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Show iraoafe Mav Me m&th tor rEeittnrr. I Bditob Houbb and GEOins'DS Pare: WILL you kindly toll mo what vines and plants I can grow to advantage advan-tage on a rented lilace? We haVo a plot about 100 by 150 feet and tho neighbors on one sido are rather objectionable. objec-tionable. I should like something that would servo as n screen on that side. There is a porch on the front rear and nnn aXAn. Hift Vimicn flirt fivHnf IK (nW- ard the water and I would not want to cut off that. view. Thoro aro trees, but not enough'to make a dense shade. Tho soil is Bandy. LOUISE SM'ITH. Of couVse if tho place is not your Own you. must depend upon annuals for your display and screening. Luckily yon can get plenty Of them fdr a very small sum of money. In the first place, for the screen between yourself fttul your neighbor, neigh-bor, you can either put up a cheap lem- porary trollis and cover it with vinos or you can. inake a. border On your Bido of tho line, putting tall growing plants at tho rear. If you decide upon vines, you probably will got tho Quickest aud most satisfactory' returns from morning glories, with a planting of annual flowers flow-ers to hide their base when it boginfi to got scragjty. Antirrhinums, glorified snn'nftrrt enns lt'Mfnlls frtVfrlfvrs. thft lUp'incs, candy tuft and sunimOr cypress are good for tho purpose. Other vines that may bo used are tho mOon flower vine, which mAkes a rapid and dense growth and has immense white flowers, tho kudzu viue, the hop vine, which is very decorative; th6 dolichos or hyacinth benn, or the ornamental cypress vine with its red flowers. Climbing Climb-ing nasturtiums with a base of dwarf nasturtiums ate beautiful for such a purpose, although not quite an sturdy as some other vines. ' Aji ndvnntage of nas- turtiums ia that they will grow better in your sandy soil than sdme otaer things. If you decide to have a flower border instead of vines it wOuld be well to plant tall things at tho baOk, such as sun-flowers, sun-flowers, annual rudbockia, rlcinus, cas-tor cas-tor oil bean ,nicotian lapinus, annual H larkspurs, gaillardin, California poppy, cosmos, coreopsis, schizanthus, butterfly jH flower and idnnin.q. Iiiil In front of thesd can bo plantod low growing plants such as phlox drummondi, annnal pinks, ageratum, asters, ver-benas, ver-benas, zinnias and pausies. H A border can bo placed against tho H porch and vines cab be trained over the rear porch. If tho soil is too sandy it should be dug out and a quantity of well rotted manure worked in. It may be that somo broken pottery or limestono H should be placed In the bottom for drain- IH age. If tiiero is a local gardener in yOur neighborhood speak to him about it H |
