House and Garden 
Nearly all kinds of annuals can safely be planted 
among perennials without their looking out of place. 
They are excellent to fill in the bare spaces caused 
by the dying down of some of the early flowering 
perennials. There is a subtle fitness in the correct 
position of every plant. This is indicated to a cer¬ 
tain extent by the habit or the associations clinging 
to it. A geranium looks out of place among hardy 
perennials, plants of a sub-tropical aspect do not 
mix well with native plants. Sweet peas may often 
be seen growing on a lawn when they would look 
much better in closer proximity to the kitchen gar¬ 
den. Ferns seem out of place unless they are grow¬ 
ing in a shady moist situation and so on indefinitely. 
The reason for the proper placing of all may not be 
quite so obvious as the ones mentioned but they 
exist nevertheless, and to produce the proper har¬ 
mony in the garden they must be observed. 
GARDEN NOTES 
By Eben E. R exford 
/ T'HE house that is bare of vines always suggests 
to me a woman without the decorative ac¬ 
cessories of lace, or a bit of embroidery. There 
need not be much of either, for a little will relieve 
the plainness of any costume, but there ought to be 
a touch of one or the other to break up the monotony. 
(1 bis is a man’s opinion, and some of the women 
who read it may take exception to it, but I shall hold 
to it all the same.) It is on this principle that I 
assert that a house without vines is lacking in one 
of the most important features of beauty. 
One of our best hardy vines is the honeysuckle. 
1 hat is, for covering porches and piazzas. As a 
vine to make itself useful above the flrst storey, it is 
not desirable. The illustration which accompanies 
this article shows a veranda enclosed with wire net¬ 
ting over which this vine has been trained in such a 
manner as to secure ample shade, and a generally 
pleasing effect. The opening shown in the picture 
is easily arranged for by leaving out a strip of net¬ 
ting, and running a piece across at the top for the 
vines to clamber over. 
One of our best annual vines for use about ver¬ 
andas and porches is the Japan hop. This plant has 
pretty, dark-green foliage irregularly marked with 
creamy white. It is of rapid growth, and very grace¬ 
ful habit. It grows readily from seed which should 
not be planted until all danger of frost is over. 
1 he good old morning-glory is, after all, one of 
our very best flowering vines for general use. It 
flourishes in any soil, will clamber to the second 
storey windows, if given stout strings to cling to, 
and will bloom most profusely throughout the sea¬ 
son. 1 o train over doorways and up about the 
kitchen windows, it is the best of all annuals be¬ 
cause it makes dense shade, and will always go just 
where you want it to, if you furnish proper support 
for it. Binder-twine is excellent for this purpose, 
as it is stout enough to support the great weight of 
a luxuriant growth of vines, without danger of giv¬ 
ing way after a shower—something which frequent¬ 
ly happens when cotton twine and other small 
strings are depended on. 
Our best all-around vine for permanent use is 
ampelopsis. It will grow anywhere at the North, 
is of rapid development, has beautiful foliage in 
summer, and is gorgeous in its fall coloring of 
scarlet and maroon. No flowering vine can rival 
it in brilliance at that season. It will go to the 
A HONEYSUCKLE-COVERED PORCH 
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