Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-19

Vines ought TO be planted more often
than they are.
Nothing gives a new neighborhood
such a settled look as good vines; few
! plants are more responsible for that air
OF people living-there" noted in old
communities.
Yet it will be found that In both old
and new neighborhoods there are many
situations which might be improved by
the judiciouS Use Of the proper vines,
especially when kept under control.
One of the reasons they are not
planted more often than they are is
their tendency to spread SO rapidly,
coupled with the dislike Of 50 many gar
deners to WELD the pruning shears
Vines left unchecked often become
an unmitigated nuisance. Perhaps that
is the chief reason many home owners
shy of from planting them.
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When one thinks Of vines one Is ant
to think principally of such things as
the Dutchmans pipe, so-called, and
the wistaria, and the clematis, but there
are two climbers which must be con-
sidered first.
These are the rose and the grape
Climbing roses strictly do not come
under the classification of vines, but
they are SO largely used for the same
purpose, and are so universally popular.
that they almost lead the list.
Such climbers as Paul's Scarlet and
DR.. Van Fleet soon to burst into bloom
have been planted by the hundreds of
thousands, and never once have they
failed to delight their owners and to
adorn the place where they grow
There are many other climbing
roses, however, which deserve q place
on fences and trelliSeS and porcheS
Even the old Dorothy Perkins, In those
happy seasons when 1t does not suffer
from mildew, is thing Of true beauty
The grapes kept within bounds. offer
q pleasant variation in the home vine
presentation To city people who came
from small towns they bring into the
yard a bit OF childhood, perhaps.
Fortunate is the man or woman who
lived near q great arbor Of Concord
grapes, where the bees loved to buzz
and where paper bags were put on the
punches, at the proper season, in order
to keep the birds away.
For city planting a few vines will be
found suficient. The bee problem will
not loom large in the city, but there are
other difficulties In the keeping OF
grspevines.
One OF these is that of proper placing
Undoubtedly the arbor. time tried and
honored is the best place for them, II
one can manage it.
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When the amateur gardener thinks
OF vines he necessarily thinks OF ivy
1t is the vine Of poetry and romance,
but probably more of English than of
American poetry and romance
The trouble with ivy-the main
trouble with it's that it is the vine OF
particular situation.
Whether it happens that ordinarily
one associates ivy with bricks. or be-
cause Ivy really belongs to bricks, the
average home owner will not think OF
ivy unless he lives In o brick house, or
has a brick wall around his garden.
Brick walls are popular and cheap, in
England. but are not SO popular over
here, partly because they are so very
expensive, and partly because they are
not the style.
1t is an unfortunate part Of the
American public mind that walls are
looked upon as ''up-stage" Maybe this
is good Americanism but 1t Is not so
good in the simple realm Of the garden,
where nothing is more beautiful than a
good wall after 1t has aged.
Another fne vine, likely to be over
looked because 1t Is SO excessively COM
mon. is the morning glory.
The Japanese brought this humble
flower TO its present perfection. 1t is
said that among them single blossom
is regarded as precious, equal in value
to whole fence full. Perhaps We Of