102 SUBURBAN GARDENS 
way of closing in with them as if they were 
curtains shuts out the light as well as the sun, 
excludes much air, and of course cuts off any 
view which there may be. A light trellis at 
the cornice line, projecting two or three feet 
and suspended from chains from above or 
supported on brackets, leaves, on the contrary, 
unobstructed way for light and breeze and 
outlook and gives a charming open, woodsy 
effect of green and leafy roof, in place of the 
shut-in restraint of the flat screen. Wistaria 
trained to such a support is delightful, for its 
great racemes of bloom then hang pendulous 
overhead. Flat leaved vines also, such as the 
Kudzu vine or the grape, lend themselves well 
to clothing this kind of extended framework; 
but clematis and honeysuckle and lighter vines 
generally will not be so satisfactory, although 
the common woodbine or Virginia creeper — 
Ampelopsis quinque folia — is fairly good. 
Where this outstanding support is not pos- 
sible, or not fancied, and the vines may there- 
fore only travel up before a porch, confine 
their growth to the columns and leave the open 
spaces between these open — unless the plant- 
ing is for the express purpose of forming a 
screen. For vines should be treated as the 
drapery of the plant world and caught back 
