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trellis from post to post on the inside of the fence, and put down 

 small sticks with the bark on, by the side of the ivy roots. These 

 should be inside the trellis-bars, and reach nearly to the top of the 

 fence, and be fastened there. The plants will readily climb these 

 sticks and soon hide them from sight. In a few seasons, if they 

 have been safely preserved through the first winter,* the branch- 

 ing arms of the ivy will extend over the bars of the trellis, and 

 by their radiating growth soon weave a self-sustaining wall of 

 verdure. By the time the barky sticks decay, the ivy will have 

 no need of their support. This ivy-wall being the right flank of 

 our little lawn, it is essential that it be well planted. 



At the street front of this lawn are two Siberian arbor-vitaes b, b, 

 shown on the plan of a size they are likely to attain, in about five 

 years after planting. Doubtless at first these alone will leave the 

 front too open, but in ten years they will be all this part of the 

 place will require. 



To return to the lawn : c is the weeping juniper, J. oblonga 

 pendula; d, an Irish juniper; e, a pendulous Norway spruce, 

 Abies e, inverta ; /, a golden arbor-vitae ; g, the weeping silver-fir, 

 Picea pectinata pendula ; on one side of the latter may be planted 

 the dwarf -silver-fir, Picea pectinata compacta, and on the other the 

 Picea hudsonica. The dotted circle projecting into the lawn in 

 front of the arbor-vitae is for any showy bulbous or bedding-plants 

 which will not spread much beyond the limits of the bed. At h, 

 plant Parson's American arbor-vitae, Thuja occidentalis compacta ; at 

 /, another pendulous Norway spruce ; in front of it a vase ; at/, k, 

 and /, three bushy rhododendrons ; or, the golden yew, Taxus 

 aurea, the erect yew, Taxus erecta, and the juniper, Repanda 

 densa. At #/, Sargent's hemlock, Abies canadensis inverta ; n, An- 

 dromeda floribunda and Daphne cneorum. At o and v, plant a pair 

 of Deutzia gracilis, or showy bedding plants, or fine conservatory 

 plants in boxes, buried ; plants of gorgeous foliage to be pre- 

 ferred : back of o, the weeping arbor-vitae ; at /, the purple-leaved 

 berberry ; #, Weigela amabalis ; r, r, r, r, Irish or Swedish junipers. 



* The first winter or two, these sticks may be turned down along the fence with the ivy upon 

 them for greater ease in protecting the latter. 



