Chap. XIII.] 



IVY IN PARIS. 



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rows of pots, and from these are stretched lines of thin galvanized 

 wire ; to this slender hut firm trellis of from three to five feet 

 high, the plants are trained daring the growing-season. At the 

 end of the second or third year they are strong enough to be 

 employed to cover railings, and for many similar purposes. The 

 nurserymen in the suburbs of Paris generally propagate them by 

 layers, which are often rooted in pots. If a wide belt of Ivy is 



Screen of Irish l7>y — Boundary to Garden on Banks of Seine at Courbc 



desired, the young plants may be arranged in two or three rows, 

 as the French do when making the excellent Ivy-edgings which 

 are here described. In any case, after the plants are inserted the 

 shoots must be neatly pegged down all in one direction. 



The reason why Ivy-edgings when seen in England look so poor 

 as compared with those in Paris, is that we allow them to grow 

 uncontrolled, and they get overgrown, wild, and entangled, whereas 

 the French keep them down to the desired size by pinching or 



