The Garden Magazine, May, 1921 
199 
plant is about right to secure greatest possible growth. More 
manure may be added from time to time so as to keep a mulch 
of approximately three inches around the roots of each plant 
throughout the year. Don’t neglect this one thing if you expect 
maximum success with your vines. Bank them with manure 
every year; generosity in this will well repay you. 
As a rule the soil close about the foundations of a building 
is not favorable for the growth of plants and care in providing 
food is essential. Another difficulty lies in the fact that a 
newly made foundation has a tendency to throw out moisture, 
and provision for the plants’ needs must be made accord- 
ingly. 
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WHERE BOSTON IVY LENDS A TOUCH OF MELLOWNESS AND 
LINKS THE DWELLING TO THE GROWING THINGS ABOUT IT 
