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Rosa rugosa, if 
cut back quite 
severely each 
spring, in order to 
keep the foliage 
close to the ground 
will be acceptable. 
They come in two 
colors, one pink 
and one white 
and should be 
mixed indiscrimi¬ 
nately, and may 
be planted two and 
a half feet from 
the walk. The 
large cherry - like 
heps in generous 
clusters are prom¬ 
inent features in 
the late summer 
and fall months. 
For porch vines, 
the Clematispamc- 
ulata, and a some¬ 
what similar, but 
earlier blooming 
Clematis Flammula, are indispensable, and with them, 
if one is willing to run the chance of disappointment, 
the large flowered hybrids may be used. Clematis 
Jackmani (blue) and its white form, with the white 
Henryi are probably the most reliable. A little 
understood disease attacks them, causing a sudden 
dying back of a seemingly healthy vine. Once 
in a while one escapes and then you have 
a treasure. All of them should be cut back in 
the fall to within a foot or so of the ground. 
A FALL-BLOOMING GROUP 
AN EDGE OF THE LAWN 
Where a permanent woody twiner is favored the 
Akebia qumata is excellent. It is a dainty vine 
with five-fingered leaflets that when silhouetted 
against a moonlit sky is exceedingly attractive. 
Its dark purple, small, quaint looking, but spicy 
scented flowers are not very conspicuous, while its 
habit of retaining its leafage until almost Christmas 
makes it a favorite. Some vines are subject to the 
visits of intruding worms and caterpillars, whose 
gymnastic feats, when disturbed, often shoot them 
down one’s neck, but the Akebia has 
no charms for them and is free from 
their visits. 
The bitter-sweet of our woods, Ce- 
lastrus scandens, makes a pretty win¬ 
ter picture when trained up a three- 
inch iron pipe, having at its top a 
four-spoked iron wheel about twenty 
inches in diameter for the vine to run 
up into and droop over. Make a 
good deep hole for the vine and fill 
with rich soil, then dig out, in the 
center, enough soil to allow the in¬ 
sertion of a topless and bottomless 
box, eighteen inches square and as 
high. Set it so that the top is some 
six inches below the level of the 
surrounding soil, set the pipe in the 
center a foot below the bottom of the 
box, and then fill the box with cement. 
The pipe will then be three feet 
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