Chinese White do., 3f. consjncua ; Chinese Purple do., M. 'purpurea ; Soulauge's 

 do., M. soulangiana ; Common Syringa, Philadelplnis coronarius ; Sweet-scented 

 Shrub, CalycantJiiis Jiorida. Fragrant vines or dimhing shrubs : Persian and 

 other Lilacs ; sweet-scented Clematis, G. fiammula ; Chinese Wistaria, Wistaria 

 sinensis; Chinese Twining Honeysuckle, Lonicera Jlexuosa ; Monthly Fragrant 

 do., L. Belgica ; White Jasmine, Jasminum officinale. 



A list of hardy shrubs that will groio in loet places : Willow-leaved Sporia, 

 Sporia saiicifolia ; Tomentosa do., S. tomentosa ; Swamp Globe Flower, J^j/<!a- 

 lanthus occident'ulis ; Leatherwood, Dirca palustris ; Sweet Willow, Salix lucida, 

 and all. other willows; Clethra, C. alnifolia; Spicewood, Laurus benzoin; 

 Winterberry, Prinos verticillatus. 



A list of hardy shrubs that tvill grow in dry, poor soil: Privet, Ligustrum 

 vrdgare ; Buckthorn, Phamnus catharticiis ; Buffalo-berry, Shepherdia argentea; 

 Bloody Dogwood, Cornus sanguinea ; Snowberry, Symphoria racemosa ; Jersey 

 Tea, Ceanothus americanus, &c. 



In planting garden beds, do not forget the Dielytra spectabilis. 



A selection of plants that ivill succeed in the shade : Phododendrons and Kalmias ; 

 English Ivy, Hedera helix. There are several new varieties of ivy, including the 

 Yeilow-berried, the Pagneriana, &c. Aucuba japonica ; the several varieties of 

 Box and Yew ; the arbor-vitces, of which the golden, the filiformis, &c. Buck- 

 thorn, Holly, Missouri Currant and Cornelian Cherry; Daphne mezereum ; Clethra 

 alnifolia; Bloody Dogwood, Cornus sanguinea ; the Snowberry, Symphora race- 

 mosa ; Junipers; Savin, and Styrax grandifolium. 



List of hardy evergreen sh'ubs : American Holly, Pex opaca ; Rhododendrons, 

 Politician and catawbiense, and the Belgic varieties ; Laurel, Kalmia latifolia ; 

 Prinos glaber; Yews, English, Irish, and American; Savin, Juniperiis sabina ; 

 Junipers, of which there are sevei'al ornamental varieties ; Hemlock Spruce treated 

 as a shrub ; Torreya taxifolia ; Evergreen thorn, CrcBtegus pyracantlia ; Pinus 

 pumilii; Weeping Cyprus, Cupressus pendula. 



For a list of the newer evergreens, see page 227 of the volume for 1856. 



As rapid growing trees, the following may be mentioned : Populns angulata and 

 the whole list of Poplars ; the Dutch or Cork Elm ; the American Weeping Elm ; 

 the Ash-leaved and Silver Maple. 



