180 HOW TO PLAN THE HOME GROUNDS 



ALBEMARLE PARK, ASHEVILLE, N. C, SHOWING 



planted one foot to two feet apart, and extended in an 

 irregular border up and down, and along the base of 

 the steep banks, and along the edge of the road. This 

 treatment is charming in its wildwood effect, and is, in 

 the long run, economical. The vines, to get an early 

 and good effect, should be planted about a foot apart, 

 although even at three feet apart they will make a thick 

 turf, or mat, in two or three years. 



In many places English ivy will do well used as turf on 

 the ground, and is certainly very picturesque employed 

 in that way. No vine, however, is better suited to this 

 hillside territory than the Michigan running prairie-rose, 

 rosa setigera. As it has been noted elsewhere, its 

 growth is vigorous, its foliage healthy, and its bloom 

 most profuse. 



Even in the lots themselves, a few trees and shrubs, as 



