Evening star., 1932-08-31
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES Z. TRACEWELL.

glories can have them in the so-called
Japanese varieties, one Of which shows
perfect star design inside the petals
imposed upon them. This blossom Is
larger and fatter than those Of the
common sorts. 1t will make its great
est appeal to those who want some
thing striking. But for sheer floral en-
joyment there is no morning-glory
quite equal to the common type, many
will continue to think.
Vine time brings the grapes. loved
by human beings and bees. To protect
them from the latter it has long been
the custom to tie small paper bags
over them until they are fully ripe.
This gives them a chance to mature,
free from the onslaughtS of the in
sects At the same time it puts each
bunch in a sort of little private green
house.
Some vines will grow as much as 20
to 80 feet a season. Every morning
glories will do half that without trying.
While insects will make sporadic at
tacks on the leaves of the various
vines, ordinarily the growth is SO lush
that the signs of such maurauding are
lost in the welter of fresh green.
This very luxuriousneSS gives rise to
occasional bad leaves, usually hidden
down toward the center Of mass Of
foliage, where they get little sunlight
and less air.
About the only thing to do with
such yellowed leaves is to remove them
taking care at the same time that good
leaves are not wrenched loose.
For covering a new fence nothing
quite takes the place of the annual
vines, such as the morning glory and
hn ar@i ~ al
The probabilities are that they will
never have to be sown again, being
self -seeders. without attention on the
part Of the home owner, these old
standard vines drop down their seeds,
which lie there dormant until Spring.
1t is amazing what a really good Job
OF coverage they do in one season.
Vines are peculiar growths-at one
time in their seasonal progress they
appear to be doing little, If anything,
in the growing line.
In fact, if the gardener insists on
watching them day by day to see what
growth they are making, he will find
that they seem to be standing still.
1t is another version Of the watched
kettle never boiling.
All during June they seem to do
nothing.
July sees them growing little more,
but not much.
1t is during the month Of August,
usually hot and often wet (but not
the August of 1892, that vines do their
real growing.
Assisted by copious waterings, if
necessary. most of the common vines
will be at their best during the last of
August and the first part of September
a f6N i'm i1 ok.1 -
see them in all their beauty Of flower
and foliage.
If the best effect is wanted, the
grower necessarily will lend hand in
training the tendrils as they attempt
their climbing, especially once the real
growth of late Summer begins.
This need not be fussy watchful-
ness, but merely a helping hand now
and then as the onruShing shoots de-
velop wayward tendencies, some at
tempting to grow out into the air,
others to bind around already accom-
plished shoots.
II these struggling lengths are taken
in hand and shown the way they ought
to go, they will respond by better
growth. At the same time the total
result of the vine will be far more
pleasing to the eye.
| Nothing Is prettier than morning
slories on a gate Every garden should
have some sort Of gate, If for no other
reason than to grow morning-glories.
| 1t will be found that with a little
care the vines may be SO grown that
while they cover the gate they will not
! prevent it from opening. To keep the
| gate swinging freely the gardener will
have to be on the watch to prevent
stray canes and tendrils growing in
the wrong direction, and at times will
! have to cut off too rampant growths.