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below the surface and on account of the cement 
block will never be tipped over by storms. Plant 
the vine close to the box, which will decay in time, 
and help it along whenever its top is inclined to 
wander from its support. 
My vine is a glorious sight in winter where we 
are sure to see it three times a day, for it is in full 
view from our dining-room window. Mine is 
eighteen feet high, the vine drooping freely from 
the wheel at the top. 
While the best landscape gardeners decry the 
use of colored foliage in shrubs and trees and it is 
true that the use alone of the varied tones of green 
afforded by the planting of normal forms, produce 
the most quieting and peaceful effect, 
some use may be made of those 
having a transitory flame of color, 
which disappears or is much modi¬ 
fied as the foliage matures. 
The flow and ebb of the sea¬ 
son’s growth is marked by brilliant 
colorings. In the spring the unfold¬ 
ing buds of the oaks and many others 
are brilliant in their colorings, and 
in the fall, color runs riot among the 
maples and sumachs. Between these 
periods the colors are normal. 
I have a bit of fleeting color to be 
seen from my windows and porch in 
the spring. At the extreme left is a 
young specimen of Rivers’ purple 
beech, the only one in the group 
holding its color all the season. Next 
to it is a Camperdown weeping elm, 
always green, and above it a scarlet 
maple, conspicuous in its bright fruit in late spring. 
To the right of the elm and close to the bordering 
ravine trees is a Schwedler maple whose foliage un¬ 
folds a dark red, gradually assuming a bronze tone 
and eventually becoming a dark green. Next to it 
and much smaller is a Worleei maple, a light yellow 
at first gradually fading to a slightly yellowish green. 
Next, but nearer, is a young specimen of the Euro¬ 
pean weeping beech, that has not yet attained that 
age when its foliage hangs in weeping folds enabling 
it to be compared to a tumbling cascade. 
Sometimes one has situations too damp for many 
ornamental forms that like a dry, well-drained soil, 
such as the flowering cherries, plums, etc. Here 
the Japanese Cercidiphyllum or the 
laurel-leaved willow will be at home. 
A glance at the trees in the illus¬ 
trations will disclose one fact; namely, 
that the foliage of all is carried down 
to the ground, enhancingtheir beauty. 
Street trees or those lining walks 
should have their lower branches 
taken off, but lawn trees, never. To 
have them thus branched one must 
plant small thrifty stock. One nur¬ 
seryman will quote you certain trees, 
five, six, or perhaps eight feet high, 
while another quotes but three feet, 
and all at the same price. i he 
chances are that the latter are the 
best, the taller ones having been 
longer in the nursery rows are apt 
to have been crowded and the lower 
branches dead. 
Trees in good soil grow fast 
enough. Those lining the avenues 
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