PLANTING ON THE LEVEL. 



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by a glance at the two contrasting illustrations, Figs. 43 and 44. The mounds may 

 be supported by a bank of turf or of rockwork, as shown. 



If the fronts of the mounds are somewhat thinly planted, hardy herbaceous and 

 other flowering plants may be interspersed among the shrubs. Mounds of herbaceous 

 plants alone seldom prove satisfactory, but mounds, and in fact dells too, may be efi'ec- 

 tively furnished with ivies, especially in elevated positions, as a groundwork for not 

 too closely planted trees. Ivies are represented in great and pleasing variety, difl'ering 

 in habit of growth, also in the size, shape, and colour of their leaves. They ought to 



Fig. 44. Plautinq on the Level — Stable exposed. 



be planted so that each variety may display its individual characteristics. Allowing 

 a general interlacing, with the inevitable result of the strong growers overrunning and 

 spoiling the more slender and beautiful, is a great and too common mistake. The 

 full decorative efl'ect of ivies can never be seen in the absence of supports to which 

 the growths can cling. Let these be substantial, varying from a log two or three 

 feet above ground to tree stems of thrice the height. Many ivies thus treated form 

 imposing pyramids and pillars, and these when pleasingly associated produce a unique 

 efl'ect, as may be seen near one of the entrances to the park previously mentioned. 



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