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remarkably fast, climbing to the very summit of trees in a 

 short time ; and the flowers, which first appear in June, 

 are deliciously fragrant. In all its varieties the Honey 

 suckle is a charming plant, either to adorn the porch of the 

 cottage, the latticed bower of the garden — to both of which 

 spots they are especially dedicated — or to climb the stenr, 

 of the old forest tree, where — 



" With clasping tendrils it invests the branch. 

 Else unadorn'd, with many agay festoon, 

 And fragrant chaplet ; recompensing well 

 The strength it borrows with the grace it lends." 



There it diffuses through the air a delicious breath, that 

 renders a walk beneath the shade of the tall trees doubly 

 delightful, while its flowers give a gaiety and brightness 

 to the park, which forest trees, producing usually but 

 inconspicuous blossoms, could not alone impart. 



Some of the climbing Roses are very lovely objects in 

 the pleasure-grounds. Many of them, at the north, as the 

 Multifloras, Noisettes, etc., require some covering in the 

 winter, and are therefore better fitted for the garden. At 

 the south, where they are quite hardy, they are, however, 

 most luxuriant and splendid objects. But there are two 

 classes of Roses that are perfectly hardy climbers, and 

 may therefore be employed with great advantage by the 

 Landscape Gai'dener — the Michigan and the Boursalt trees. 

 The single Michigan is a most compact and vigorous 

 grower, and often, in its wild haunts in the west, clambers 

 over the tops of tall forest trees, and decks them with its 

 abundant clusters of pale purple flowers. There are now 

 in our gardens several beautiful double varieties of this, 

 and among them, one, called Beauty of the Prairies, is 



