CHAPTER XII 
PLANTING BEFORE THE WALL 
D uring this plantmg-time Joseph has not 
neglected to provide decorations for our 
wall, in spite of the many other things that have 
needed attention. Some fine day, he tells me, this 
wall of ours will be entirely covered with foliage, 
owing to the little, straggly things he has lately set 
out by its side. Besides the climbing nasturtiums 
and the crimson ramblers, he has planted a number 
of Virginia creepers, two honeysuckles and a 
clematis paniculata. With the exception of the 
nasturtiums, these are all perennial vines which 
will keep on living from year to year. There are, 
of course, such beautiful annual vines as the Japa- 
nese morning-glory, the moonflower, Japanese 
gourd, passion-flower, and others, which Joseph 
might have sown, and which perhaps would have 
astonished us by their abundant growth during this 
one season. He crossed them off from his list, 
however, thinking it best to have vines that need 
not be renewed every year, even if they make him 
wait longer before he sees them well grown. 
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