The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-03-30
YARD DECORATIONS AND VINES
By Kate Slaughter Mckinney

bN hdlc INCElIttlCys 1 have been invited to continue my re-
 marks upon amateur gardening, yard dec orations and vines. In thiS paper l wi.sn first to answer the many questions made
 of me in regard to the number of moon vines one snOuI0 pIant aoout one pid 1.a in oroer to make a Looge Of 1t for the
 summer tune. am nrm believer Tn tile NO. alld planted that many Tor luck. The result was most aslonieiiInS but did not depend entirely upon this "splr- llual aovIser for shade. 1 nau three oLner varieties. Ine Madeira. tne iai se
 leaI baisam, and the velvet bean. b"I sumeway they every one made back- ground for the moon-vine.. It would
 ciamUer to the light With Fts glossy heart |, snapped leaves and those long spiral bud twisted so exquisiteiy rom Lne sun, ana yet open,ng 50 mysterlousiy 10 the innu- ence oi gloaming ana me night. l can not lhink of these lovely u4o~som.
 as being held by anything put unseen angels. Gredt clusterS or .nein useu to -, .-.radeniy auuut tiIe window piaccs in my lodge. and the perIunie-wNh, l. is Inc UinN fragrance that does not rise al once iron, the flower. fhi5 seeills nIore like delicious fluid that Is first spilled upon the almospnere, and then an sort uI commingied Vapor no+ts up ana away Gan YOU account TOT Mrs. D)vecote's noii- friendship for them? She must have
 hoped to anoy me in my gardenlng-tnoss little gilded bugs that pinch holes III the under lining ot the leaves, do not make a cipher Just their size, but they haven
 the courage to get nearer the mower lsn 1t strange that blossoms should have ent mics?
 The moon flowers friend is a soft
 winged moth that huns d song Tn eX- change for the elixic it drinks fir pm those spirit cups. 1 have d sort of disdain foi a lawyer in the city, because he gave al | a reason for not cultlvating this Vlne thai "a big bug buzzed around them al | light. l wish he knew less of law anc | more of zooiogy--that division of IL tha
 might teach nlm something of the cor rect classinc1tion of winged things Una | live on sweets.
 Sometimes I have counted ls0 open mooE | blossoms on my vines, and the Madelrs bloom is like nothing but shower o
 snow. An now a memoty has halted
 my pen.
 am thinking of a cottage
 | Where the roses used to bloom How they talked beside the pavement 1 In low whispers of perfume
 l Or climbed up beside my window, | To look in my little room.
 | am thinking of the doorway | Where the vine I used to train
 That showed down it's tiaky petals With a pleasant summer raln. exnect it is because of this memor! l that inc Madeira vine alway, has its oWi | way about where it shall climb on m! | portico Something akin to human low | gives the parent roots warm coVerlnl | from the winter blasts, and greets wit a smile the first little red shoot tha l pierces the February soil. It is the onl. | soldier that dares to step in winter | f0otprints and it takes more than on l frost to dethrone 1t. Buy half peel 1 of Madeira roots. and give them prope 1 fertilization, and you will form ire time partnership. Trust me for the re | suit, | heard a woman say once wouldn't fool with that vine, 1t make | too many gnats." I had cultivated then | twenty years and marry gnat cam my way I suspect that her empty pee | bottles caused the infnitesmal swarm am here to defend the vine, ana "ith | quill, recollect. ~ ,,.u, ,.hey | if begins to climb? It throws out a Ioias l floating tendril with touch tnst s, sIueS
 and it's tenacity to maintai,n .,,s s tn,s tpTv 1one
 ie almost laughable when thls same rt lons | iittIe tendril has coiled itself mo snoi | ,isht wire that Is almost inextrlcapIs'
 ;s bsautiful growth but because ot n
 Wseetable- like fruit like it best TOT tn
 oann nn. Velvet bean the size of bullet VI
 aend forth vine the size of a man