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it ; but a building may appear home-like only when 
it seems to grow out of the ground and to partake of 
the character of a plant. This result may be accom- 
plished by the judicious and tasteful arrangement of 
vines, which bv their selected form shall harmonize 
with the type of architecture upon which they are 
trained, and thus, by their very nature, tie the building 
to the ground. The numerous hardy and attractive 
creepers now procurable, enable the builder to en- 
hance the beauty of his structures by emphasizing the 
picturesque sections with graceful festoons or drap- 
eries, and by concealing unlovely foundations, sharp 
edges, or abrupt angles by mantles of leaves that by 
their changing hues add monthly variety to the en- 
semble. 
Jean Francois Raffaelli, the eminent French painter, 
is a lover of vines. He has them in a long box above 
VINE PLANTING ON STUDIO OF JEAN RAFFAELLI 
IN FRANCE. 
his studio window, so that the hanging tendrils form 
a fringe over the panes. This growth has been care- 
fully connected with the horticultural composition of 
the garden by another ivy planted at one side of the 
window and trained upwards. As in this garden, Paris 
exhibits many clever effects in climbing foliage, from 
the solid wall of green that encloses the marble palace 
of Boni, Count Castellane, to the miles of iron fences 
draped in a most fantastic style with growths. 
Nowhere in Europe do vines thrive with such lux- 
uriance as in England, where the humidity of the at- 
mosphere makes it necessary to prune and guide the 
plants continually lest they drive out the inhabitants 
of dwellings by closing the windows and doors. The 
age of some plants exceeds the century mark. They 
draw sustenance from both living and dead trees and 
stone walls are turned into veritable Oriental rugs, so 
covered are they by flaming blossoms and tinted leaves. 
Hanging clusters of woodbine protruding from the 
HOME OF JOHN RUSKIN IN ENGLAND. 
top of a trellis placed against the house was a novel 
idea of Ruskin, the art critic, while it was the choice 
of Charles Dickens to mantle the facade of his house 
from basement to roof. Many less pretentious districts 
in England show vines treated like a frieze, the lower 
branches stripped of leaves to the second story. 
A vine draped trellis between business houses is 
quite common in the old part of Naples. These 
growths are so thick that niches are carved in them 
where marble busts are placed, thereby adding a sculp- 
tural feature to the composition. As in England some 
very old vines thrive upon the limestone or the earth- 
filled crevices of ancient walls, in many cases, their 
trunks being entirely severed from the original ground 
roots. 
Ground vines, such as the blue periwinkle, grow pro- 
fusely in Southern Italy and adjacent islands, and are 
used as a floral blanket for graves in the cemeteries and 
as path borders on summer estates with charming re- 
ROSES TRAINED ON A LAMP-POST IN CALIFORNIA. 
