AGRICULTURAL NATURE STUDY OUTLINES 
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The column is the main thing to think of in the porch. 
are beautiful, do you think we should hide 
them? No, we should do as we did with the walls, use those 
of refined and tracery effects. Here the foliage is of more 
importance than the flower, because the leaf shows off to a 
better advantage on a light background and the flower on a 
dark background. Boston Ivy, Vitis capensis, and cissus 
striata are good. On rough columns the flower is of more 
importance than the leaf. Here the roses, clematis and jas¬ 
mines are good. (Show pictures.) 
If we have a summer house or pergola we use the same 
class of vines as we did on our porch. When the columns 
are heavy and rustic we may use the wistaria, roses, and 
trumpet vine. For light and airy vines use Clematis, Montana 
and Paniculata, Jasminum humile, Jasminum officinales, etc. 
We must keep the vines cut back on the top so that the shade 
is not too heavy. Avoid dead limbs. Be sure the lower parts 
of the vine are not bare. Use other plants to cover the feet. 
Nature has shown us how beautiful plants look on living 
trees. What vines have you seen in the wood growing on 
trees? (Clematis, grape, cucumber.) We should get wisdom 
from nature and plant vines on some of our trees. In planting 
the vine with the living tree place it some distance from the 
base and layer it for a way, then let it climb from the outer 
branches up. Choose vines that are not too stringy or weak. 
Show pictures. Some good combinations are wistaria and 
locust. How are these plants alike? Similar leaf and flower, 
but bloom in succession. Climbing rose and deciduous trees. 
Virginia creeper and elm. Clematis and pitch pine. Lace 
workers, such as the clematis, are best. 
We use vines to take the place of lawn on slopes, embank¬ 
ments, and under trees. Name some vines that are useful 
for this purpose. Hedera helix, lippia canescens, Vinca minor 
and major. 
Finally we must cover our unsightly spots such as old 
fences, barns, garbage stacks, etc. For fences, when quick 
effects are needed, the Kudju vine and cobaea scandens are 
good. The honeysuckles are ideal for pickets in a chicken yard 
and give shade to the fowl beside. Other good fence covers 
are Akebia quinata, wild pea vine (lathyrus latifolius), Austral¬ 
ian pea vine (Dolichos lignosus), maiden-hair vine, Muchlen- 
beckia complexa, Tecoma jasminoides, Bignonia tweediana, 
Potato vine (Solanum jasminoides), etc. 
