Art Out-of-Doors 
concealed and denied. For such a purpose 
the so-called Japanese ivy is an excellent 
plant. It looks as though nature had in- 
vented it to serve the architect’s needs. 
English ivy is not so certain to prove hardy 
in our Northern States, and although the 
Japanese ivy loses its leaves in winter, even 
then its beautiful net-work of delicate 
branches seems to tie the stone on which it 
clings to the bosom of Mother Earth. 
Formally clipped plants, growing in sim- 
ple but handsome pots, are sometimes ap- 
propriate around a monument, especially if 
it is placed on a terrace; and in certain 
other cases a plantation of shrubs is de- 
sirable, though rather as forming a back- 
ground to the pedestal than as encircling it. 
The Farragut monument on Madison Square 
needs such a background, which, indeed, 
was planned for by the architect ; and it 
will look much better when, from the rear, 
only the figure itself is visible. 
When we think of the variety of beauti- 
ful effects which might be produced in our 
parks by monuments carefully planned for 
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