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place during the last four years. None of the trees 
were cut back, and all have gradually branched out 
with new and strong growth. 
The view “Along the Entrance Drive” shows some 
fine specimens that were bare trunks in 1899 as a re- 
sult of standing too close in the timbered stage of the 
tract. Since the thinning process the trunks have 
taken new life, and many are clothed with fine limbs 
to within five feet of the ground. The greater number 
of them are oaks, though there are some sassafras, 
maples, ash, and elms. All show the same progress in 
“feathering out.” 
The beautiful lawn view showing the unique Cutch- 
eon monument well placed with large oaks for a 
background offers some additional examples of low 
growth on trees that were five years ago entirely bare- 
trunked to a height of thirty and forty feet. 
The office building has been illustrated in these 
pages before, but the planting about it is so attractive 
and has made such rapid progress that it presents an 
ever-interesting picture. The building is an unpreten- 
tious frame structure with an exterior paneling of 
adamant plaster and interior finish of Georgia pine. 
It cost about $1,200. 
ALONG THE ENTRAN E DRIVE, WOODLAWN 
CEMETERY. 
The Mantle of Ivy. 
By H. A. 
The vine in the picture that covers the rocks and ir- 
regular ground with such a rich mass of foliage is 
the English Ivy, probably, all things considered, the 
most beautiful vine we have. It never acquires the 
rich reds and browns of Boston ivy or woodbine in the 
fall, but when they are half-clothed or naked its foli- 
age is rich and thick in color, unless the cold north 
winds have browned it. English Ivv is usually sup- 
posed to flourish only on a north wall, or in the shade, 
Caparn. 
where it can be protected from the direct rays of the 
sun. It is the alternate freezing bv night and thawing 
by day that breaks up the constitution of ivy like most 
other broad-leaved evergreens. This mat of ivy grows 
on a high hill north of New York City. It gets a par- 
tial covering of leaves in winter and a good deal of 
protection in summer from the weeping cherry and 
other trees and bushes near it. 
It seems probable that this valuable evergreen vine 
will grow in more places and conditions than is usu- 
ally supposed. It should be grown widely and plenti- 
fully, for, barring hardiness, it has more to recom- 
mend it than almost any other vine. Where the cli- 
mate is not much colder than that of New York it may 
be expected to succeed with partial protection and 
shelter from crude sunlight and cold winds. Probably 
nothing is so generally useful for growing among 
graves both on the ground and on the monuments 
themselves, especially those of natural boulders or 
rough-hewn stone. It is always neat, always bright 
and handsome, cheap to plant and to maintain ; it is al- 
ways harmonious with the surroundings of a grave- 
yard, and never strikes a false note of color or form. 
If it should replace the costly and unmeaning “de- 
signs” in gaudy alternantheras and echeverias that 
stare so brazenly in many cemeteries, everyone would 
be the gainer excepting the grower of bedding plants ; 
and he could go into some other business, sav that of 
painting toy express wagons, — where his peculiar talent 
for primarv colors could find an opening. 
A MANTLE OF ENGLISH IVY. 
