. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 288 Bulletin oranges, roses, snowberries, barberries, flowering cur- rants, lioneysuckles and the like. Vines can be used to ex- cellent purpose on the out- buildings or on the school- house itself. The com- mon wild Virginia creeper (shown on the right in Fig. 36) is the most serviceable. On brick or stone school houses the Boston ivy or Japanese ampelopsis may be used, unless the lo- 35. —It is easy to make a yard as good as this, cation is ver}'
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 288 Bulletin oranges, roses, snowberries, barberries, flowering cur- rants, lioneysuckles and the like. Vines can be used to ex- cellent purpose on the out- buildings or on the school- house itself. The com- mon wild Virginia creeper (shown on the right in Fig. 36) is the most serviceable. On brick or stone school houses the Boston ivy or Japanese ampelopsis may be used, unless the lo- 35. —It is easy to make a yard as good as this, cation is ver}'' bleak. This is not hard}' in the northern parts of the State. Honeysuckles, clematis and bitter-sweet are also attrac- tive. Bowers are always interesting to children ; and actinidia (to be had at nurseries) is best for this ^ purpose. Kinds of plants for decoration*— Against these heavy borders and in the angles about the building, man}- kinds of flowering plants can be grown. The flowers are much more easily cared for in such positions than they are in the middle of the lawn, and they also show off better. Notice how striking the hol3"hocks are in Figs. 34 and 37. They have a back- ground. Even a clump of weeds looks well when it is in the right place. Observe Fig. 36. It is impossible to grow many flowers in the school ground under present con- ditions, for what is everybody's busi- ness is nobody's business : and then,the place is neglected all through ?..•??'"? '1. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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