GATEWAYS AND ENTRANCES 
7 
A Modest Entrance 
Modest simplicity in- 
vests the roadside gates 
pictured beneath. The 
substantial brick pillars 
supporting clinging vines 
stand like sentinels guard- 
ing the realms of peaceful 
sylvan beauty. A hardy 
creeper well adapted for 
such a situation is Ampel- 
opsis Veitchii. The ter- 
race steps of sod, shown 
in the picture, are unique 
and in harmony with the 
surroundings. 
The Entrance to a California Villa 
The beautiful subtropical surroundings of a Californian 
home, given in the panel at top of page, are accentuated by 
the quiet dignity of the gateway and the contrasting white 
posts and gravel driveway against the greenery of the back- 
ground. Such an entrance as this is fitted to the domain of 
beauty within. The hedge of 
Privet is kept low, and while it 
marks the border line between 
grounds and street, it does not 
obstruct the view. A hedge of 
this kind, compactly clothed with 
leaves to the ground, is attained by 
trimming the newly set plants to a 
foot in height and allowing them 
to grow only a foot a year for two 
or three years ; this makes them 
branch at the bottom. 
