The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-06-04
VINES FOR HOME DECORATIONS.

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A paper read by Mrs James Mason before the
Allen County Horticultural Society May "a, 1897.
1t is said that as soft, dainty laces,
give the finishing touches TO a lady's
beautify house. But the latter, as
fully as the former, must be used
judiciously. The vine that you would
use and that would seem To be in its
appropriate place when used to cover
up the blemishes and defects OF
rough fence or shed is not the one to
choose for draping the front piazza,
but when carefully chosen and ju-
diciOusly placed they enhance the APP
pearance alike, of the paiatial resi-
denca or the humble cottage home.
Every year the florists send out TO US
a bewilderiDg number of new and So
called, choice varieties OF climbers, all
SO highly praised as TO make it diff
cult To choose the ones best suited to
our needs, and the advice so often
given to amateurs, is quite as applica-
BILE in regard TO this class of plants as
to any others, that is, unles you have
full pocket book do not invest large
ly i'm novelties. AS all hardy vines
with proper care will live for years,
constantly Increasing in size and
value, it is best to make the collec-
ton slowly, adding one or two year
as they are needed and only after they
have proven themselves to be really
desirable. Care must be taken in
planting vines not to crowd them. 1t
is difficult to realize that the many
vines we plant. will in three or four
years and many varieties in much
less time, if given proper cultivation
covers many square feet and nothing
detracts from the beauty of a vine
more than to have it crowded and
matted together They are very &C.
commodating plants for if taken when
they are young they can be trained
into almost any desired form, twined |
around a gracefully formed treIlis,
fastened against the plain surface of a
building or draped over a porch. |
Each form has its own particular |
charm. 1t seems scarcely necessary |
to even refer to the hardy vines that |
are so universally grown but l will |
speak of few. Where mere bloom
g L-rAr1- nf, hot -
so nearly perfect as our common |
Woodbine. 1t is usually thought that |
vines trained upon a house produce /
dampness and mould aud eventually /
decay, but for this one the opposite is |
claimed by some growers. They say /
that it absUrbs the dampness and |
that the walls are dryer under it than /
when exposed to the weather, L do .
not know this from my own experience |
but friend in my old home had a /
very large vine and TO her l am 4
indebted for this inform alton. Among
boomers we usually think first of the /
old reliable Prairie Queen rose so dear
to Us in our childhood days, crown
ing the old home with its long
wreaths of pink flowers a good COM
panion for this is the Baltimore Belle.
When grown together they make
fine display. Among the new ever
blooming climbing roses there seems
to be quite diversity of opinion about
the Crimson Rambler. Some writers
in the Floral Magazines say it is all
the Florists claimed it to be; others
that it is of but little account. 1t will
probably be we'll to await further
trial, before deciding positively in its
favor Mary Washington is desirable
on account of its fine blooming and
late blooming qualities, continuing
to yield flowers even after light frosts
but the flowers are small and not
very double. Empress of China is
just out, at least find it listed only