Chap. XIII.] 



IVY IN PARIS. 



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privacy is secured; the effect of any flowers contained in the 

 garden is heightened j and lastly, the heavier clouds of dust are 

 kept out in summer, for so well are the railings covered by 

 planting the Ivy rather thictly, and giving it some rich light 



Ivy on Trees in Champs Elyshs. 



soil to grow in, that a dense screen is soon formed. Ivy-edgings 

 also make excellent margins to beds on grass-lawns. In this 

 case one would have thought tlje verdant carpet of turf suificient, 

 and so it is, if the subjects fill the bed properly and come flush 



