Evening star., 1932-08-31

Vines are now at their best. That 1,
why many gardeners find early Septem.
Der time of peculiar charm.
There is here none of the glow oi
tulips or Oriental poppies, none Of the
glamour Of peonies, but only the white
| flung charm Of the simple clematis.
There is the quiet beauty of the
morning glories In blues, purples and
pinks.
The best way to enjoy these climbers
and many others Is to provide them
with a nice fence to climb en-.
Next to the birds. which positively
revel in fence to sit on, no living thing
takes quite the delight In line and post
! as a vine.
Whether they climb by twining. OF
grasping. or aerial suckers or how, they
take to fence like cats to catnip.
Nor Ia there any other method oi
growth which win so reveal their good
qualities to the gardener.
Even vines grown on houses with the
possible exception of the ivy) lack some
thing of the grace of vines grown or
the lattice, the trellis, the pergola, the
wood or wire fence.
On these devices air and sunshine
have chance to get at the vine, ano
particularly the leaves, all the way
around.
A vine so grown has thickness as well
as length and breadth.
1t possesses the third dimension
always a desirable feature in horti-
cultural work.
Nothing will give more Ct this aspect
of depth than a good vine, even such
humble ones as the morning-glo and
the gourd.
Consider this pair, one growing almost
any place, the other requiring plenty OF
sunshine.
The morning glory is a supreme ex-
ample OF the adaptable vine growing
either in sun or shade, doing its very
best in any situation.
A slow grower, it takes its time about
maturing, but when it gets ready tc
bloom 1t scarcely ever fails. Somehow
these who love this flower will come tc
believe that it responds to their appre-
citation; conversely. they are of the
opinion that it will not bloom so pro-
fusely for these who treat it indiffer.
emily.
Unfortunately there are great many
| respectable flower lovers who profess tC
find pleasure only in the thoroughly
rare, or the thoroughly expensive
creations. Such common things as
petunias and zinnias and morning
glories are not for them.
Among the vines they are willing tc
find entertainment in the rarer ano
more difficult varieties Of clematis. but
scarcely any in the more common form
called Virgins bower
Yet the latter is a most acceptable
vine. with its good foliage and drift OF
white blossom. smelling sweetly with q
good outdoor smell.
Not every flower has what may be
called an outdoor smell
Some Of them are too sweet. The
hyacinth. beautiful Spring bloomer,
belongs to this class.
Many gardeners who cut them for
indoors find that their odor is so
cloying that they must be placed out
doors over night.
TuberoseS are too smelly for many
nostrils.
A real outdoor fragrance is that OF
the lilac, among shrubs, and the Glenn
ats, among vines.
The small-flowered variety spoken OF
above Is the best known, and by far
the easiest to grow. II, too. will dc
we'll in sun and shade (partial, de-
manding very little care. 1t grows well
on ordinary lattice work.
The blue forms of the common morn
ing-glory are among the finest speci.
mems of this color. Perhaps the fact
that the individual blossoms last only
a few hours makes them all the more
appreciated.
| Certainly no flower attains more at.
tractive blues than this one, tint
which harmonic uncommonly vel
with the green of the leaves. tn,
pink varieties are splendid, but some
how seem to lack the precise appea
which characterizes the blue.
| Those who want Shower morning.