Excerpt from Ornamental Woody Vines for the Southern Great Plains The canes that have to be fastened to the support should be loosely tied in position with bands of cloth or soft twine. Do not use hard cord or metal fasteners, because they may injure the stems. Be sure to tie the Vines loosely. The relatively high wind velocity in the southern Plains makes it necessary to tie the canes to the support at several places so that the canes will not be subjected to whipping by the wind. Fastening of canes to the support should continue as long as new, Vigorous growth is developing. If the Vines have a twining characteristic like that of Grecian silk Vine, it is necessary to start the young canes around the support or weave them through the mesh if chicken netting or hog-wire fencing is used. The winds may tend to keep the new growth away from the support; therefore it is advisable to inspect the Vines at regular intervals and keep the new growth entwined around the support. Vines often develop large masses of branches and foliage at the very top of the support rather than distributed evenly over the trellis. Vines of this form can be avoided by pinching back the terminal growth of some of the canes as they develop. Pinching back forces side branching of the canes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.