never become accustomed to its fragrance; each sum- 

 mer it revives within me the positive thrill of sur- 

 prise. There is no sweeter vine to grow near the 

 house, especially where it may embower a window, 

 sending its perfume through all the room. 



Next to the honeysuckle the vine richest in senti- 

 ment is the wistaria. I hope sometime to have a 

 heroine worthy of a home draped before with wis- 

 taria and behind with honeysuckle; then her literary 

 popularity would be insured, especially if I add a 

 York and Lancaster rose to peep in her latticed case- 

 ment betimes o' the morning. 



We have been blarneyed by the catalogued descrip- 

 tions of the multijuga wistaria's racemes of flowers 

 three feet long, into purchasing one root, and it is a 

 fine healthy-looking vine, but as it has not yet bloomed 

 I cannot swear to its marvels. The frutescens va- 

 riety has the additional charm of blooming at inter- 

 vals all summer long. 



The Clematis paniculata is the loveliest of its fam- 

 ily, and is amenable to all sorts of uses. In one gar- 

 den I know, there is a long bamboo arbor spanning 

 a walk fifty feet long; this in summer is completely 

 covered with the paniculata, making a unique effect 

 of pleached alley. 



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