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the first-named is the finest and is worth a good deal 

 of trouble to grow well. Planted in loam and peat 

 and sand at the foot of a sunny and sheltered wall, 

 the flowering shoots may be preserved intact during 

 the winter. Perfect drainage is absolutely essential 

 for the first-named. 



TRICUSPIDARIA HEXAPETALA. A very distinct and 

 beautiful evergreen shrub, perhaps better known as 

 Crinodendron Hookeri. It is a native of Chili, and grows 

 5 or 6 feet high, its stiff branches set with dark, shiny 

 ovate leaves. The flowers are nearly globular, very 

 fleshy, and rich crimson-red or cherry colour. In 

 both co. Wicklow, at Mount Usher, and at Salerno, 

 co. Dublin, this rare shrub is very luxuriant and 

 beautiful. It grows well in deep, rich, moist loam 

 or in peaty soils, and propagates readily by layers 

 laid down under stones. 



VIBURNUM. Some of the Viburnums are hand- 

 some against walls, such as V. macrocephalum and the 

 Chinese V. plicatum. 



VITIS (Vine). The Vines are the most graceful 

 and beautiful of all climbers, and many of them are 

 of glorious colour in autumn. The Virginian Creepers 

 (Ampelopsis) are now grouped with the Vines. Of the 

 American Vines, Vitis cestivalis, V. californica, beautiful 

 autumn colour ; V. cordifolia, the Northern Fox Grape 

 (V. Labruscd], Southern Fox Grape (V.vulpina). The 

 Virginian Creeper (V. quinquefolid) is, as is generally 

 known, very showy in autumn. Of the Asiatic Vines, 

 V. Coignetice is the most famous. It has very large 

 leaves, which turn to a glowing crimson in autumn. 



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