state: pomologicai, socie:ty. 6e 



times a rare sight for high-toned customers who come to the 

 greenhouses, so I thought I would have a bower and screen. We 

 procured some beans, scarlet runners, planting close together, 

 placing bean poles to run on, and found when summer came we 

 had a solid shade of handsome green, covered with bright scarlet 

 flowers, reaching to the eaves. Besides, when the time came, 

 we had plenty of string beans, and delicious ones, too, from these 

 same vines. 



No one in the country should let a spring go by without plant- 

 ing a sweet honeysuckle by the front door, if they have not 

 already done so, and a clematis beside the porch door. This 

 last is a new Japanese climber, perfectly hardy, and has clouds 

 of fine white flowers, remains in bloom more than a month, 

 requires no especial care. Of course you expect to give every- 

 thing some dressing, which is always a protection if put on in 

 the fall. 



There are plants and plants, but these few common ones for 

 house and garden which I have mentioned, are the ones I have 

 tried and am sure of. These will thrive under adverse circum- 

 stances and fully repay the grower for all the pains she may 

 take. 



