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vines, on the houses of rich or poor, can be seen in the series of 

 photos from 103 to 114, inclusive. The last one named, how- 



Photo 168 

 An Abundance of Pansies. 



ever, (114) should teach a lesson of warning. If allowed to 

 "hug" the trees in this way, and climb all over them, as they 

 ultimately will, it will be the death of the tree. (In England they 

 have to make a fight, in the woodlands, to keep down the Eng- 



Photo 169 

 Right hand Panel of Porch. 



lish Ivy.) Boston Ivy is the best vine in America for brick or 

 stone houses. See it in Photos 103 and 106. On the church in 



