

 beauty of leaf and bloom, and hiding defects that 

 can be hidden satisfactorily in no other way. 

 All of us have seen houses that were positively 

 ugly in appearance before vines were planted 

 about them, that became pleasant and attractive 

 as soon as the vines had a chance to show what 

 they could do in the way of covering up ugliness. 



There are few among our really good vines 

 that will not continue to give satisfaction for an 

 indefinite period if given a small amount of 

 attention each season. I can think of none that 

 are not better when ten or twelve years old than 

 they are two and three years after planting — 



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