PRACTICAL BOOK OF GARDEN ARCHITECTURE 



stones inay be provided among the bedding plants, 

 to be used each time the lantern is lighted, without 

 risk of spoiling the banks of green. 



In choosing the vine draperies for the stable 

 walls, where lanterns are to be hung, it is important 

 to secure only the close-clinging varieties, like the 

 hardy ivies, the ampelopsis, etc. ; otherwise swaying 

 vine tendrils will obscure the light and the lantern 

 will become entangled. The showy trumpet creeper 

 (bignonia) and the hardy honeysuckles frequently 

 trained over stable arbors, and about big stable 

 doors, do not offer a good background for the lan- 

 terns for this reason. But the Ampelopsis Veitchi 

 (Boston or Japan ivy) or the Ampelopsis tricolor 

 (Vitis heterophylla variegata) will form a close- 

 clinging, well-covered surface against the stable 

 walls that will not interfere with the light or the 

 lighting. The hardy English ivy is also good for wall 

 draperies that form the lantern setting; and for a 

 novelty among ivies, Hedera Maderensis variegata 

 may be used. This is the finest of all variegated ivies 

 for this purpose, as the glossy foliage, which is some- 

 what larger than that of the common English ivy, is 

 beautifully edged and mottled with creamy white. 



The ivies have the advantage over sun-loving 

 vines, as they thrive on the walls overhung by shade 

 trees ; and it is in such positions, beneath a beautiful 



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