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with mould, and set in the Ivy plants, which, when well started, will soon cover 

 the trellis completely. 



If desired, the front of the box may be ornamented by planting thickly Lily 

 of the Valley or Primulas, or Mignionette, sown in the summer. Other 

 climbing vines may be introduced either with the Ivy, or in place of it, 

 such as the Morning Glory, Woodbine, Clematis. The box is an ornament in 

 any position where placed, either before the window, or across the corner of the 

 room, and the capacity of the box also affords opportunity for growing many 

 choice standard parlor plants, Fuchsias, Geraniums, &c. Mr. Robinson states 

 that such screens are used to a great extent in Parisian saloons and drawing- 

 rooms, and in one instance saw them in quite a row, beautifully used to embel- 

 lish crystal partitions between large apartments. 



Fig. 17. Ornamental Screen of Ivy. 



One day in his rambles he came upon a wine shop in an obscure part of Pans, 

 where the window was decorated with the Ivy; on going in, he found it planted 

 in a rough box against the wall, up which it had crept, and was growing above as 

 carelessly as if in a wood. At another time, at the Court of Versailles, in the 

 porter's lodge, he witnessed the deep interest which the fat porter and his wife 

 took in Cacti, &c., and their nice collection of other things, but more particu- 

 larly at the sumptuous display of Ivy, which hung from over the mantelpiece. 

 It was planted in a deep recess, and tumbled out its abundant tresses almost as 

 if depending from a Kerry rock in its native home. 



