CHAPTER VIII 



Vines, Tender and Hardy 



They shall sit every man under his vine and 

 under his figtree. 



— MicdJi iv, 4. 



Everybody likes a pretty vine, and there is sure 

 to be some place where you will want to plant at 

 least one. Where? Why, at one corner of the 

 porch where you like to play; round the pillar at 

 the front door, where you read, or by the window 

 where you sit to sew ; in the backyard to cover the 

 clothespoles, hide the chicken fence, or screen some 

 old, ugly building. 



The common annual vines you probably know 

 pretty well, — the climbing nasturtium, morning 

 glory, moonflower, cypress vine, scarlet runner, 

 hyacinth bean, wild cucumber, gourds and hops. 

 They are treated very much alike, grow with little 



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