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HOME OF CHARLES DICKENS. 
suits. The various ground creepers indigenous to 
the American southern climate, may be used as win- 
dow draperies in northern conservatories in conjunc- 
tion with the asparagus vine, which traces pictures 
against the glass when viewed from without. 
The training of purple wistaria from a lower story 
to an upper balcony is one of the sights in Switzerland, 
where the graceful purple clusters hang like grapes 
over the railings. The strong color of these flowers, 
however, makes them unfit for general use. The color 
of the buildings should be white, dull brown or gray, 
for the best effect, although it is possible to employ 
the vine with a yellow house providing other hues are 
riot used in the garden. 
CEMETERY 
HOME OF MRS. HERMAN J. HALL IN CHICAGO. 
A unique and happy arrangement of woodbine or 
bittersweet, is the awning made by training these or 
growths of similar habits, over a wire screen which 
may be carried to the second story, thus doing double 
service. The daily weaving of the small tendrils in 
and out the intersections of the screen will keep the 
awning in the necessary condition of beauty, provid- 
ing' the insects which infest most creepers are de- 
stroyed. The bittersweet is carefully avoided by these 
pests and as its leaves are glossy it is most useful in 
effective draperies for sharp corners or for concealing 
the base of that perplexing problem, the bay window. 
The ambitious designer in California is aided im- 
A VINE COVERED CHALET IN SWITZERLAND 
