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THE PARKS AND GARDENS OF PARIS. [Chap. XIII. 



style of garden. A garden pleases in direct proportion to the 

 variety and life that are in it ; and all bands and circles of stone, 

 all unchangeable geometrical patterns, are as much improyed by 

 being fringed here and there with Ivy and the like, as are the 

 rocks on a river's bank. 



In the Scjuare St. Jacques there is an example of the way in 



which the small-leaved Ivy 

 may be used for covering the 

 trunks of trees; the eflfect 

 being more la,ce-like than 

 that of the ordinary kinds. 

 It would be well to plant a 

 variety of the green-leaved 

 kinds at the foot of trees. 

 It is not, however, advisable 

 to cover very young trees in 

 this way, as it is apt to in- 

 terfere with their proper 

 development. With regard 

 to growing Ivy on trees, 

 Mr. George Berry of Longleat 

 makes the following judicious 

 remarks: — 



"In almost every park, 

 however small, there are 

 some few trees — old trees 

 that are of no value, and 

 that have matured their 

 growth — that may be given 

 up to Ivy by those who wish 

 to grow it in this manner; 

 It may also be allowed 

 freedom on any inferior un- 

 dergrowing trees that have 

 been overtopped by better, ones, of which there are generally too 

 many on nearly every property, particularly where judicious 

 thinning has been neglected until too late to be of any benefit. 

 In natural copses, when not grown for profit, Ivy forms an 

 ornamental feature, especially on the Birch, to whose white bark 



SmalW.eaved Ivy on Tree in Paris Squared 



