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there is a shrubby Hypericum that is worthy of a place in a col- 

 lection of shrubs. 



Cowper speaks of the Hypericum as remarkably full of yellow' 

 blossom ; the species vary in this particular : 



"Hypericum all bloom, so thick a swarm 

 Of flowers, like flies, clothing her slender robes, 

 That scarce a leaf appears." 



INDIGOFERA. 



I. decora Indigo Shrub. A handsome shrub, bearing 

 spikes of purple flowers, suitable for the shrubbery. 



JUGLANS. 



Walnuts. All the species of Walnuts are handsome shade 

 trees, viz. : J. alba, shell-bark hickory ; J. ylabra, Pig, or Hog 

 nut ; J. cinera, Butternut ; J. nigra, Black Walnut, &c. 



JASMINUM. 



The White Jasamine is an exceedingly elegant pl&iit for 

 training over a wall, where that support can be allowed ; and, 

 after its first infancy, will bear our winters, with some protection. 

 It is a delicate and fragrant shrub, not surpassed by any of the 

 species. It is of this that Cowper speaks, in the following pas 

 sage : 



" The Jasmine, throwing wide her elegant sweets, 

 The deep dark green of whose unvarnished leaf 

 Makes more conspicuous, and illumines more 

 The bright profusion of her scattered stars." 



LAURUS. 

 Sassafras. On account of its medicinal virtues, and the beautj 



