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Vines and their Picturesque Use 
Perhaps there is no class of vegetation so essen- 
tial for artistic decoration as that of climbing plants 
or vines. There are kinds available for almost any 
situation, where a proper selection will give charm- 
ingly beautiful results. 
With vines we can form pretty dividing fences 
and screens, festoons and arches; clothe walls, pil- 
lars, embankments, dead trees and stumps; embower 
summer-houses and pergolas; drape balconies and 
verandas; garland shrubs and hedges; festoon trees 
etc. 
We have hardy vines for permanent effects, and 
annual vines for quick results; luxuriant vines, grow- 
ing 100 feet high and small vines for dainty uses; 
vines with beautiful flowers, and others with orna- 
mental foliage. 
Vines in nature usually support themselves on 
trees, shrubs and bushes, or clamber over some 
rough hillside or rocky embankment, and in such 
situations the grace and picturesque freedom of 
their growth form effects of unrivaled beauty; 
these effects could well be duplicated on many 
home grounds, for we do not always need an arbor, 
or wall, or trellis to enable us to grow vines. 
Our space does not permit us to enumerate 
the many kinds of vines, their uses and require- 
ments, — these details are given in catalogues, — but 
we do illustrate in some of the succeeding pages 
. • a few effects ob- 
tained with vines 
which we trust 
will prove sug- 
gestive. 
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