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heterophylla, sometimes called the "turquoise vine” 
from the exquisite hue of its lovely berries, is a great 
success at the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. 
Louis, where it drapes long spaces on the east front 
of a stone wall. Several varieties of Wistarias are used 
on the eastern and southern sides of the same wall, and 
Bignonia grandiflora covers much of the western side. 
The various honeysuckles are useful and attractive in 
many places ; Ampelopsis in variety is indispensable, 
and wild grape, Delastrus scandens (bittersweet) and 
Aristolochia sypho are all good in their places, as is 
also the unassuming cinnamon vine. 
Allowed to grow informally Nasturtiums give more 
solid satisfaction, beauty, and flowers for the money 
than anything else. Dolichos Japonica is extensively 
used in the East. It is credited with making a growth 
of several inches a day and attaining a length of forty, 
and even fifty, feet in a season. An authority speaks 
of it as “probably the most remarkable of all vines 
for rapidity of growth.” Thunbergia alata is a good 
annual climber, and even ornamental gourds are not 
to be despised for some purposes, while the humble 
wild cucumber, though inclined to become a nuisance 
from self seeding, is not without good traits, and has 
ROSES, WISTARIAS AND OTHER VINES ON A CALIFORNIA DWELLING. 
Home of Mrs. W. N. Sherman, Fresno, Cal., President of the Women’s Horticultural Union of California, and Forester of the Federation of 
Women’s Clubs of the San Joaquin Valley. 
Tender Aristolochias are excellent for the supple- 
mentary planting referred to, but the general planter 
would better depend on less expensive material, such 
as white or blue Solanums, Pylogene suavis, a 
neglected member of the cucumber family that is un- 
excelled for some purposes, as it endures both heat 
and drought wonderfully; German or Southern ivy, 
Cobaea scandens, Japanese hop, several of the Ipomeas, 
Madeira vine, Japanese morning-glory, Dolichos lab- 
lab (Hyacinth bean), everlasting peas, and climbing 
Nasturtiums. 
The latter may be raised from seed sown where 
they are wanted, or sown elsewhere and transplanted. 
saved the day for many a planter who has been obliged 
to promptly provide a sure and pleasing summer 
screen. Frances Copley Seavey. 
NOTES. 
The Municipal Improvement Society of Galesburg, 
111., has been active during the past season in organiz- 
ing and carrying out the practical work of improving 
the appearance and the sanitary condition of that city. 
At a called meeting held in August its president. Dr. 
J. V. N. Standish, who had recently returned from the 
Milwaukee meeting of the American Park and Out- 
door Art Association, made a stirring speech, in 
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