Close to the House 



one another and the ground which bears 

 them. 



This is only a typical suggestion , exactly 

 fitted, perhaps, for not one house in a thou- 

 sand. But although sites, exposures, cli- 

 mates, and the colors and materials of house- 

 walls vary much, there is a great treasury 

 of vines and creepers to draw upon, and 

 in few cases need a planter be at a loss for 

 draperies of entire appropriateness. The 

 important things are, to know just what your 

 house needs, and to know just how the differ- 

 ent creepers look when they are growing on 

 a house, and under just what conditions eacii 

 one will grow best. 



Each vine, each creeper, has a special 

 character of its own, determined by its 

 habit of growth as well as by the character 

 of its foliage and flov/ers. Wisteria, for ex- 

 ample, will not cling to a flat vrall ; it needs 

 some other support. It will clamber very 

 high v/ith the aid of a single wire, but, as it 

 then looks, is best in place on a city house 

 or on a country house of formal design. On 

 picturesque houses it looks better if trained 

 over a trellis-vv'ork of wires against a wall, 



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