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object ; but the hedge is not, in either case, 

 equal in beauty to those of the Arbor Vitae. 

 The Norway Spruce, an exceedingly robust 

 and hardy tree, forms a beautiful hedge, 

 and is admirably suited to the northern and 

 eastern states. 



The different species of the Xylosteum, 

 or Upright Honeysuckle, are very hardy 

 shrubs, and will form very neat deciduous 

 hedges for the North, or any section of the 

 Union ; and for the vicinity of New-York, 

 and all the region south of it, the Euony- 

 mus, or Strawberry Tree, the Althea frutex 

 of different varieties, the Syringa and Lilac 

 of different species and varieties, the Snow- 

 ball and the Deutzia scabra, may be used, 

 and are almost invariably of rapid growth. 



For the prairies of the West, and for the 

 subdivision of lands, where the space occu- 



pied by the hedge or living fence would be 

 deemed of little importance, the most ra- 

 pid growing trees are the Honey Locust, 

 Gleditschia triacanthus, and the Yellow Lo- 

 cust, Rohinia pseudacacia. These will, in 

 three years, form an impassable hedge, 

 and if the timber or wood is required for use, 

 they may be cut off from time to time, at 

 any desirable height ; and they will rapidly 

 replace by a new growth, whatever is taken 

 from them. In open prairie lands, they 

 would afford a most desirable shelter for cat- 

 tle, horses and sheep, in pasturage, and 

 could not fail to greatly enhance the value 

 of lands where timber is scarce and desira- 

 ble, by at all times affording a supply from 

 the surplus growth. Wm. R. Prince. 



Linnean Botanic Gardens and Nvrseries, \ 

 Flushing, L. I., July '25, 1816. J 



PRETTY ANNUAL CLIMBING PLANTS. 



BY AN AMATEUR FLORIST, N. Y. 



If any one has a bare and meagre garden — 

 if any one has a new garden Avhich time 

 and labor has not yet stocked — if any one 

 has an old garden, which is hard, stiff and 

 ungraceful — let him address himself to vines 

 and climbers. 



Nothing in the vegetable kingdom is so full 

 of grace and luxuriant beauty, as are the 

 different kinds of vines. They have, in 

 fact, the very 'poetry of growth, in their end- 

 lessly varied forms — now clambering boldly 

 over the tallest trees — now creeping humbly 

 over the earth ; in some species, waving to 

 and fro like plumes in the air ; and in others, 

 binding together the ruins of some old and 

 time-hoary edifice. 



I do not mean, at this time, to weary your 

 readers with an account of all the various 



tribes of climbers, which arc now known 



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to the gardener. I only wish to speak to 

 beginners of two or three pretty little an- 

 nual vines, that should be favorites every 

 where ; that are very easily raised ; and 

 that will give something of grace and beau- 

 ty to every little plot of ground, even if it 

 is not worthy of being called a garden. 



One of these little favorites is the plant 

 popularly known as the Canary-bird Flower, 

 Tropcohim 'peregrinum.* It is a native of 

 Peru, and is one of the most popular of 

 climbers in all the Spanish gardens of Lima 

 and New-Grenada. Its Spanish local name 

 is Paxaritos amarillos, i. e. yellow birds. 

 When the charming little canary-colored 

 blossoms are half expanded, they certainly 

 have a pretty and fanciful likeness to tiny 

 birds. 



* T. fuliincum, of some liDlanists. 



