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regulated and trained in neatly. They should be pruned rather 

 hard back, or the lower part of the wall will become bare. C. Jack- 

 manni, C. Alexandra, C. Lady Bovill, C. Lady Londesborough, 0. 

 Miss Bateman, and G. Albert Victor, are six of the best. The last 

 three are spring bloomers, and the others flower during the summer 

 and autumn. 



Crataegus pyracantha. This is well known for its masses of white 

 flowers in spring, and clusters of scarlet berries in autumn and 

 winter. It should be trained close to the wall, and the young shoots 

 which push out horizontally be spurred back in the course of the 

 summer; no winter pruning will then be required. 



Escallonia macrantha is very ornamental trained to walls about 

 six feet in height. It does best in a sheltered situation. 



Honeysuckle. The nettle-leaved Lonicera hrachypoda reticulata. 

 is one of the most elegant of twining plants, and is equally adapted 

 for the rustic porch or the lordly mansion, and requires very little 

 attention. 



Ivies. The best of these are of the green-leaved kind, comprising 

 Hedera lolata, H. digifata, and H. grandifolia. The last is known 

 as the Irish Ivy. The most desirable of the variegated forms are H. 

 maculata, H. pallida, and H. canescens. All the shoots that stand 

 out from the wall must be pruned hard back in March. 



Magnolia grandiflora has a noble appearance trained to the walls 

 of a large mansion, but it is not suited for a small villa. 



Passiflora carulea is useful for draping walls with elegant foliage 

 in sheltered situations. AVhen strong and established it blooms 

 freely, provided the young growth is not shortened during the 

 Bumn-'er. 



Boses are not so desirable as they are commonly supposed to be ; 

 one of the best is Gloire de Dijon. The climbing hybrid perpetuals 

 are also suitable. 



Wistaria sinensis is one of the very finest of climbers for 

 medium sized and large houses. The young shoots must be nailed 

 in until the surface is covered, and in after years the shoots should 

 be shortened back in the course of the suaimer to encourage the pro- 

 duction of spurs. The white variety is less attractive than the 

 specific form. 



THE AMATEUR'S ORCHARD. 



BY AH" AMATEUB POMOLOGIST. 



||OULD that every reader of the Floral "World could 

 have a peep into my fruit-room at the present moment, 

 for I am well sure that it would do them good, inas- 

 much as it would show that the possession of a good 

 store of fruit is not beyond the means of the amateur 

 who can find the room for the trees. The room is by uo means 

 remarkable for its fittings, which are of the plainest and most 

 commonplace description ; but it is so well filled with fruit of the 



