. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. THE IVY, AND ITS USES IN .PARISIAN GARDENS. 307 which margin he will manage to make look well at all times of the year—in the middle of winter when of a dark hue, or m early summer when shining with the young green leaves. When the Ivy is planted pretty thickly and kept neatly to a breadth of, say, from twelve to twenty inches, it forms a dense mass of the freshest verdure, especially in early summer, and of course all through
. The parks, promenades, & gardens of Paris, described and considered in relation to the wants of our own cities, and the public and private gardens. Gardens; Parks. THE IVY, AND ITS USES IN .PARISIAN GARDENS. 307 which margin he will manage to make look well at all times of the year—in the middle of winter when of a dark hue, or m early summer when shining with the young green leaves. When the Ivy is planted pretty thickly and kept neatly to a breadth of, say, from twelve to twenty inches, it forms a dense mass of the freshest verdure, especially in early summer, and of course all through the winter, in a darker state. The best examples of this description of edging that I know of anywhere are to be seen around the gardens of the Louvre, and in the private garden of the Emperor at the Tuileries. In the latter the Ivy bands are placed on the gravely walks, or seem to be so; for a belt of gravel a foot or so in width separates them from the border proper. The effect of these Ivy bands outside the masses of gay flowers is excellent. They are the freshest things to look upon in Paris during the months of May, June, and July. They form a capital setting, so to speak, for the flower borders—the best, in- deed, that could be obtained ; while in themselves they Fig. 135. IVY SO MCHES WIDE!. Ivy edgings in geometrical garden. possess qualities sufficient to make it worth one's while to grow them for their own sakes. In some geometri- cal gardens we have panels edged with white stone—an artificial stone very often. These Ivy edgings associate beautifully with them, while they may be used with ad- vantage in any style of garden. A garden pleases in direct proportion to the variety and the life that are in it; and all bands and circles of stone, all unchangeable geometrical patterns, are as much improved by being fringed here and there with Ivy and the like, as are the rocks of a river's bank. It should be observed that an Ivy edging of the breadth of an ordinary edg
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