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PLANS OF RESIDENCES 
trellis from post to post on the inside of the fence, and put down 
small sticks with the bark on, by the side of the ivy roots. These 
should be inside the trellis-bars, and reach nearly to the top of the 
fence, and be fastened there. The plants will readily climb these 
sticks and soon hide them from sight. In a few seasons, if they 
have been safely preserved through the first winter,* the branch¬ 
ing arms of the ivy will extend over the bars of the trellis, and 
by their radiating growth soon weave a self-sustaining wall of 
verdure. By the time the barky sticks decay, the ivy will have 
no need of their support. This ivy-wall being the right flank of 
our little lawn, it is essential that it be well planted. 
At the street front of this lawn are two Siberian arbor-vitaes b, b, 
shown on the plan of a size they are likely to attain in about five 
years after planting. Doubtless at first these alone will leave the 
front too open, but in ten years they will be all this part of the 
place will require. 
To return to the lawn : c is the weeping juniper, J. oblonga 
pendula; d, an Irish juniper; e, a pendulous Norway spruce, 
Abies e. inverta; /, a golden arbor-vitas ; g, the weeping silver-fir, 
Picea pectinata pendula ; on one side of the latter may be planted 
the dwarf silver-fir, Picea pectinata comp act a, and on the other the 
Picea hudsonica. The dotted circle projecting into the lawn in 
front of the arbor-vitas is for any showy bulbous or bedding-plants 
which will not spread much beyond the limits of the bed. At h, 
plant Parson’s American arbor-vitae, Thuja occidental^ compacta ; at 
i, another pendulous Norway spruce; in front of it a vase ; at/, k, 
and /, three bushy rhododendrons ; or, the golden yew, Taxus 
aurea , the erect yew, Taxus erecta , and the juniper, Repanda 
densa. At in , Sargent’s hemlock, Abies canadensis inverta; n, An¬ 
dromeda floribunda and Daphne cneorum. At o and v, plant a pair 
of Deutzia gracilis , or showy bedding plants, or fine conservatory 
plants in boxes, buriedplants of gorgeous foliage to be pre¬ 
ferred : back of o, the weeping arbor-vitae; at /, the purple-leaved 
berberry ; y, IVeigela amabalis ; r, r, r, r, Irish or Swedish junipers. 
* The first winter or two, these sticks may be turned down along the fence with the ivy upon 
them for greater ease in protecting the latter. 
