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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 1913 
Why Don’t You Find Out 
What a House 
Like This Would Cost? 
S O many are just like you—they put off finding out the cost 
of a greenhouse just because they have a notion it costs 
too much. 
If greenhouses were priced in the advertisements as are 
automobiles, you would soon be talking about “ Hitchings’ 
Runabout House for $250.” or their “Six Cylinder Range 
for $5,000.” 
You could have a pretty definite idea what greenhouses of 
various sizes cost. You wouldn’t hesitate about having one. 
But you can’t advertise greenhouses that way — it’s not practical — 
there are too many varying conditions that it is necessary to carefully 
consider before a price — fair to each condition — can be given. 
One thing is certain, however; for an equal expenditure, it would 
be hard to find anything which would give you, and those about you, 
as much genuine pleasure, year after year. 
Find out what this house costs. 
Write us. Our reply will be accompanied by a catalog. 
New York 
1170 Broadway 
Philadelphia 
15th and Chestnut Sts, 
Factory, Elizabeth, N. J 
THE MORRIS NURSERY CO. 
West Chester, Chester Co., Pa. 
offer a full line of fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, roses, 
etc. Send us a list of trees you want to plant, and we will 
give you an estimate, or, if desired, our landscape garden¬ 
er will call on you. 
Write for descriptive catalogue 
help in growing vines of this sort is to run 
a row of staples placed at regular intervals 
located near the ground. Duplicate this 
distance on an iron rod or a squared piece 
of wood and attach the wires, allowing the 
length you expect to have your vines grow. 
The wooden support or the iron rod may 
be held above by staples and the whole 
vine removed, if it is necessary to do paint¬ 
ing, without tearing down the vine. 
Aristolochia, honeysuckle, woodbine, clema¬ 
tis, climbing rose, morning glory, Al¬ 
legheny vine, scarlet runner bean, Japanese 
hop, and kudzu vine are some satisfactory 
kinds for this purpose. Perhaps it would 
be well to consider their requirements and 
their appearance. 
Akebia quinata is a shrubby vine with 
beautiful leaves and dark purplish flowers 
appearing in May and June, liking a heavy 
soil. 
Allegheny vine, Adlumia cirrhosa, 
grows very quickly, has a mass of light, 
pinkish flowers blooming in summer, but 
requires care and attention as it is of 
delicate growth. It attains a height of 
fifteen feet. 
Coboea seamens will serve to make an 
easy screen. Its foliage is green, but the 
leaf veins are a purplish bronze. The 
flowers are a purplish blue, large and cup¬ 
shaped. The vine will often grow to 
twenty feet, but requires a good rich soil, 
and should be sown early in the green¬ 
house. 
Clematis paniculata should have a sup¬ 
port of chicken wire or some wide meshed 
framework. Its bloom will come in the 
last of August or September, and adds 
beauty with its profuse, fragrant blos¬ 
soms. C. Virgimana grows to about 12 
feet, and is another desirable sort. 
Dutchman’s Pipe, Aristolochia Sipho, has 
large round leaves and purplish shadows 
and grows to a considerable height. It 
thrives best in fertile soil in the full sun¬ 
light and is a fine shade producer. The 
flowers are like long curved pipes. 
Hall’s honeysuckle, L. japonica, is half 
evergreen and grows to about fifteen feet. 
It is of easy growth but needs to be sup¬ 
ported on wires or strings or trained over 
trellises. The variety lonicera pericly- 
menum is the most fragrant type and has 
pinkish flowers. It blooms till September. 
Hop, hamulus lapulus, is a tall growing 
vine with interesting fruit and leaves of 
dark green. The variety Japonicus blooms 
in August from seeds sown out doors in 
May, and also is self-sowing. It is one 
of the quickest growing vines. 
The kudzu vine, Pueraria, is a rapid 
grower that covers great distances during 
the summer — sometimes 40 to 60 feet — 
and is planted from tubers. It prefers 
sun and well drained soil. 
Morning glories are valuable also for 
quick growing annual vines. The Japanese 
have made many improvements in them, 
but the ordinary Ipomoea purpurata is still 
a valued variety. If seed is sown in April, 
flowers appear in July. This blooming 
period may be hastened by sowing in a 
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