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decorated in a suitable manner. This is easily and cheapl} 

 effected by placing neat flower-pots on the parapet, oi 

 border and angles of the terrace, with suitable plants grow- 

 ing in therr.. For this purpose, the American or Century 

 Aloe, a fo:7i\al architectural-looking plant, is exceedingly 

 well adapted, as it always preserves neai'ly the 

 same appearance. Or in place of this, the 

 Yuccas, or " Adam\- needle and thread," 

 which have something of the same character, 

 while they also produce beautiful heads of 

 "■] flowers, may be chosen. Yucca Jiaccida is a 

 fine hardy species, which would look well -[r, 



in such a situation. An aloe in a common \W'Ui 



flower pot is shown in Fig. 67 ; and a ^S\if' 



Yucca in an ornamental flower-pot in - ^^ | 



Fig. 68. [Fig. 63] 



Where there is a terrace ornamented with urns or vases, 

 and the proprietor wishes to give a corresponding air of 

 elegance to his grounds, vases, sundials, etc., may be placed 

 in various appropriate situations, not only in the architec- 

 tural flower-garden, but on the lawn, and through the 

 pleasure-grounds in various different points near the house. 

 We say near the house, because we think so highly arti- 

 ficial and architectural an object as a sculptured vase, is 

 never correctly introduced unless it appear in some way 

 connected with buildings, or objects of a like architectural 

 character. To place a beautiful vase in a distant part of 

 the grounds, where there is no direct allusion to art, and 

 where it is accompanied only by natural objects, as the 

 overhanging trees and the sloping turf, is in a measure 

 doing violence to our reason or taste, by bringing two 

 objocl.^ so strongly contrasted, in direct union. But when 



