Art Out-of-Doors 
I do not speak of annual vines in this 
connection, for the garment which is to 
unite the walls of the house with the soil 
should be woven of lasting materials. Other- 
wise the work will never be thoroughly well 
accomplished, and, such as it is, will have 
to be done over again each year. Annual 
creepers may be planted among those which 
are permanent, for the sake of still greater 
variety, but they should not be relied upon 
as a main resource. 
Nor, when the hardy vines are once 
planted, should they be left to grow in 
their own wilful way. A house is not like 
a cliff or a ruin or a blasted tree, where the 
wilder the growth of the creeper, the more 
charming and appropriate is the effect. It 
is (or should be) a work of art to which all 
its immediate surroundings are kept subor- 
dinate ; and its garment of verdure should 
be adapted to its form, as are the garments 
of a gracefully draped figure. Its prime 
end is to give its owners comfortable shel- 
ter ; so, no matter how great its pictur- 
esqueness, it should always look orderly and 
well tended ; its vines should be pruned and 
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