Evening star., 1932-07-21
Morning-glory time Is here again.

| MoiIulS -sfory tlHle Ii mere again.
These interesting twiners are now
coming into flower, to adorn fences
posts and other objects which would be
bare without them
Many home owner will feel that he
| could spare many of his expensive
| things better than the humble morning
glory.
| He thinks back over the long history
! Of flowers. At one time in the culti-
vation of the peony 1t is said that flower
became so common that certain persons
/ pretended to look down upon it.
| 1t is impossible for any one, nova
days, to think Of any one of our modern
varieties of peony getting the cold
| shoulder" they are so beautiful and de-
! sirable.
A few misguided persons today may
choose to look upon the morning glory
as distinctly thing for the gardens OF
poor folks but the vast majority OF
gardeners welcome it for its real beauty
1t possesses the fault of most climbers
and tWiners. 1t blooms late No doubt II
would be more desirable il it got its
growth earlier, and came into flower IN
June, instead of July
| There is one consolation, however
! and that is that the morning glory
vines will be at their best the remainder
of this month and during August, when
ordinarily there tends to be somewhat
Of dearth of flowers.
| The feature which commends this
vine to many. above everything else. Is
its habit of being In full bloom at break
, fast time. to fade later in the day.
There is a great deal to be said for
all the flowers which open their blooms
| OF etofed times rather than rnrno in IN
| in bloom day and night There are
plenty OF the latter in fact most OF
our garden flowers fall in the category
| of all-day bloomers.
! Because this is so, there remains
, plenty of room for the various night
! blooming water lilies. for the evening
i primrose, which opens its flowers just
| at dusk. as described here recently. for
the moonf1oWer. vine which blooms
only in the evening, and for the morn
ing glory, which blooms as its name
| implies.
There is something cheerful about
the morning glory in its SteadfaSt de-
termination to greet the day with
flowers We may read into this. with
out obvious nature taking something
Of optimism. sorely needed by most
| human creatures.
L
! planted on fences and the like where
they may be seen easily from the house
This will enable the household to see
their bright Inspiration at that low
point Of the day. the before-breakfast
hour. when man is perhaps at his !Ow-
! est cob, especially in regard to good
| humor.
{ A good dose of morning-glorieS. taken
! through the ewes is guaranteed to put
any human being into better humor
| both with himself end with the world
! if only he will permit the gentle flow
! ers to register their lessons.
Whether most human beings need
most TO get in a good humor with
| themselves, or with the world, Is a
! question impossible of decision. as 1t
varies with every man and woman.
| The most needy cases. no doubt. are
| those people who are odds with
! themselves 1t is great deal easier
| for them to be "sore" at themselves
! than at other people All men and
women Of a melancholic nature need
! morning -glorieS. not only for their Owl,
! sake. but especially for that of others
If the vines are planted reasonably
! close to the house. so that one does
/ not have to stir out to see them we'll
! q great end. great human end, Is
| served easily and painlessly.
These pale blue flowers. these bloom:
Of dainty pink they are all worth walk
ing for. however; the gate at the
end of the yard is not bad place for
/ them. and certainly it is not too far to
| go on a dewy morning.
| These vines are somewhat messy in
| their habits: they will require some
| training on the. part of human fingers
| to make them go the way they should
| go for their best effect on the esthetlc
senses
| Morning glory vines have a discon-