THE JOYOUS ART OF GARDENING 



but whatever the motive, the result is the same and the shrubs 

 become choked, the young trees stuffed with the undergrowth. 

 The lightness and airiness it might have had at close range, 

 while presenting from a distance the outline of varying green, 

 is wholly absent. 



The other type of boundaries need, of course, practically 

 no care, except occasional paint if they are of wood. It should 

 be remembered, however, that vines near a pergola or a fence 

 need especially good soil and plenty of water, for the ground 

 there is sure to be drier than elsewhere. 



Some of the best vines for planting on walls are, for a year- 

 round beauty, the English ivy, the Euonymus radicans vegeta, 

 and, for summer decoration, wistaria, Ampelopsis Vetchii, 

 trumpet-vine, and Clematis paniculata. The best pergola 

 vines are wild grape and wistaria. 



The setting of the garden may not seem as important as 

 the garden proper, but it is important for the plants. A charm- 

 ing song may be marred by a poor accompaniment an inade- 

 quate, ill-suited frame is an affront to a beautiful picture; no 

 woman, however lovely, can look her best when her face is 

 framed in atrocious millinery. So with a garden. One of slight 

 pretensions suitably framed will have a charm and individu- 

 ality of its own and a satisfyingness which the most preten- 

 tious and expensive planting, if seen wholly without a setting, 

 may not possess. 



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