"In New Orleans the home is bounded by its fences, not by its doors 

 — so they clothe them with shrubberies and vines." 



It is pleasant to notice how entirely the evergreen-vine-covered wall preserves the general 

 air of spaciousness. The forest t ree at the front and right (evergreen magnolia) is covered 

 with an evergreen vine from the turf to its branches. 



"The lawn . . . lies clean-breasted, green-breasted, from one shrub-and- 

 flower-planted side to the other, along and across." 



A common garden feature in New Orleans is the division fence with front half of wire, rear 

 half of hoards, both planted out with shrubs. The overhanging forest tree is the ever- 

 green magnolia (M . gramliflora). 



