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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 1911 
Hollyhocks may be sown this summer for 
next season’s bloom, or you can set out 
young plants from a nursery this fall 
midst of the furi¬ 
ous speed at which 
things move, this 
desire for some¬ 
thing solid and un¬ 
changing itself gets 
to rushing. We 
must duplicate the 
aged, over night. 
But that is just 
the trouble; in the 
rush we do not du¬ 
plicate — we only 
imitate—and poor¬ 
ly at that. The 
flowers of today 
are not the flowers 
of yesterdays and 
tomorrows, and the 
use of them even in 
the most lavish 
quantit ies, will 
never make them 
seem so. Planting 
must be done with 
permanent things and for permanence, if it is to establish a home. 
And every day spent on temporary work is a day lost, in that it 
delays the permanent. 
It is a very great mistake to suppose that temporary planting 
is necessary, even for immediate effect. Some temporary things 
may be used, of course, with good results, but after one season's 
growth even vines of this sort are unnecessary. Right selection 
will establish a very excellent result within the space of two 
years. And this will be a result that will last and will continually 
improve. Neither is it necessary to buy phenomenally large or 
high-priced specimens in order to secure such a result. 
Let me say right here, however, that stock bought from any 
but the highest-class nurseries is a poor investment at any price — 
though it by no means follows that all high-priced nurseries fur¬ 
nish high-class stock. Good stock from a good nursery means 
stock that is heavily rooted and bushy. It is never a matter of 
the height of a shrub, but rather always a matter of root and 
branch quality. 
And the same is 
true of trees. 
Vines are, of 
course, preeminent 
in quickly securing 
an effect; yet I can¬ 
not but regret the 
danger of ignoring 
shrubs which the 
constant emphasis 
laid upon vines 
seems likely to lead 
us into. Vines 
drape the house, to 
be sure, but they 
give it no base set¬ 
ting, and contribute 
only a portion of 
that whole which 
the spirit recog¬ 
nizes as atmos¬ 
phere. “Bushes” 
Foxgloves for permanent planting will come an ^ P 0s ' e ^ theie 
from seed sown this summer must be too, to 
make the complete 
home. 
But vines must 
be used of course— 
quantities of them 
—not only because 
they will bring the 
immediate results, 
but because they 
are a part of the 
perm anent effect 
toward which all 
planting is aimed. 
The omission of 
vines cannot be 
made up by any 
other pla n t i n g . 
They are an essen¬ 
tial to every kind 
and style of house, 
regardless of its 
architecture or cost. 
Only — they are not 
the only essential. 
Let us not fail to 
remember that. 
Ihe quickest-growing of all permanent vines is Pueraria Thun- 
bcrgiana —or perhaps the catalogue may give it as Dolichos Jap- 
onica. Commonly we may call it Japanese Kudzu vine, if that is 
easier. Strong and densely rooted clumps of this send up a 
growth that reaches forty or fifty feet often, in a single season. 
It may die to the ground in winter, though it is not so likely to 
after it becomes well established and an old plant. This climbs 
by twining, therefore it will not adhere to a surface, but must be 
given a trellis or something to grasp. 
Boston ivy grows with a fair degree of rapidity, and will cer¬ 
tainly never be ranked by any other wall covering. It is one of 
the essential vines, anywhere and everywhere. Trumpet creeper 
— Bignonia radicans — is a familiar old climber that sticks tight 
and travels fast and far — and is disapproved by some because it 
works its way under shingles sometimes. A fair degree of watch¬ 
fulness will prevent this; however, there is another rapid-growing 
flowering vine that may be used instead if one is not willing to 
watch out. This is the Japanese Actinidia. Get Actinidia argnta 
for high climbing. It blossoms in June and has greenish-white 
flowers. 
Shrubbery immediately around the base of a house is not usual¬ 
ly advisable. It is likely to grow, in time, out of all anticipated 
proportions, and it makes the walls damp and chilly. There are 
Compare the barren, cold appearance of this 
newly built house with the later picture 
of the same place a few months later 
And notice the transformation that this rock-bordered entrance 
drive has undergone in the picture opposite 
