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greenhouse. The vine climbs up strings 
or wires. The blue form, I. rubra coeru- 
lea, heavenly blue, is first a purplish red 
and then a beautiful blue. The bloom of 
morning glories may be hastened if the 
seeds are either soaked or notched before 
planting. 
Ipomoea bona-nox is the common moon- 
flower, and has great flowers nearly six 
inches across. The vine grows to a height 
of twenty feet and is of great fragrance. 
The flowers open in the evening, but if 
planted on the east and west side of the 
house since the blossoms do not close until 
in direct sunlight provide bloom all day. 
Nasturtium in the climbing sorts makes 
a very effective companion vine to clematis 
or the perennial pea or honeysuckle, which 
vines are often ragged at the base. It is 
the easiest grown vine, and if planted out¬ 
doors will bloom in July. There are 
various shades of red, orange and yellow, 
generally mixed together; but where color 
effect is desired, it is often effective to 
plant only a single color. 
The Lathrus latifolius or odoratus 
variety of pea will produce a bloom until 
August, and it should be followed by some 
later blooming vine, clematis or possibly 
nasturtium. 
Scarlet runner bean flowers from July 
to frost if sowed by the first of May. It 
is very easy to grow, reaches a height of 
ten to twelve feet, and likes plenty of sun¬ 
light. The flowers hang in bright, scarlet 
racemes and are exceedingly showy. 
The trumpet creeper, Tecoma radicans, 
will only flower where the sunlight reaches, 
but there are now many beautiful varieties 
and it seems to attract those interesting 
visitors, the humming birds. 
If there is an entrance arbor on the 
porch or trellis work at the entrance, some 
of these vines may be well draped over it. 
Wistaria in this situation is exceedingly 
attractive. Clematis combined with the 
climbing roses is also effective. The best 
sorts for this situation are those flowering 
early: Lady Gay, single pink; Dorothy 
Perkins, single pink; Crimson Rambler, 
double red; Yellow Rambler, double, and 
White Rambler, double. 
For pergolas and for columns there 
should be some substantial support of 
wood or of wire about the columns. Noth¬ 
ing is quite as effective as the delicate 
Virgin's Bower clematis (C. Virginiana ), 
draped about the uprights. In this situa¬ 
tion and over the tops of arbor and trellis 
wistaria, grapes, trumpet creeper, Virginia 
creeper, Dutch honeysuckle, clematis 
Henr.yi, the large flowering clematis, are 
effective. Two other plants worth using 
are Vitis vidpina, frost grape, a tall climb¬ 
ing variety, and Vitis labrusca, fox grape, 
with large, furry leaves and reddish wood. 
Fruit grapes may often well be used in 
this situation, but do better when trained 
along rows of parallel wires. 
For covering objects and for screening, 
all the fast-growing vines such as kudzu, 
honeysuckle, hop, may be used, but in ad¬ 
dition the various types of gourd make an 
interesting cover with their attractive 
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