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Ninth, it has room to grow and develop its wood, foliage and fruit, and 

 is essentially necessary for its health and productiveness. 



Tenth, as the vines are allowed to grow along the top wire of the trellis, 

 directly over the fruit, they serve as protection to the fruit from storms and 

 the sun and heavy dews, thus obviating the necessity of the use of paper 

 bags to avoid rot and mildew. 



THE APPROACH. 



THE time has come, even in our young Dominion, when more attention 

 should be paid to the tasteful arrangement of the surroundings of our 

 country homes. Some eflForts were made in this journal, a year ago, 

 to encourage the study of this pleasant art from an amateur point of view; 

 and while it is always best to employ a landscape gardener, so many of our 

 readers have neither the time nor opportunity of doing so, that we believe 

 our remarks, however crude, will be appreciated. 



We present in this number an engraving of an entrance and approach to 

 a suburban home, which may give some hints to those who are planning 

 out their grounds. In too many instances we see the house placed so near 

 the public road, and the carriage drive so nearly in the front, and the land 

 so bare of trees or shrubs, that the place more nearly resembles a public 

 inn than the home of a wealthy farmer. In contrast, observe the effect of 

 an entrance placed well at one side of the pleasure grounds, amid groups of 

 beautiful ornamental trees as completely hide the house itself from view 

 at the gateway. By this means the designer has well effected the retire- 

 ment so suitable to a delightful country home. 



