. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 700 The American Florist. April 2"^, as shown in the cut herewith, taken at Los Angeles, Cal. Owing to its closely clinging nature this is one of the finest of vines for the purpose as it is ever- green and requires practically no atten- tion. But brick and stone pillars are in the majority of cases hideous erec- tions and if they can be hidden for the summer only, in the manner shown in the photograph taken at Dayton, O., it is well worth while. Trailing vines of fairly vigorous habit are needed for such pos
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 700 The American Florist. April 2"^, as shown in the cut herewith, taken at Los Angeles, Cal. Owing to its closely clinging nature this is one of the finest of vines for the purpose as it is ever- green and requires practically no atten- tion. But brick and stone pillars are in the majority of cases hideous erec- tions and if they can be hidden for the summer only, in the manner shown in the photograph taken at Dayton, O., it is well worth while. Trailing vines of fairly vigorous habit are needed for such positions and the boxes must be large enough to hold a good mass of soil. Maurandias are good, so is the California megarrhiza, one of the easiest of all annual vines to grow and very pop- ular for covering verandas and even win- dows for the sake of the shade it gives in summer. It is not necessary that the pillars shall be entirely covered. Draped with the long shoots of the vines the ugly lines are hidden and the effect is more graceful than when, the vines are allowed to get too thick. Built in Window Boxes. These are often a fine addition and make a capital finish to a building. Any- one looking at the oicture of the building on p. 703, with the bracketed boxes made of concrete at each window does not need to be very imaginative to see what a flat, hard look that individual building would have without them. Not every building, of course, needs them as badly as this one, but where they are built in keeping with the rest of the structure the effect is generally good. In this case a scarlet variety of ivy-leaved geraniums was used and this, flowering freely the entire summer through, had a fine effect against the white background. In such a case, too, thinly disposed green vines, so treated as not to hide but to drape the brackets under the boxes and hang grace- fully down the walls, would have a dis- tinctly cool and refreshing look and whatever color was needed could be added
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