TERRACES AND THEIR TREATMENT 



may then be painted, when the trees are ready 

 for the season's duty. 



Second only to the bay tree in formal 

 decoration is English ivy grown in tubs and 

 trained over wire frames, pyramidal in form, 

 which may be had from three to seven feet or 

 more in height. The ivy covers the frame 

 completely and compactly. Tubs of ivy can 

 be placed to advantage at the top of a flight 

 of steps, along thQ edge of a terrace, by a 

 doorway, at the entrance to a garden, and 

 have the merit of not being very expensive. 

 Unless one is sure that the ivy is hardy, it 

 should join the bay and box trees in their 

 winter quarters. 



Hardy ivy, or Euonymus radicans, trained 

 to grow as a flat border about eighteen inches 

 in width along the edge of the terrace that is 

 upheld by a bank of turf, gives a formal finish 

 that is satisfactory. Box edging a foot in 

 height can also be used in this way. 



The tubs containing American arborvitse or 

 different varieties of cedars, both of which 



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