The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-07-25
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interesting Pointers on Garden
ing for the City Man Of. 81
- Suburbanite. s.: :.
WHAT TO PLANT AND WHEN
Advice by an Expert on Agricultural
Matters-vines and Climbers
| When to Plant Shrubs
Raspberries.

ey PROF. JOHN WILLARD 6OITE.
The function of vines and climbing
plants in landscape art is to screen
and soften mechanical features, to hide
unsightly objects, to blend together
into harmonious whole, various dis
cordant elements
Varieties are matter of taste, and
if you will leave to your wife the ques-
ton of proper location for vines; you
will not go far wrong, from an ar
tistic standpoint: The truth is that
good vines are almost always in har-
mony, no matter where they are
placed. Use them freely where you
have bare place.
Many an untidy fence can be made
into bower of delight by properly
placed vines. The honeysuckles, wood
bine from the deep woods, Kudzu vine,
wild grape, clematis paniculata, and
many others, can be secured at tri-
fling expense, grow quickly, and are
hardy.
In the more southern states, Smiths
hybrid moon-vine Is particularly de-
lightful.
The jewel Of porch climbers is the
Jackmanii type of clematis. White,
lavander and pink, the blossoms come
in reckless profusion, and If you
are careful to get strong pot-grown
plants, plant them in a rich, deep
earth, without disturbing the roots,
and do your transplanting about June
1, you will almost certainly succeed.
Be sure to plant in a sunny spot,
where water from the caves will not
compact the earth. Water well until
the plant gets good start.
A fast growing, pleasant vine for the
new porch is the Japanese Ivy. A
few plants put in the soil alongside the
porch in the sun will rapidly spread
by way of the roots, and will form a
thick, fragrant curtain Of light green,
clear to the top Of the porch by the
middle of summer. This plant in
creases so rapidly that one must be
careful to preveR it's crowding out
other less aggressive neighbors.
Scarlet runner beans are great ia
vorite in northern climes for yearly
planting, as are the wild cucumbers
with their tracery leaves and tendrils
and their cool prickly fruit pods.
OF course where climbing roses can
be successfully grown, there is abso-
lutely nothing to compare with them
In their gorgeous magnificence. They
call for the same soil conditions and
care as bush roses, but they are less
hardy as a rule in the inland and
northern states.
In the eastern states and anywhere
that cool, moist summer and even
winter temperature prevails, the Eng
fish Ivy grows in profusion. Nothing
can be more satisfactory, particularly
In connection with stone or brick
structures of massive appearance. 1t
seems to live forever in hospitable
environments, and it will frequently
cover an entire house, even to the
chimney top. 1t is we'll to prevent it
from covering wooden surfaces, how
ever, as it's thick foliage holds moist
ure and hastens the decay of the
wood, the rusting of nails, etc.
Many ways of supporting vines are
used, from strings to graceful wooden
trellises. Chicken wire may be used to
advantage, and will last number of
years.