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trees in the autumn, when well furnished with its clusters of brilliant 

 scarlet berries. The Yellow- berried and the Weeping varieties ar& 

 desirable where room can be found for them. 



Quercus rohur concordia has leaves of the brightest gold, which 

 retain their colour throughout the summer. 



Q. rolntr nigra is also a useful variety, the leaves being of a rich 

 bronzy purple. 



Rohinia hispida, the Rose Acacia, is a beautiful tree of small 

 stature, producing in summer lovely racemes of rose-coloured" 

 floweis. 



li. inermis, the Parasol Acacia, is a distinct and handsome tree, 

 with a small round head ; but it is better adapted for terraces and 

 other formal arrangements than for the arboretum. 



Saliv habylonica, the Common Weeping Willow, deserves mention 

 for its value in water scenes, for which purpose it is unsurpassed. 



S. Americana pendula is of smaller growth than the preceding,^ 

 and very pretty. 



Sophora japonica pendula can also be commended for its value as 

 a weeping tree. 



TJlmus Montana pendula is also a fine weeping tree. It is indeed- 

 one of the most elegant for the garden. 



Virgilia lutea, a pretty tree of low stature, with pinnate leaves,. 

 which in the autumn assume a bright yellow colour. In the 

 summer it bears drooping racemes of white flowers. 



THE CLOTHING OF WALLS AND TRELLISES. 



BY A WANDF.KING HORTICULTURIST, 



fN the selection of plants of a scandent habit for covering, 

 the walls of dwelling-houses, due regard must be paid 

 to the style of architecture and the height of the wall 

 so that they may be in every way suitable for the posi- 

 tion they are to occupy. In many instances the selec- 

 tion is made without consideration, and the efi'ect is not good, because 

 of the plant not being strong enough to mount up to the top of the 

 wall in one case, or of being of such a rampant habit as to envelope 

 the house in foliage, and render it needful to be constantly cutting 

 away shoots to keep it within bounds. Again, are not plants of the 

 most formal habit planted against dwellings possessing a certain 

 degree of rusticity, and rambling plants against newly-erected villas? 

 and it cannot be said that in either case the results are satisfactory. 

 Beyond the ivies, the Wistaria and the Virginian Creeper, the 

 characteristics of climbing plants is but imperfectly understood, and 

 a brief description of some of the best may perhaps be useful at 

 the present moment. Something too may advantageously be said 

 about the management of climbers on dwelling-houses, for it is not 

 often of the best. Climbers for rather small villas of the ordinary 

 type should be of neat growth, and be somewhat rich in the colour 



KoTember. 



