Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1894 — Ivy Within Doors. [ARTICLE]

Ivy Within Doors.

The Germans cultivate ivy in vtheir houses with great success. Plaoing a root in a large pot by one side of the window, they will train it as it grows until it forms a pretty frame for the entire window. The English ivy growing over the walls of a building, instead of promoting dampness, as most persons would suppose, is said to be a remedy for it, and it is mentioned as a fact that in a room where dampness had prevailed for a length of time the affected parts inside had become dry when ivy had grown up to cover the opposite exterior side. The close, overhanging pendant leaves prevent the rain or moisture from penetrating the wall. In order to train ivy over a door buy a couple of brackets, such as lamps for the burning of kerosene are'sometimes placed on, and screw them to the sides of the door. Put in each a plant of English ivy, the longer the better, then train the plants over the top against the sides—any way your fancy dictates. The common unglazed pots will answer every purpose by placing in each two or three sprays of Coliseum ivy. In a month's time no vestige of the pot itself can be discerned through thick screens.—[New York Recorder. v