IVY IN AMSTERDAM.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume X, Issue 571, 21 August 1880, Page 1 (Supplement)

IVY IN AMSTERDAM.

The fun toons of ivy lwrdering some of the priucijuU walks in' the Amsterdam Zoological (r.irdviis ;ire most effective, and require only a little timo and patience t<> carry out. .Small acacia trees (Kobinia inermis) are planted at intervals of about 12ft. or 15ft. 011 each side of the walk, and about 3ft. ftom the edge of the grass. Ivy is then planted midway between the trees and trained along strands of wire, wliich are fastened to the trees about 7ft. or Sft. from the ground. Theao strands form great loops or festoons, dipping down to the ground in the middle, where the ivy id planted. The wire ie quite concealed by the ivy, which resembles a gigantic wreath. Pink, crimson, and whito China roaes are often planted along with the ivy and trained with it. The pale green plumes of the llobinias, the dark green wreaths of ivy, and the vivid grcon of the beautifully kept grass are most harmonious. Acacias (Llobinias) perhaps might not grow bo well in other parts of Britain ; but instead of them could wo not have rose pillars or posts, round which clematis could be trained, and well cut in ? The appearance of such pillars and festoons on the sides of walks would have a unique appearance.—' Journal of Horticulture.'