| February, 1914 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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Making a Winter Vine Garden 
6 i \ VINE garden? What is it?” 
lx Why, a vine garden, to be sure, 
and something that will repay you an hun¬ 
dredfold for the small amount of time and 
care it will require of you. 
“Too'late for this year?” 
Not at all, as we can show you, while we 
tell you what vines should be grown. 
Of these there are so many that it is dif¬ 
ficult to know where to begin, unless, after 
the method so dear to the children it is “at 
the beginning," which, in this case, is cer¬ 
tainly with the German and English ivies. 
In these hustling times the ease with which 
they may be grown should appeal to busy 
plant lovers, especially those who, like the 
writer, can recall rooms whose walls were 
draped and ceilings hidden with the Eng¬ 
lish ivy, while in a sunny window flour¬ 
ished its German cousin, the two vying 
with one another after the fashion of the 
royal houses of their respective countries. 
For the same amount of care English ivy 
will give more pleasure than any other 
plant unless it is the humble “Jew.” Un¬ 
der the greenhouse benches slips of “Jew” 
and English ivy are always to be found, 
and he is a soulless florist who will not give 
you enough slips to start a garden, while 
with the German ivy all you will need cost 
a few cents. 
Having secured the slips, put them in a 
bottle in a sunny window. The “Jew” will 
root first, the German ivy next, then the 
English ivy will show its strong white root¬ 
lets. All may be left to grow where they 
are with changes of water, and a bit of 
charcoal to keep it fresh, and it is always 
pleasant to keep some growing in this way ; 
but take out such of the ivies as you would 
have make fine plants, two or three in a 
pot. The soil is not a matter of great mo¬ 
ment, but it should be fairly good, not 
clammy, or too sandy, and the pot must be 
well drained. This done, the English ivy 
may be placed in a sunny window or in the 
most shaded one you have — it will even do 
very well in a windowless part of the room, 
but a moderate amount of light is best for 
it. All it will need now will be water when 
it is dry—not a little every day — occasional 
plant food, and cleanliness of leaves, as a 
precaution against its only enemy, scale. 
The German ivy, on the other hand, will 
beg to be placed in your sunniest window, 
and there, with frequent waterings, spray¬ 
ings occasionally against its pest, the green 
aphis, and a little food at long intervals, 
you will have the friendliest, most grate¬ 
ful of companions during all the long win¬ 
ter months. 
After — no, with — these two standbys, 
comes “Wandering Jew,” for it has for 
your purpose just as many merits. There 
are several sorts: the variegated with 
under side of leaves purple; the variegated 
with leaves white, pink and green, not al¬ 
ways continuing true to type, but lovely; 
and the best of all, the plain green, which 
will, in all probability, burst into a cascade 
of tiny feathery blossoms before spring. 
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