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er. It should be made moderately rich, and in such soil, 

 when planted against a wall, it will cover a space twelve 

 or fourteen feet square, in two or three seasons. It is well 

 worthy the attention of those who are looking for climb- 

 ers of a permanent kind, to cover unsightly walks, or close 

 fences, or to render garden buildings of any kind more 

 ornamental, by a rich canopy of foliage and bloom." 

 (Downing. 



VIBURNUM. SNOW BALL. 



[An ancient Latin name.] 



Viburnum Lentago, Sweet Viburnum. A native spe- 

 cies of great beauty. Mr. Emerson describes it as a 

 "beautiful small tree, rising to the height of fifteen to 

 twenty feet, with rich foliage, and clothed, in June, with 

 a profusion of delicate, showy flowers." The flowers are 

 produced in terminal cymes, and from them a very agree, 

 able fragrance is diffused. " There is a softness and rich- 

 ness about the flowers and foliage of the Sweet Viburnum 

 which distinguish it above all others of the same genus. 

 It is hardly less beautiful in fruit, from the profusion of 

 the rich blue berries hanging down among the curled 

 leaves, which are beginning to assume the beautiful hues 

 of autumn. A tree of this kind makes a fine appearance 

 at the angle of a walk, or in the corner of a garden, as its 

 delicacy invites a near approach, and rewards examina- 

 tion. With this delicacy of appearance, it is a hardy plant, 

 and may sometimes be seen on the bleak hillside, where it 

 has encountered the north-west stormy winds for a score 

 of years." 



We think this Viburnum much more desirable than the 

 common Snowball. As it is found growing in uplands, 



