American homes and gardens . tics of the place, and deserve special attention. Thatportion adjacent to the front entrance had attained its pres-ent height and thickness of seven feet by four feet when itwas five years old. Success in growing these hedges mightbe said to be directly proportionate to the amount of waterthe bushes receive when they are young. A striking featureof the hundred feet of hedge along the southern front ofthe garden is a series of eighteen-inch brick piers, six feethigh, at intervals of twenty-five feet. These are topped withstone, and on each is placed a classic vase o
American homes and gardens . tics of the place, and deserve special attention. Thatportion adjacent to the front entrance had attained its pres-ent height and thickness of seven feet by four feet when itwas five years old. Success in growing these hedges mightbe said to be directly proportionate to the amount of waterthe bushes receive when they are young. A striking featureof the hundred feet of hedge along the southern front ofthe garden is a series of eighteen-inch brick piers, six feethigh, at intervals of twenty-five feet. These are topped withstone, and on each is placed a classic vase of terra-cotta,after originals in the Naples museum. These vases canbe procured at comparatively little cost and when filled witha plant of the Yucca-like Dracama. form a very unusual andartistic addition to the otherwise severe lines of the hedge. Inwinter two Florentine lions, also terra-cotta. now at eitherend of this hedge, take the place of the vases on the entrancegate-posts. 244 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS October, 1906.
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