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vitee, or the arborescent English ivy. If the front were to the 

 north or east, and the soil a moist, friable loam, a very elegant 

 sylvan arch might be made in time by planting six hemlock trees ; 

 two in the corners just described, and four inside the gate — two 

 on each side, and but a foot apart, as shown by the dots at a, a. 

 Two of these could be made to grow into an arch over the gate, 

 and the others to form two arches at right angles to the first, on 

 each side of the walk. This would only be practicable, however, 

 in case the town authorities will allow the trees nearest the gate 

 to develop into the street ; but with four feet additional width in 

 front of the veranda, it would be feasible without such privilege. 

 In the left corner of the front, a Siberian arbor-vitae screen is 

 intended. The veranda on the left is intended to be partially 

 inclosed between the posts with lattice-work, and covered with 

 vines — there being just room enough between the veranda-founda- 

 tion and the street line for the protection of their roots. 



Let us now turn to the narrow lawn-strip on the right ; a space 

 but twenty feet wide and seventy feet deep to the arch-entrance 

 of the grape-arbor and kitchen-garden on a line with the rear of 

 the house. Midway of this strip the bay-window projects. The 

 two objects to be kept in view in laying out this bit of a lawn 

 are, first, to make the most pleasing out-look from the bay- 

 window ; and, second, the most pleasing in-look from the street. 

 It is assumed that there is no desirable connection to be made 

 with the lot on the right, so that a fence necessarily bounds 

 the view on that side. We must suppose also that there is no 

 house built, or likely to be built, up to that line, otherwise it would 

 not be sensible to place the house on the street-side of the lot, but 

 rather in the manner shown by Plate XV. 



The close fence, back to opposite the bay-window, should be 

 covered with English ivy if it can be made to grow there. Unless 

 the exposure is due south, there ought to be little difficulty in 

 getting the ivy to cover the fence if the owner will take the trouble 

 to have it thatched over with straw on the approach of winter, 

 and the base well mulched. A fence in such a place, if of wood, 

 must be a neat piece of work, and well painted. Ivy will not 

 creep up painted wood. We would therefore make a kind of 



