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strong thick suckers will spring up, and produce ah unsightly 
appearance. It also exhausts the soil in the neighbourhood, 
its rapid growth demanding all the moisture and nourish- 
ment within reach. Hence, not even the hardiest weed 
can thrive in the vicinity of Bamboos, not so much from any 
thing deliterious in the shade, but because théy só com- 
pletely deprive the soil around of moisture and nourishment. 
Thus, instead of protecting springs, they soon dry them up; 
the rapidity of their growth, which exceeds that of almost 
any other plant, speedily draining all the sources of water. * 
12. I may, in conclusion, mention a few plants which pro- 
mise to fulfil the purpose of an ornamental fence. Such is 
the Justicia picta, or variegated-leaved Justicia. This ought 
to be trimmed with a level top. The Pomegranate also is 
peculiarly suitable. I am not aware that the Lawsonia 
inermis, or Tree Mignonette, has been tried, "There is no 
doubt, however, of its succeeding. The Cuphea viscosissima, 
Allamanda cathartica, Gardenia florida, and several others, 
might be added to this list. 
As for the bordering of garden walks, I may merely alltide 
to the Rosa semperflorens, Euphorbia Pseudo-Ipecacuanha, 
and the Justicia pectoralis, or Balsam-herb. The Portulaca 
pilosa, the Sesuvium Portulacastrum, and the Heliotropium 
curassavicum, have all been tried in the Bath garden, 
These few remarks are submitted to the Society, in hopes 
of directing to this subject the attention of some member 
possessing greater opportunities of practical observation. 
It is, indeed, a reproach to our husbandry, that one of the 
first objects to which attention ought to have been directed, 
has been in every way so much neglected. Possessed of the 
best materials for fence-making that any country can boast, 
we have the worst enclosures; and though two or three years 
be sufficient to establish even those kinds which are the most 
tardy in their growth, we prefer going on in our old ed 
STEF] dex. 
~ Med ce amies eh ceto EE. 
ing on the young shoots keeping down the growth, NC MAdona! 
care is required, - 
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