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and creeper-vine, are, for general purposes, the best that can be had. 
They train themselves. They may be cut trim, square, and sharp, 
or left to festoon the gables and chimneys at their own free will, 
and in any way are beautiful. The deep ruddy glare of the creeper 
in autumn is scarcely equalled by any tint of earth or sky — it is a 
sunset photographed. It is a matter of no small importance to 
adapt climbing plants to the positions they are to occupy. A few 
comparisons will illustrate the whole case. Search out, in spring, 
a great old wistaria in bloom upon a red-brick wall, and the con- 
trast of the pale-blue flowers, the delicate glossy green leaves, and 
the russet ground-work, will be delightful. Now find another 
wistaria equally flowery, traiued on a grey wall of stucco, or reddish 
stone, and the tameness of the picture will surprise one who has 
never before paid attention to the subject. But if, on that same 
red-brick wall, and on the same stone or stuccoed wall, we find, six 
weeks afterwards, a bonny breadth of Boursault roses in bloom, 
the tables will be turned; on the dull red ground the roses are 
robbed ot their beauty ; on the bright grey wall they show their 
colour in perfection, and are as appropriate, so far as colour is 
concerned, as the most exacting critic could desire. It is another 
matter, and one of equal importance to that of tasteful adaptation, 
that climatal conditions should have due consideration. The lovely 
blue passion-flower may barely live on a cold soil in a north aspect, 
but the “ivy-green” will not despise such a home. Roses will 
scarcely thrive in any aspect on a hungry sand, but cotoneaster, 
October. 
