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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
February, 1914 
No wonder you’re tired. No 
wonder you’re blue. No won¬ 
der you’re fretful. The inces¬ 
sant din of the kiddies, the worry 
of household responsibilities, the 
wear of social obligations, the 
strain of shopping, day in and 
day out are beginning to tell. 
No wonder the frown, the 
headaches, the pessimism. 
If you could but meet yourself 
face to face, you’d realize it was 
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body tissue, a genuine tuning up of 
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This, too, will grow in earth or water, and 
a handsome specimen in a pot, turned often 
enough to secure symmetry, is a delight to 
the eye. Grown in water in bottles which 
its own leaves will soon conceal, it may be 
hung against the wall or under a picture. 
Grow as you like, in sun or shade, only— 
grow it! 
Now with these we know your taste for 
a vine garden will have so increased that, 
like Oliver, you will be “crying for more.” 
Then why not try some cobea vines? Of 
course you can grow them and passion 
flowers, too, both scarlet and purple, 
though the latter are the most satisfactory. 
I well recall two sunny windows overhung 
with these two vines, and their lovely soft- 
hued flowers, the cobea turning from emer¬ 
ald to violet as it aged, the passion flower 
full of meaning with its crown of thorns, 
its nails, and hammer, suggesting the pas¬ 
sion from which it took its name. There 
is no difficulty about having these flowers, 
even now. In the summer you might have 
started both from seed, but you can still 
have the cobea from seed, and one or more 
passion flower vines cost little, and will 
grow like weeds. The cobea seed you 
must plant, sideways, in a pot of good soil, 
after soaking over-night. Cover with a 
piece of glass, water well, place in a sunny 
window, and wait! They will come aston¬ 
ishingly soon, only you must take care to 
raise the glass occasionally so that the 
moisture does not become excessive. 
And while you are planting cobea seeds, 
plan for other vines. Plant in the same 
way morning glories, the old-fashioned, or 
the Japanese kinds, or both. In about six 
weeks they will bloom, and keep on in¬ 
definitely. They seem to love the inner 
atmosphere of the home, as well as that 
outside. Then try some seeds of the nas¬ 
turtium, the trailing kind, or, better, get a 
few long sprays from the florist and root 
them while you are waiting for the seeds 
to come. At the same time remember the 
canary bird vine — lovely, delicate thing! 
Seeds should be planted as above. If the 
birds have not stolen them all some of the 
common garden cucumber vines will have 
their seeds still in the pods, and these are 
so swift to come, and grow so luxuriantly 
that they will almost run away with your 
vine garden. Vinca, so lovely in summer 
window boxes, will grow well for you, both 
varieties, but it is hardly to be recom¬ 
mended, as it is so subject to the aphis that 
its presence contaminates cleaner plants, 
but there are the tubers of the Madeira 
vine, which may be planted, and will 
quickly respond to sun and moisture with 
a luxuriant growth of vines. 
Of course you have, or will have, one or 
more of the perfect asparagus fern, 
wrongly so named, but a most charming 
vine, and others of its more robust sister, 
the Asparagus sprengeri, the latter a 
greedy creature, liking occasional meals of 
warm water in which well-rotted cow ma¬ 
nure has been soaked until the liquid is the 
color of tea; but, in return, how it will re¬ 
ward you ! 
Anna Sanger. 
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