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Show : f - & SHADY VINES BY MRS. K1NGSLEY. 3 HE vines that aro used for m SJg shading a sunny porch or m SseS window should also bo select- ed for screening. Tho most JU desirablo aro noted for their flowers. "g Vlne3 for shading purposes requlro " donso growth. Ono of tho ways to get jl this after tho propor ones havo been : I selected is to Insure good soil, plenty 1 of water and frequent cultivation. ' R Vines must mako their growth quick- i ly and uninterruptedly to make good L' screening or shading, and for this rea- 0 son hardy perennial ones aro best ; R To show rapid top growth a vine : R must havo a large loot mass This I can bo assured by planting ir a spe- ' I dally prepaied (mnch or pit ox cava t- ; 0 ed to a depth of 18 Inches. If tho sub- jm soil is hardpan or sticky clay, drain- M ago material consisting of broken m stones, largo clinkers from tho furnace m or other mineral rubbish should bo 9 N put in the bottom to tho depth of fl threo inches. M Dense growing vines are grass feed- m err. and soon exhnust tho' soil in the aj trenches if It Is not naturally good and kept up yearly All those rccom- ( mended prefer a soil with an alkaline reaction, which is secured by the uso -i. It T - 1 II t ! ,,..M Ul Hull,. 11 U puuu iuil JO nut iivcwi- ablc mako one from chopped up sods or good garden loam, adding one-third the bulk of well rotted horso manure. jSL It does not pay thd1 eerago ama- -"g tour to attempt to establish" ery young ! plants. Plant thoso which havobeen growing two seasons or more either In pots or In the open fiold. Theso aro moro likely to grow than one-year 1 . 1. l.. .. f. M l"iy1- f9 flirts piams. una rcaeun iui uiutv -. ouv, ; ccs" with vines 's tho vso of very young vones Let tho expert nurseryman nur-seryman establish tho vines before you get them and you will havo llttlo trouble i For screening a north porch there Is nothing better than tho Dutchman's pipe vlnn (arlstolochla), a vigorous and rapidly growing vine, bearing uhen grown In sunshine brownish flowers lesembling a pipe. Another good vine for tho north porch Is the new form of the Virginia creeper, known as ampelopsls engel-manni. engel-manni. with very dense follago of a light green color, turning to crimson in the fall. Both these vines for shaded places should bo cut off a foot from the , ground every winter and new shoots run up every spring, as this insures a more denso growth of foliage. Tho bignorla when grown semi- ' , dwarf is a good vine for the terris It j0 beais profusely largo trumpet flowers, and is a rank grower It should bo cut back to a foot in height annually, as It tends to mako coarso stems If allowed to grow at will. The hop vines (humulus hepulus) aro very good for screening from the, sun, growing very luxuriantly. . |