210 THE MAGAZINE OF HORTICULTURE. 



cover the luxuriant shoots of the prairie roses! How de- 

 licious the perfume of the blossoms of the clematis or 

 honeysuckle which wreath their branches ! And as if beau- 

 tiful flowers bestowed in such profusion, sometimes the 

 whole season through, were not attraction enough, how 

 brilliant the foliage of the Virginia creeper, in the autumn 

 months, with its yellow, scarlet and deep-hued tints. How 

 rich the clusters of the waxy yellow berries which depend 

 from the celastrus, as it garlands the branches of some neg- 

 lected tree : and yet more interesting than all, from the asso- 

 ciations which surround it, is the " Ivy green," with its thick, 

 broad and glossy foliage, verdant at all seasons, when other 

 climbers present naught but leafless stems and branches ! 

 Even the grape vine becomes an object of beauty when al- 

 lowed to run, unaided by the gardener's hand, in graceful lux- 

 uriance over some rustic arbor, or planted 



" To wed the elm ; slie, spoused, about him twhies 

 Her marriageable arms, and with her brings 

 Her dower, the adopted clusters, to adorn 

 His barren leaves." 



But we are unnecessarily lauding the varied beauties 

 which belong to this whole class of plants, whose character 

 is already appreciated, and whose flowers and foliage render 

 many a cottage so charmingly picturesque. Scarcely a gar- 

 den 'is so bare that it does not possess a honeysuckle, a rose, 

 or a grape vine. These are but a few, however, of the many 

 beautiful things which may now be obtained, and our object 

 is to note some of the best, and the qualities which should 

 render them popular and desirable. We shall name them in 

 the order of their merits. 



The Chinese Wistaria, ( Wistarm Consequkiia.) Though 

 much more better known within a few years than formerly, 

 it is still almost a rare plant ; indeed we know of but very 

 few large specimens, such as it becomes after eight or ten 

 years' growth, extending its branches hundreds of feet, and 

 flowering in such profusion as none other does, braving the 

 inclemency of our coldest winters, and growing in any situ- 

 ation, sheltered or exposed, shaded or sunny, facing the nortli 



