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GARDENING IN THE SOUTHWEST 
To Secure 
Small 
Plants 
Recom¬ 
mended 
Non- 
Flowering 
Vines 
in color almost the round of the color-wheel. Our native Passion 
Flower or Maypop, with its lovely blue flowers, is as easily grown 
from seed as the Mimosa or Sensitive Plant with its delicate puff 
balls of rose, or yellow. 
Balloon Vine (Love-in-a-puff, or Hearts-East), the native Coral 
Bean and the Dwarf white Morning Glory, thrive here in their 
native habitat, reseeding themselves. Everlasting or Perennial Peas, 
the Dolichios (Hyacinth or Jack Bean), Weeping or Trailing Lan- 
tana, Thunbergia and Dutchman’s Pipe are all grown easily from 
seed. 
The Silver Lace Vine is a vigorous grower that gives best results 
from small plants. Its showy sprays of white are as effective as the 
Cobaea (Cup and Saucer Vine, or Cathedral Bells), which, like 
the Balsam Apple, and the Balsam Pear, grow rapidly and well 
from seed. A curious fact about the Cobaea is that in planting the 
seed must be placed edgewise, and be merely covered with light 
soil. The Canary-Bird Vine with its sprays of yellow, unusual 
flowers that are so valuable as decorations for they keep so long 
after cutting, also grows rapidly from seed. Our native Woodbine, 
or as it is better known, Trumpet Vine, with its orange-scarlet or 
yellow flowers is of vigorous, though woody growth, and flourishes 
in almost all conditions, growing best, however, from small plants. 
Another native plant that is very ornamental, used often in 
decorating, is the small and shiny-leafed Smilax that climbs high, 
so can be secured in very long sprays. Gourds and grapes in variety 
are also decorative both in leaf and fruit, being especially effective 
on arbors and trellises. Boston Ivy and English Ivy have no fruit 
or flowers and are of slower growth; while the Virginia Creepers 
(Engelmanni, quinquefolia and heptaphylla), the latter the na¬ 
tive Texas variety, grow rapidly and differ from each other large¬ 
ly in size of leaf. All these grow best from small plants, not seed, 
and are valued for their foliage, and in the color range of tones, 
or in the fall-coloring of their fruit or berries. 
Margaret Scruggs. 
