VINES 



given something to twine itself about. It has 

 neither tendril nor disc, and supports itself by 

 twisting its new growth about trees over which it 

 clambers, branches — anything that it can wind 

 about. If no other support is to be found it will 

 twist about itself in such a manner as to form 

 a great rope of branches. It has attractive 

 foliage, but the chief beauty of the vine is its 

 clusters of pendant fruit, which hang to the plant 

 well into winter. This fruit is a berry of bright 

 crimson, enclosed in an orange shell which cracks 

 open, in three pieces, and becomes reflexed, thus 

 disclosing the berry within. As these berries 

 grow in clusters of good size, and are very freely 

 produced, the eff ect of a large plant can be imag- 

 ined. In fall the foliage turns to a pure gold, 

 and forms a most pleasing background for the 

 scarlet and orange clusters to display themselves 

 against. The plant is of extremely rapid growth. 

 It has a habit of spreading rapidly, and widely, 

 by sending out underground shoots which come 

 to the surface many feet away from the parent 

 plant. These must be kept mowed down or they 

 will become a nuisance. 



Flower-loving people are often impatient of 

 results, and I am often asked what annual I 

 would advise one to make use of, for immediate 



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