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and their evergreen leaves. It flowers from The only culture which any of the sorts after- 



Mry to August. wards require is, in the uprightsorts, to have their 



'the twelfth species has strong branches, co- straggling shoots shortened, and the dead wood 



vored with a purple bark, which are garnished cut out; and those trained as climbers, to have 



with lucid green leaves embracing the stalks, and their branches conducted in a proper manner 



continuing their verdure all the vear : the flowers upon their respective supports ; and every year 



arc produced in whorled bunches at the ends of all rambling shoots reduced and trained as may 



the branches; there are frequently two and some- be proper, so as to preserve them within due 



times three of these bunches rising one out of limits and order,' except designed to run wild in 



another ; they arc of a bright red on their out- their own rural way, especially those intended to 



side, and yellow within, of a strong aromatic 

 flavour. This sort begins to flower in June, and 

 there is a succession of flowers till the frost puts 

 a stop to them, so that it is the most valu- 

 able of all sorts. It is a native of North 

 America. 



climb among the branches of trees, shrubs, and 

 bushes ; those also intended to cover arbours and 

 seats should be pruned and trained annually, 

 laying the shoots along at their length, till they 

 have^covered the allotted space ; shortening 

 or clearing out all such stragglers as cannot be. 

 Culture. — All the sorts mav be increased properly trained : also such of those sorts as are 

 either by lavers or cuttings, but the latter is the trained against walls, 8cc. must have an annual 

 better .practice. The layers should be made pruning and training, by going over them two 

 from the young shoots, and be laid down in the or three times in summer, laying in some of the 

 autumn or eaily spring, the straggling tops being most convenient proper shoots, some at their 

 removed, when by the following autumn they will length, shortening or retrenching others as ne- 

 bave taken root, and should be cut off from the cessarv to preserve regularity, and the proper 

 plants, being either planted where they are to re- successionof flowers; beingcareful to train enough, 

 main, or into a nursery to be trained for standards, at this time, of such as appear necessary to con- 

 by fixing down stakes to the stem of each plant, tinue the bloom as long as possible ; and in win- 

 to which the principal stalk should be fastened, ter-pruning, all those left in summer, which 

 all the others being cut off; training it to the in- may appear superfluous or unnecessary, should 

 tended height, when it should be shortened to be turned out, shortening all such as are too 

 force out lateral branches, and these be again long for the space allotted for them, especially- 

 stopped to prevent their growing too long. By all those with weak straggling tops, nailing m 

 constantly repeating this as the shoots are pro- the remaining proper branches and shoots close 

 duccd, they maybe formed into a sort of standard ; to the wall, or other support. 

 but if regard is had to their flowering, thev can- They arc all proper for plantations, both from 



not be formed intoregular heads, as the constant 

 shortening will destroy the flower-buds. 



The cuttings should be taken from the strong 

 shoots of the former summer, with three or four 

 joints, and be planted in rows in a shady border, 

 to the depth of two or three of them, a foot 

 apart, and six inches from plant to plant. 

 When they have taken good root in the autumn 



thevarietyoftheirdifferentgrowths, andtheorna- 

 ment and' fragrance of their flowers ; though the 

 flowers of the upright kinds are not so showy as 

 those of the trailers 7 ; but they exhibit an exceed- 

 ingly agreeable variety. 



The trailing species have, however, the great- 

 est merit, not only in their numbers, but size, 

 elegance, and odour, as well as in duration. 



or spin k following, they may be removed into The shrubs of all the sorts arc, notwithstand- 



the nursery, and be planted out in rows two ing, proper to be introduced in shrubberies, 



feet distant, and a foot asunder in them, where the upright kinds to intermix as standards. The 



they may be kept a vear or two, till wanted for trailing kinds, whose branches are great ramblers, 



planting out where thev are to remain. and, without support, trail along the ground, 



The eighth sort mav be raised from suckers, should generally be introduced as climbers, hav- 



which it affords in plenty, by taking them off ing stout stakes placed to each for them to climb 



and planting them as above in the autumn in a upon, which they effect by ascending spirally 



rather moist soil. round the support, to a considerable height ; 



Several of the sorts mav likewise be increased and also be placed to ascend round the stems of 



bv sowing the seed or berry in a bed of light trees, and to climb among the houghs of the 

 mould in the autumn, to the depth of an inch. 

 The plants rise in the first or second 

 and afterwards require the same 

 jis the others. 



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management 



adjacent bushes, shrubs, and hedges, which they 

 effect in a very agreeable-manner, by interweav- 

 ing their branches with them. 



The climbers are likewise proper for training 



